Someone completes the mission. You recruit the people who make it possible

You will not be wearing a helmet. You will not be planning military operations. And fortunately, you do not need to show up for morning roll call. Yet your job will be crucial to whether an important mission succeeds.

Operasjon Ellisiv needs people with the right competence in the right place at the right time. Interpreters, economists, logisticians, and other specialists do not appear by themselves. This is where you come in.

We are looking for you who can turn recruitment into an operational force. Someone who combines strong recruitment expertise with structure, relationships, and an understanding that sometimes it is urgent to get the right person on board.

Your most important task will be:

To ensure that Operasjon Ellisiv gets the civilian competence needed to complete the mission.

In short, you will:

• Plan and execute the entire recruitment process for civilian positions for Operasjon Ellisiv
• Act as a professional advisor and supporter for managers throughout the entire recruitment process

• Ensure that all hires are made in accordance with the regulations for public employment
• Prepare managers for interviews to ensure professional and equal treatment of all candidates

• Handle dialogue with candidates, including international applicants, often with English as the working language
• Contribute to developing recruitment methods to strengthen the general staffing of Forsvaret

When you succeed, you contribute directly to ensuring that Operasjon Ellisiv has the people needed to achieve its goals and support the overall mission of Forsvaret.

What you must have:

• Higher education in HR, organizational psychology, administration, or equivalent

• Relevant experience may, upon assessment, compensate for a lack of formal education.

• Experience in recruitment work, HR advisory, or other relevant advisory activities.
• Good English skills, both written and oral
• You must be able to be security cleared to HEMMELIG and NATO SECRET before commencement (for more information about security clearance, see www.nsm.no)

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Experience with public employment regulations
• Experience with international or multicultural candidate groups
• Experience with SAP or other systems for resource planning (ERP systems).

Attach certificates and diplomas when you apply. If you have completed higher education outside of Norway, it must be approved by Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse (formerly NOKUT), and you must document the approval.

How we believe you work:

• You are able to give clear advice even when regulations and needs pull in different directions
• You build trust with managers and candidates through good communication
• You maintain an overview when many processes are moving simultaneously
• You handle sensitive information with necessary discretion
• You find solutions without compromising on quality or regulations

Why choose Forsvaret?

We offer our employees schemes and activities that facilitate well-being, motivation, and professional growth:

• An exciting job with an important social mission
• Belonging to a good professional and development environment with high competence

• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity for two hours of exercise during working hours per week

• Membership in Statens pensjonskasse, which offers one of Norway's best pension schemes.

Become part of a community where we work together to secure Norway. Here you will have the opportunity to develop professionally in a professional environment characterized by the values of respect, responsibility, and courage.

You will be offered the position of rådgiver (job code 1434), with a salary from NOK 667,200 to NOK 782,900 per year, depending on qualifications. A 2% statutory contribution to Statens pensjonskasse will be deducted from the salary.

Someone completes the mission. Others ensure that the right people are in place to solve them.

Perhaps it is your turn to make the connection.

Strong and ready.

Make the connection.

Contact information: Marie Vollan Aaseby, Seksjonssjef, 918 78 810 Workplace: Storgata 40, 9406 Harstad Key information: Employer: Forsvaret

Reference no.: 5159541219 Employment percentage: 100% Permanent Application deadline: 10.09.2026

About the employer:

A job in Forsvaret is something more than a job. The most important task of Forsvaret is to create security for Norway and safety for the population. Regardless of which position you hold, you are part of safeguarding the interests of the country and the community. To protect everything we have and everything we are, we must ourselves live out the values we are set to defend. We therefore want employees who contribute to a good culture by showing respect and taking responsibility for each other, and having the courage to act correctly and dare to speak up.

As part of Forsvarets personell- og vernepliktssenter (FPVS), you will participate in managing all personnel in the agency, both conscripts and employees. We are also responsible for Forsvaret's veteran work. We have departments throughout Norway, with management and staff in Hamar. The professional environments are located in Elverum, Hamar, Harstad, and Oslo.

In Forsvaret, it is desirable that the workforce should, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the diversity of the population. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of gender, cultural background, gaps in CV, or disability. We will ensure reasonable accommodation in the workplace if needed. Some of Forsvaret's positions may have specific health requirements and requirements for physical fitness.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act § 25, second paragraph, information about the applicant may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to be included in the applicant list. There are specific rules for military positions.

Forsvaret uses electronic application processing. Certificates and diplomas must be attached to the application. Higher education completed outside of Norway must be officially approved by NOKUT or Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse. The approval must be documented.

A background check will be conducted when the security clearance is performed.

Read more about working in Forsvaret.