Vacant job

Are you at the beginning of your career and want to work on issues that contribute to a strong and robust crisis and contingency planning effort? The Swedish Energy Agency is now looking for a Case Worker in Contingency Planning. In this role, you will work with issues such as continuity planning, exercise operations, and situation awareness. We are looking for you who have an interest in energy issues and experience or knowledge within crisis preparedness. Apply for the position and become part of our team!

The Swedish Energy Agency works for a fossil-free and robust energy supply. Energy security, competitiveness, and ecological sustainability are perspectives that must be combined to secure the energy systems of the future.

Your responsibilities – implement and drive crisis and contingency work

As a contingency authority, the Swedish Energy Agency has rigorous demands on its crisis and contingency work. As a case worker, you will implement and conduct cross-authority crisis and contingency work together with your colleagues.

You will work broadly to drive contingency work together with your colleagues in the unit. Depending on your experience, the tasks may vary between continuity coordination, exercise coordination, or situation awareness work. This may involve supporting operations in continuity planning and critical dependencies, project managing and coordinating the agency's exercise activities, or developing and managing situation awareness work and information supply processes.

The role also involves ongoing collaboration, both internally and externally, with other authorities and relevant actors to strengthen the common capability. You are given opportunities to develop in the role, while also influencing working methods and driving the development of the agency's contingency work.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a post-secondary education in a relevant field for the assignment, such as risk management, crisis management, or international relations. We see that you have an interest in contingency issues and have gained experience in the area through, for example, studies combined with internships or work experience. You also need to feel confident in providing support and advice in the area.

You have good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written, as well as good knowledge of modern IT systems. You must have Swedish citizenship as the position is classified for security clearance.

It is meritorious if you have knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Critical societal functions
• Current work experience in areas relevant to the position
• Project management
• Experience and knowledge of energy issues
• Worked with issues related to security protection
• Studied courses in security and contingency issues

We place great emphasis on personal qualities. As a person, you have integrity and a high level of security awareness. To succeed in the role, you need to have good communication skills and be able to educate and create understanding for contingency work. You have good collaboration skills and contribute to a good working climate. You work in a structured manner and take responsibility for your tasks. For this role, you also need to be flexible and able to adapt your way of working to changed conditions. We look forward to meeting you with drive, engagement, and interest in contingency issues and the position!

About us

The Contingency Unit works on developing, supporting, directing, and following up the agency's internal work with crisis preparedness as well as war preparedness. The unit is part of the Energy Preparedness Division.

Our offer

With us, you get to work in an open and creative climate where you can develop your competence and contribute to societal benefit. Here there are good opportunities for learning, variation, and development – while at the same time you get the prerequisites to create a sustainable balance between work and private life.

The position is located at the headquarters in central Eskilstuna, close to travel connections to Stockholm, Västerås, and other nearby cities. We work in an activity-based manner and offer flexible working hours as well as the possibility of remote work.

We offer a wellness allowance, two wellness hours every week, and a gym at the workplace. In addition, you get favorable terms for vacation, leave on sandwich days, a favorable bike scheme, parental leave, and occupational pension. Want to know more about what it is like to work with us? Please visit https://www.energimyndigheten.se/om-oss/jobba-pa-energimyndigheten/ (https://www.energimyndigheten.se/om-oss/jobba-pa-energimyndigheten/)

Good to know

The position is a permanent employment with an initial six-month probationary period. This position is classified for security clearance, which means security investigation and register check according to the provisions in the Security Protection Act will be conducted. In the case of permanent employment, war posting at the authority may become relevant.

Send in your application with CV in Swedish by August 16, 2026. The selection process will begin in week 34. We have chosen not to request a cover letter as we instead use selection questions that form the basis for the first selection we make. Tests and work samples may be used during the recruitment process.

If you send your application in any other way than through our website, please mark it with case number 2026-008971. Do you have protected personal data? Contact us at HR and we will help you send in your application. Your application becomes a public document according to the principle of public access.

Questions?

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the recruiting unit manager Andreas Hornwall by phone at 016 544 21 96 or recruitment consultant Maria Widell-Vuopio by email at [email protected]. As it is vacation time, answers may be delayed.

It is also fine to contact our union representatives via the switchboard at phone number 016-544 20 00. Our union representatives are Martin Larsson (SACO) and Petra Lindblom Haddad (ST).