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Etterretningstjenesten – Knowledge about the world for the protection of Norway

The mission of Etterretningstjenesten is to collect information and provide warnings about conditions abroad that may threaten Norway and Norwegian interests.

We are now looking for you who want to lead and coordinate activity in a team with high technical competence and professional engagement. You like working with people and are concerned that the team's efforts meet the analyst's needs. To find this out, we need your soft-skills and leadership experience. Through good communication and a focus on relationships, you can help the organization extract value from the tools we develop.

As an employee in Etterretningstjenesten, you will contribute to our important societal mission, as well as be part of an environment characterized by high competence and strong engagement for the field.

We rely on diversity in perspectives and experiences to solve our missions. Therefore, we wish to recruit employees from different backgrounds, with different life experiences, to work with us.

Tasks

• You seek out stakeholders to understand needs and explain possibilities.
• You create effective and organized processes, but are primarily solution-oriented.
• You can tolerate saying no when necessary, and can challenge established truths.
• You will lead and prioritize operational efforts together with your immediate manager and operations coordinator.
• You take responsibility for activity planning.

The team expects to grow in step with ambitions towards new target environments. How we expand and strengthen the effort, while maintaining existing operational activity, will be among your first challenges.

Qualifications

The position has the following requirements that must be met to be considered a relevant applicant:

• Bachelor's degree or education at an equivalent level (cand.-degrees, formerly Engineering education etc.) or scope within a relevant field of study. Several years of relevant experience with good results may compensate for the education requirement.
• Relevant experience
• Good knowledge of Etterretningstjenesten
• Good knowledge of partnership cooperation

In addition, it is desirable if you have:

• Education in technology management, project management, or management of information security environments.

Special requirements for a position in Etterretningstjenesten:

Applicants must satisfy the requirements for the highest security clearance.

For employment in Etterretningstjenesten, one cannot have any citizenship other than Norwegian at the time of employment.

The position is subject to compulsory service, cf. the Defense Act and the Defense Personnel Regulations, which implies that you can be ordered to international operations. This normally occurs on the basis of willingness. Compulsory service entails requirements for medical and physical fitness and basic English skills. If you do not meet the requirements, you have the opportunity to apply for an exemption.

Personal qualities Personal suitability for a position in Etterretningstjenesten will be given great weight.

• Attitudes and reliability: Etterretningstjenesten requires high professional and personal integrity, reliability, and loyalty from its employees.
• Desire to learn and methodical approach: We seek people who are eager about their field, and who meet the workday with a desire to learn and a wish to deliver.
• Interaction and collaboration: In Etterretningstjenesten, we are concerned with having a good working environment. Good team spirit, respect, and tolerance in meeting others is of great importance.
• Stress management: It is a prerequisite that our employees have the ability to handle periodically high workloads.

For the specific position as Kapabilitetskoordinator, the ability for an overview and creative problem-solving is also required.

We offer

With us, you will get an exciting and socially important job where you will be able to make a difference.

Etterretningstjenesten is concerned with increasing the competence of its employees, and there will be investments in both you as a person and your professional interests.

Our employees have flexible working hours, the opportunity for training during working hours, as well as favorable loan and pension schemes through Statens pensjonskasse.

You will receive an annual salary within the range of NOK 785,000 – 980,000 in the position of Seniorrådgiver (code: 1364) according to the current Hovedtariffavtale. [Inserted if necessary: For particularly qualified applicants, higher salary may be considered.] Final salary placement [and position code] depends on qualifications.

Contact information Professional questions, 23 09 28 89 HR questions, 23 09 43 22 Workplace Lutvannsveien 0676 Oslo Key information: Employer: Etterretningstjenesten

Reference no.: 5178517184 Employment percentage: 100% Permanent Application deadline: 24.09.2026

About the employer:

What is actually happening in the world?

Etterretningstjenesten collects, processes, and analyzes information on behalf of Norway. We do this to provide Norwegian authorities with the best possible basis for making good decisions. We are part of Forsvaret, but also solve missions for the rest of the government apparatus. The service works according to overarching political priorities and guidelines. More information about us can be found at etj.no. Here you will also find Fokus - Etterretningstjenesten's open assessment of current security challenges.

We rely on diversity in perspectives and experiences to solve our missions. Therefore, we wish to recruit employees from different backgrounds, with different life experiences, to work with us. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of gender, cultural background, gaps in CV, or disability.