Vacant job

Do you want to contribute to enabling the Navy's mission for Sweden's security during a time of exciting growth? As an Economic Administrator, you work closely with the combat units and enable their operations. You do this in a team with strong cohesion, at a workplace that offers an exciting context, strong community, training during working hours, and good opportunities for competence development.

Economic Section

Main Responsibilities

As an Economic Administrator, you work directly under the Head of Economics and together with one or more Economic Administrators. Together, you drive the economic planning and follow-up for the squadron and its combat units according to the Swedish Armed Forces' model for economic control. This means that you budget, forecast, and follow up on the economy. You are also a central function for the unit as you support in economic, but also adjacent issues such as accounting, correct registration in our business system (SAP), procurement, purchasing, etc., and provide data support for other functions within the squadron. As an employee, you will receive combat training for civilian employees and be war-placed at the 4th Naval Warfare Squadron for service even in the event of general mobilization.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in economics or experience that the employer deems equivalent.
• Practical and/or current experience in economic work.
• Documented experience working in MS Excel.
• Good ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in Swedish and English.

Personal Attributes

You are interested in economics and accounting as well as the Swedish Armed Forces' operations. You are therefore driven to seek solutions and information you need through your own initiatives to solve your tasks and develop. You have the ability to plan ahead and ensure that important deadlines in work are met. You also take responsibility for the whole, see the overarching purpose of a task, and based on that understanding, ensure that a task is completely solved.

You have a desire to learn and dare to test yourself, even if tasks and technical systems initially seem complex, you do not give up.

You combine effective use of technical systems with communicative and relationship-building skills, and see the importance of good relationships within and outside your own organization. You enjoy collaborating and are interested in helping and relieving colleagues within your areas of knowledge, and you are perceived as service-oriented.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

QUALIFICATIONS

• University education in economics.
• Documented training in MS Excel.
• Experience working in business systems such as SAP.
• Practical experience from the Swedish Armed Forces, e.g., as a conscript.

For the agency's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the existing value base. The Swedish Armed Forces' value base protects the equal value of all people, justice, and equality and promotes democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se (http://www.forsvarsmakten.se)).

OTHER

• Permanent employment, full-time.
• The Swedish Armed Forces apply a six-month probation period for those not already employed by the agency.
• Civil position.
• Work location: Berga, Haninge.
• Work psychological tests may become relevant during the selection process.
• Start date: 2026-11-01 or as agreed.

For information about the position, contact: Oskar Sundquist or Malin Holmvall, 010-82 510 00 (switchboard).

For information about the recruitment process, contact: Yasmine Gilani, 010-82 510 00 (switchboard). (Vacation w.29 - w.32).

Union representatives: OFR/S Försvarsförbundet, Björn Engren, 010-82 510 00 (switchboard).

We welcome your application by 2026-08-28. Your application must include a CV and a cover letter where you motivate why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be received via the Swedish Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

The 4th Naval Warfare Squadron is an operational unit tasked with maintaining and developing the Swedish Armed Forces' capability in naval warfare. In peacetime, the squadron practices its war mission, to defend Sweden's territory and Swedish interests. The squadron monitors Swedish sea territory, conducts intelligence gathering, clears mines, and protects sea areas, sea routes, and shipping. The 4th Naval Warfare Squadron continuously contributes personnel to international operations. The squadron is based in Berga south of Stockholm and in Skredsvik at Gullmarsfjorden on the Bohus coast, where the Mine Clearance Diving Division is located.

In the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

An employment with us implies placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security clearance with register control will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be war-placed. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position.

A CV and personal letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented. Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.