Organisation
Police Region West
Municipality
Gothenburg
County
Västra Götaland county
Announced
January 17, 2024
Apply by
February 29, 2024
Reference number
C173285/2024
Job description
Are you ready for a bigger task? Do you dream of becoming a police officer? Do you currently have work experience and a university degree that you wish you could combine with working as a police officer and thereby contribute to making our society safe and secure? Then we have an exciting challenge for you! In the spring of 2024, we will recruit for the functional police training (FPU).
What does the function-oriented police training mean?
The function-oriented police training is basic training for police officers for prioritized functions in the Police Authority’s operations. The studies run full-time with a high rate of study over 1 year with approx. 15 compulsory study weeks and take place at the assigned university. The training is aimed at specific target groups that bring with them special competence and experience, which means that the training can be compressed in scope and design. Participants at FPU are employed and have a fixed salary during the education.
Applicants who receive employment will be trained as police officers in accordance with Functional Police Training (Police Ordinance 2014:1104 and Ordinance on training for police officers 2014:1105).
After completed and approved studies and post-graduate training as well as security clearance, the participant is hired as a police assistant, gets a permanent job and is placed at region West, the Investigation Unit, the section regional IT crime center with the function of fraud investigator and location in Gothenburg.
Read more about the function-oriented police training: polisen.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-polis/polisutbildningens/funktionsinjardak-polisutbildning/
Region West
Police Region Väst consists of Halland County and Västra Götaland County. Operations in the region are organized in five police areas: Fyrbodal, Halland, Skaraborg, Storgöteborg and Älvsborg, which together are divided into 16 local police areas. Furthermore, there are three regional units: the operational unit, the intelligence unit and the investigation unit, a regional office and national departments that are represented in the region to provide support to police operations.
The investigation unit
The regional investigation unit is responsible together with the police areas for the region’s investigative activities. The investigation unit coordinates and drives business development from a regional perspective in collaboration with the national operational department and other regions. The regional investigation unit works with, among other things, the investigation of serious crime, crime victim work and forensics.
Regional IT Crime Centre
At Region West’s investigation unit, there is the regional IT crime center section. The section contains several different areas of expertise, all with a focus on supplementing and contributing to the region’s investigative activities. Regional IT crime center West is tasked with investigating and assisting with cutting-edge expertise in investigations with IT-related elements. The section also has a mission to contribute to increasing the competence of investigative activities regarding IT-related crime throughout the region.
Job description
As an internet collector, you primarily work with collecting, processing and to some extent analyzing crime and incident information obtained mainly from internet sources. You evidence obtains information that is valuable for the ongoing preliminary investigations and has a close dialogue and cooperation with those who are responsible for the preliminary investigation. You will work as part of a team with a focus on building and/or supporting the preliminary investigations.
RC3 is the region’s knowledge bearer in terms of IT-related investigation measures and has a mission to increase the regional capacity regarding all types of crimes with IT elements. Part of this is assisting other investigation groups in cases with complex digital elements. We cooperate regularly with other regional IT crime centers in Sweden as well as with the National IT crime centre.
The business is characterized by a high awareness of security and is conducted with a high degree of legal certainty. RC3 is a self-sufficient section with various competencies that handles everything from mapping, house searches, interrogations, internet retrieval and analysis to reporting in court. We work in teams to benefit from the different knowledge of the section as we put all the pieces of the puzzle in place.
There may also be additional general police tasks depending on the needs of the business.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who have:
- At least a university degree in IT with a focus on cyber security, information security, forensics or similar.
- At least two years of relevant work experience for the function full-time and in the immediate future, for example in the IT or information security sphere, alternatively finance-related investigation in e.g. the tax authority, the insurance fund or bank, alternatively the corresponding criminal investigation assignment.
- Swedish B driver’s license for manual transmission
- Good ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish and English
- Good knowledge of information search via open sources, e.g. social media from working life
- Work experience of having handled large data sets of information
- Experience with scripting languages
- Accustomed to working in Linux systems
- Experience with log analysis
- Experience in intelligence work
- Work experience of oral presentations
- Experience and/or understanding of blockchain technology
- Experience of working with method development
- Experience or education in another relevant field, for example behavioral science, systems science, journalism, criminology, political science or anything else that the employer deems relevant.
It is advantageous if you have:
Applicants must also meet the eligibility requirements and admission requirements for the police training. Please read more about these here:
polisen.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-polis/antagningskrav/
Personal characteristics
In order for you to enjoy your work, you must have the ability to take your own initiative, make decisions independently and focus on the right things to achieve results. You take responsibility for your tasks and are curious and creative. You are happy to come up with your own ideas and solutions to drive and develop the work forward in the best way. You must like to search for information and solutions that you do not see directly and you must be able to think outside the box. You must be flexible and have the ability to handle several issues in parallel, as well as quickly reprioritize work tasks and switch up the pace when the work requires this. You see opportunities in changes. The work’s many contact areas, both inside and outside the authority, require you to be clear, communicative and have good cooperation skills. You work well both independently and in a group. You must be prepared to be part of a standby function for internet retrieval in the future.
It is important to us that you have good judgement, are legal and security conscious and have a clear moral compass. With us, you will be faced with challenging situations, your basic security is therefore crucial for you to thrive and feel good in the role as a police employee.
We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.
Contact persons
Union representatives
SACO, Police Union, Fackförbundet ST, SEKO The police can be contacted via the police switchboard 114 14
Other information
Location: Gothenburg
Working hours: Scheduled study time. After approved aspirant training, you work during the day with flex.
Access: Start of employment v. 45/46 with an initial introduction of 2-3 weeks at the future workplace and a preparatory training starting in v. 48. This takes place before the function-oriented training starts v. 3 2025.
Function and location: During your studies, you will be employed as an administrator
Place of work: During the operational training, you will be placed in Region Väst, the Investigation Unit, location Gothenburg. The studies during the function-oriented police training mostly take place remotely with approx. 14 so-called close study weeks which are mandatory and take place at Malmö University.
Contact persons:
If you have questions about the function-oriented police training or about the function after completed and approved aspirant, you are welcome to contact: Björn Komsell, reachable via the police switchboard 114 14.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the responsible HR consultant: Jennifer Prim, [email protected]
Union representatives
Saco-S, the Police Association, Seko Police, ST within the Police can be reached via the police switchboard 114 14.
The recruitment process:
The first selection is based on survey responses and received application documents. The applicants who go on are invited to a digital information meeting planned for v. 11.
After the digital information meeting, trials take place at the Swedish Duty and Trials Agency from v. 13 at their offices either in Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg.
Those who pass the tests will then be invited to an employment interview for the requested function. Tests may be carried out.
Terms of employment:
Time-limited employment as an administrator during implementation of the function-oriented police training including introduction.
Time-limited employment as a police aspirant during the aspirant training (6 months) in police region West.
Permanent employment as a police assistant is offered after approved training and subsequent approved aspirant. The employment begins with a 6-month trial employment.
During the training and aspirant training, a salary of SEK 29,000/month is paid. After approved training, approved aspirant training and security clearance, an individual salary is set according to the function applied for.
If you have an ongoing permanent employment within the Police Authority, you retain your employment and your employment benefits and receive a temporary placement decision during the implementation of the functional police training.
Welcome with your application in the form of a CV and cover letter no later than 29/2 2024. We use e-recruitment to streamline and ensure the quality of the recruitment work. Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Police Authority’s website.
If you have protected personal data, references or similar information that you yourself consider to be worth protecting, we recommend that you contact the responsible HR consultant.
If you continue your application digitally, your application will be handled via the Police’s recruitment support Visma Recruit.
If you want to complete your application, please contact the responsible HR consultant.
The Swedish Police Agency is Sweden’s largest authority. We offer you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity and personal development.
Feel free to read about our benefits as an employee of the police at: polisen.se/erbjude
With us, you get the opportunity to contribute to the Police’s mission – to increase safety and reduce crime in society. We conduct our business according to our core values: commitment, efficiency and availability. As an employee within the police, you act for equal treatment. It is a prerequisite for legal certainty, legal certainty and for the legitimacy of the police in society. As a representative of the police, you respect everyone’s equal value and create trust in the police.
Please read more about the police and our operations at polisen.se
A warm welcome with your application!
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