The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) - Psychological Defence Unit (MPF) protects the open and democratic society and freedom of opinion by identifying, analyzing, and countering improper information influence and other misleading information directed at Sweden or Swedish interests.
The Agency was established on January 1, 2022, and has offices in Solna and Karlstad. There are five departments: the Director General's Staff, the Operations Department, the Capability Development Department, the Administrative Department, and the Communications Department.
In the Capability Development Department, we work to develop and strengthen society's collective capacity for psychological defence. This includes providing support to the public, authorities, regions, municipalities, media, voluntary defense organizations, and civil society in general, as well as promoting increased coordination between these actors. Important tasks also include responsibility for education, exercises, and knowledge development, which includes commissioning, monitoring, and disseminating research in psychological defence.
We are now offering an internship position in the Capability Development Unit in Karlstad.
Internship
As an intern with us, you will participate in daily work to strengthen society's collective resilience and capacity within Sweden's psychological defence.
You will assist in the Agency's development work on capability-enhancing activities such as education and exercises, as well as our Capability Portal. The Capability Portal collects resources to help actors strengthen their own capacity within psychological defence. During your internship, you will also gain broad knowledge of the department's various areas of activity.
Qualifications
To submit an expression of interest, you must be enrolled in an ongoing bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree program in, for example, political science, communication, or other relevant academic field. We are looking for someone interested in defense and democracy issues and who is driven to actively participate in development processes.
It is meritorious if you have knowledge of psychological defence or total defence.
The Agency conducts security-sensitive operations, and to complete your internship with us, you must undergo and be approved for a security clearance. We conduct security vetting with registry checks according to the provisions of the Security Protection Act. In certain cases, Swedish citizenship is required.
If you are interested in an internship position, submit your expression of interest here via our recruitment system Varbi.
We warmly welcome your expression of interest!
To ensure quality in the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this vacancy.
If you have protected personal information, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system or send them via email. Instead, contact MPF's switchboard at 010−183 70 00 for further handling.