Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century. We now want to make a fossil-free future possible and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

About the role

Would you like to join us on the journey towards a fossil-free future? We are now looking for you to work to protect Swedish infrastructure and energy supply as a Senior Security Office with a focus on security protection and governance.

Corporate Security & Resilience (CS&R) within Vattenfall leads and coordinates the security and resilience work within the Vattenfall Group. Through high competence, we support the company with strategic decisions, governance and continuously drive and develop the company's work. CS&R is a holistic, modern, flexible and agile security function with extensive knowledge of the security policy situation in the outside world and Vattenfall's part in Sweden's and Europe's energy supply.

The Security Regulation & Supervision unit drives and supports security protection work within the Group. The unit works at a strategic level to set the strategic level of security protection work within the Group, where we drive change and develop new processes and working methods, tools and training, but also participate in consultation work. We develop instructions at both Group level and for the parent company. We work on monitoring security protection within the Group and are responsible for the parent company's security protection work and internal control of NIS/CER. Here is also the joint control function for the Group's security protection agreements.

Together with our legal department, the unit also supports the Group in regulatory supervision within NIS, security protection and in the future also for CER.

Now we offer an exciting and developing job as Senior Security Officer with security protection focus and governance. You will report to the Director Security Regulation & Supervision.

In the role of Senior Security Officer with a focus on security protection, you are expected to:

• Responsible for Group Governance in the area of security protection (personnel security, physical security and information security) within our Group Security Management System
• Develop, coordinate and follow up the work on security protection and supervision issues, by running or participating in various projects, investigations or working groups
• Act as an advisor to the security protection organizations in our subsidiaries
• Have an active role in our Group-wide security protection forum
• Active participation in our monitoring & influencing process in which we analyze upcoming legislative changes and write consultation responses linked to the security area, especially towards security protection.
• Conduct internal audits and internal controls aimed at security protection, NIS and CER, within the Group
• Support the Vattenfall Group in regulatory oversight in the NIS/CER and security protection area
• Be up to date and have good knowledge of industry best practice, legal requirements and how the geopolitical landscape affects the company, customers and the energy industry.

Requirements

We are looking for you who have:

• University and/or college education, preferably in law or security protection or equivalent work experience
• Several years of documented experience working with security protection at a strategic level and practical application regarding laws and regulations in the areas of personnel security, information security and physical security, preferably in the role of security protection manager or deputy security protection manager
• Up-to-date and good knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern the work with security protection, preferably also NIS & CER legislation
• Experience from the energy industry or other critical infrastructure is an advantage.

We attach great importance to your personal qualities. You will be working in a security-sensitive business that places high demands on both integrity and security awareness. You will collaborate with several different stakeholders, hence we are looking for you who enjoy working with others. To succeed in this role, we expect you to be structured and thorough. We value your communication skills and you have experience in producing texts and documentation in both Swedish and English.

Further information

We offer:

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied work with many contact surfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, so we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Solna, Stockholm.

For more information about the position itself, please contact the recruiting manager Anneli Forslund, anneli.bjoernssonforslund@vattenfall.com. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Peter Blixter, 072 237 32 02.

Union representatives are Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). You can reach all of them via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08- 739 50 00.

Please send your application no later than November 24, 2024.Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis, do not wait until the last day to apply. We only accept applications via our website.

We are convinced that diversity helps build a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, so many of our services are classified. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.