Vacant job

Do you want to be the one ensuring that one of Sweden's largest district courts operates smoothly every day? Apply for the position of Caretaker at Södertörn District Court!

In this role, you will have a central and significant position in a socially important operation. You contribute to creating a safe, well-functioning, and professional environment for both employees and visitors at the court. This role suits you if you have worked as a caretaker, take great personal responsibility, and have a natural sense for service.

Responsibilities

As a caretaker at Södertörn District Court, you play a key role in ensuring that operations run smoothly in daily work. You are responsible for ensuring that the premises are in good working order and that employees have the right conditions to perform their duties.

You work independently in the role of caretaker and report to the Service Manager. The job involves significant personal responsibility and a varied daily routine where you handle both planned tasks and urgent needs that arise in the operation. The role is largely practical and can occasionally be physically demanding.

As a caretaker, your responsibilities include among other things:

• Mail and Goods Handling
  Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail, receive deliveries, and handle outgoing shipments and packages.
• Premises Supervision and Equipment
  Ensure that the premises are in order and equipped according to the operation's needs, for example before meetings and hearings.
• Service to the Operation
  Deliver consumables, move and distribute furniture, and assist departments with practical service in everyday life.
• Internal Moves and Rearrangements
  Plan and carry out workplace moves, rearrange furniture, and assemble furniture as needed.
• Repairs and Troubleshooting
  Perform simple repairs and troubleshooting, such as fixing defects in premises or equipment.
• Waste and Recycling Management
  Ensure that waste and recycling are handled according to current procedures.
• Ongoing Maintenance
  For example, changing light bulbs and other minor measures to maintain a functional work environment.
• Administrative Handling in Systems
  Handle fault reports, orders, and incoming questions via the court's case management system.
• Coordination with External Actors
  Maintain ongoing contact with property managers, technicians, and suppliers, and order and follow up on various services.

Working hours are scheduled between 07:30 – 16:00 with some possibility for flexibility if the operation allows.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• At least three years of recent and satisfactory experience working as a caretaker
• Experience in working with internal service and is accustomed to delivering high-quality service
• Broad basic technical competence (carpentry, simple plumbing, and electricity, etc.)
• Ability to work physically
• Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish
• Computer literacy

Merits

• Experience from working as a caretaker at a court or another authority that the employer deems relevant
• Experience handling fault reports and orders in system tools

Your Personal Attributes

In the role of caretaker, you work to ensure a well-functioning work and visitor environment. You have good collaboration and communication skills as the work involves daily meetings with employees and visitors. Even in situations with high tempo or unexpected challenges, you remain calm, prioritize, and work solution-oriented to meet the operation's needs. At the same time, you work independently by noticing needs, taking initiative, and driving tasks to completion with good quality.

Great emphasis will be placed on your personal qualities.

To be considered for employment with us, you must be assessed as suitable. This means that you uphold democratic values and act in accordance with the governmental value base that governs the operations of Sweden's courts. We also require that you comply with Swedish laws.

Application

Send your application no later than August 23, 2026. To allow us to assess your application, please do the following:

Apply by attaching your CV. In this recruitment, we have chosen to replace the cover letter with selection questions. The questions are based on the requirement profile and are designed to enable a structured and equal assessment of all candidates. Therefore, we ask you to answer as thoroughly and concretely as possible, so that we get a clear picture of your competence and experience. Answering all questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete. Note that we will not assess any cover letter.

To ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process, the Swedish Courts apply competency-based recruitment. Work samples may be used as part of the selection process.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.

Due to the holiday period, answers to any questions may take slightly longer than usual. We will answer all questions as soon as possible.

About the Workplace

Södertörn District Court is an open, modern, and development-oriented workplace with dedicated employees. We are one of the country's largest district courts, and here work over 250 employees with different competencies, each of whom is significant for maintaining high quality in all respects. The court has six judicial divisions and one administrative division. In 2025, the court received 22,993 cases and matters. The court also has public areas where our over 800,000 visitors annually stay. The premises are distributed over 13,900 square meters.

Do you want to meet your future colleagues? Read about our employees and watch interviews with them on our website: Meet our employees - Södertörn District Court (https://www.domstol.se/sodertorns-tingsratten/om-tingsratten/organisation/mot-vara-medarbetare/)

We apply individual and differentiated salary setting. If you want to know more about how we work with salaries and see current salary intervals for different positions, you can read more on our external website: Work with us – benefits and conditions – salary (https://www.domstol.se/jobba-hos-oss/varfor-jobba-hos-oss/formaner-och-villkor/)

Salary Type: Monthly salary.
Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date: By agreement.