Organisation
Communications Department
Municipality
Stockholm
County
Stockholm County
Announced
January 29, 2024
Apply by
February 12, 2024
Reference number
A743.165/2023
Job description
Are you ready for a bigger task? Working for the police means creating security in people’s lives. Every day. We are now looking for an experienced press secretary for the national police chief and deputy national police chief at the Swedish Police Agency. The position is located at the National Media Center unit, NMC. It is a permanent position based in Stockholm.
The police authority is Sweden’s largest authority with approximately 37,000 employees organized in seven police regions, a number of national departments with at least one office per region.
The national departments within the Police Authority meet the management’s and operations’ needs for strategic management, operational support and support of a more administrative nature for the entire authority. The departments’ units must together create the conditions for business-driven, professional, accessible support for the entire Police Authority.
One of the national departments, the communications department, is responsible for proactively managing and coordinating the Police Authority’s communication work as well as being a strategic and operational communication support throughout the agency. The department has approximately 200 employees and is located in several locations throughout the country.
Job description
As press secretary for the national police chief and deputy national police chief, you work with the top management’s integrated communication. You are a strategic and operational communication support in a rapidly changing environment with many business visits and a high media pressure in cooperation with colleagues in the communication department throughout the country. You also work closely with the press manager and department manager in the communications department. You are placed at the national media center which is responsible for the police’s media strategy and development of the agency’s media work and crisis communication.
Main tasks:
- Plan the communication around the national police chief and deputy national police chief in the short and long term, both internally and externally.
- Act as adviser on media issues to the national police chief and deputy national police chief.
- Participate in the national police chief’s and deputy national police chief’s operational visits throughout the country.
- Plan and arrange press meetings and other media activities in relevant channels.
- Write, photograph, film and publish in social media and in other channels, for example the police’s intranet and polisen.se.
- Support internal communication efforts, films and meetings.
- Support the authority in crisis communication.
- Assist in the communication department’s other work.
The work involves travel and requires some preparedness and inconvenient working hours.
Qualifications
This is an opportunity for you who have:
- Relevant university education in communication or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
- Several years’ current experience of working as a press secretary or similar duties.
- Current experience of acting as an advisor in media matters to management, decision makers and experts.
- Current experience of working with planned integrated communication.
- Experience of handling classified information in media and communication contexts.
- Experience of media work within a larger organization.
- Current experience of working with crisis communication.
- Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish and English in speech and writing at a professional level.
- The position requires Swedish citizenship.
Personal characteristics
We can offer a varied and multifaceted role which places high demands on your personal qualities. You have the ability to work with long-term, complex tasks but also a natural aptitude for being able to quickly change focus to deal with current issues here and now. You enjoy a fast work pace and can make rational decisions even under pressure. You are an initiative, self-motivated and driven person who has a very good judgment in matters relating to ethics and confidentiality.
As the role involves large areas of contact both within and outside the authority, a good ability to collaborate, establish contacts and work in a team is required.
We will attach great importance to your personal qualities.
Contact persons
If you have questions about the assignment, please contact the recruiting manager:
Christer Janson, 010-563 69 39
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the responsible HR consultant:
Kimberly Uvelid, kimberly.uvelid@polisen.se
Union representatives
The Police Association, Sofia Ask, tel: 010-563 87 10
SACO, can be reached via Police switchboard 114 14
SEKO Police, Karna Tillheden, phone: 010-561 66 27
ST, can be reached via Police switchboard 114 14
Other information
Form of employment: Permanent employment with trial employment in six months
Place of work: Stockholm
Working hours: Trust working hours
Function: Press secretary
In your CV and personal letter, we would like you to describe how you meet the requested qualifications and credentials linked to the current recruitment. You can see the complete requirement profile in the job advertisement, please note that any requirements must be met at the time of application. The information you provide in connection with your application can be used to contact you, receive information and invitations as well as any employment documents.
Welcome with your application in the form of a CV and personal letter via e-mail to jobb.na@polisen.se no later than February 12, 2024. Applications for this position will only be received via the email address specified in the advertisement. Mark your application with reference number A743.165/2023 in the subject line of the email.
If you have protected personal data, references or similar information that you consider worthy of protection, we recommend that you send your application marked with the advertisement’s reference number via letter to the address: Police Authority, Registrar’s Office, 106 75 STOCKHOLM, or contact the responsible HR consultant.
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The police authority
The Swedish Police Agency is Sweden’s largest authority. We offer you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity and personal development. Please read about our benefits as an employee of the police at
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 www.polisen.se
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