Expert for the Corrections Services Planning Division

Kriminalvården · plný úvazek

Slottsgatan 78, Norrköping, Švédsko

About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now seeking additional staff members. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the cycle of crime. When we succeed, society becomes safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for correctional institutions, probation services, remand prisons, and prisoner transport. The position of expert for probation services is located within the Corrections Services Planning Division. The division's primary mission is to develop and coordinate national leadership, management, and monitoring of probation service activities. The division is responsible for developing structures and creating conditions for short and long-term capacity development in probation services, civil preparedness work, and handling of individual client matters within the IÖV and conditional release programs to support local operations. Job Description As an expert with an economic focus, you will have overall responsibility for the probation service's budget process and ensure sustainable and purpose-appropriate key metrics for resource allocation. You will ensure that organizational changes, new legislation, and new working methods are financed, and that resource allocation keys and the budget process are well anchored in operations. You will contribute to identifying and analyzing issues of strategic importance for a well-functioning probation service. In your role as an expert, you will also support the division director in driving and developing work with national assignments aimed at developing probation services in line with the agency's long-term priorities. The assignment includes independently and in collaboration with others developing qualified documentation, conducting analyses, and preparing proposals for strategic development, with particular focus on conditions for and financing of proposed development initiatives. Additionally, you will coordinate and drive change initiatives within the probation services area, including establishing and developing collaboration with experts within other operational areas and organizational levels. The work involves close collaboration with managers and experts within different parts of the operations, as well as identifying, planning, and creating conditions for dialogue and cooperation with employee organizations. Qualifications We are therefore seeking someone with a strong ability to cooperate and collaborate. You take responsibility for your own tasks and drive your processes forward. In your work you plan, organize, and prioritize your tasks in an efficient and structured manner. In your role as an expert, you see the bigger picture and take the larger perspective into account. Furthermore, you are skilled at working with complex issues and solving complicated problems. You are accustomed to and comfortable with switching between practical/concrete and more strategic perspectives. To thrive and succeed in your assignment, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's core values of a humane worldview, respect for the individual, and belief in human development. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect both yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your approach to ensuring that everyone is treated equitably. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. We are seeking someone who has: An academic degree of at least 180 credits Several years of experience converting operations into resources and key metrics for resource allocation Experience with Swedish Prison and Probation Service operations Experience with qualified investigative work Experience with process-oriented working methods Experience with independent work at a strategic level requiring planning, analysis, coordination, and monitoring Very good computer skills Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish It is also meritorious to have: Experience as a manager with operational and budget responsibility Experience with work requiring collaboration and/or coordination with experts within other subject areas or organizational levels than your own Other Information The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions that are relevant to the position. Your answers to the selection questions and your CV will determine whether you qualify to proceed in the process. To be eligible for employment with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and compliance with applicable laws. This means you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations. Certain positions are classified as security-sensitive, and a security clearance including background checks will be conducted before an employment decision is made. For certain security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experience. Read more about security clearance here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ The position may involve wartime placement at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about wartime placement here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ Individual salary negotiation applies. Trial employment may be applied. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for balanced gender distribution and increased diversity. To submit your application, click the application link in the announcement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific positions will be answered by the contact person indicated in the announcement. We respectfully but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as recruitment advertising vendors. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procurement agreements in place.