Assistant to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Riksdagsförvaltningen is an agency whose task is to facilitate the work of the Riksdag. Approximately 750 politically neutral employees work at Riksdagsförvaltningen with many different types of tasks. We are now seeking an assistant to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for a temporary position.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs is part of Riksdagsförvaltningen's committee department and works with issues concerning Sweden's cooperation and relations with other countries. Issues concerning foreign policy, security policy, human rights, and more are on the committee's agenda.
Your tasks
As a committee assistant, you will work with administrative tasks before and in connection with committee meetings and visits. You will work with digital distribution of documents before meetings and prepare summons, minutes, and attendance lists. Registry work and handling of incoming documents, personnel reporting, as well as invoice handling and booking of travel, are other tasks. Furthermore, administrative support is provided to case officers and rapporteurs in their work with the committee's reports. In addition to the work on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, it also includes supporting other parts of the committee department as needed.
You will also work with administrative tasks linked to the assignment as chief secretary to the committee's presidium, such as answering phones, incoming and outgoing mail including handling invitations, as well as booking incoming and outgoing visits by ambassadors and equivalents, including handling and ordering various types of documentation such as invoice documentation. If necessary, participation in international conferences and committee trips may also become relevant.
Your qualifications
You must have at least a high school education and experience in administrative work. Current experience in similar work at Riksdagsförvaltningen, Regeringskansliet, or other state administration is meritorious. Experience with international issues is also meritorious. It is important that you perform your tasks with great accuracy, that you can express yourself well in writing, and that you are accustomed to working in various IT systems. The work requires good knowledge of English.
The office is a small unit, which means it is important to be able to be flexible and to be prepared that the work contains both routine and more qualified tasks. Great importance will be placed on your personal qualities, especially the ability to cooperate and communicate. It is also important that you are service-oriented and can work independently, with good foresight and under time pressure.
Employee partnership is important to us. Working with us means that you are expected to act in accordance with our view on employee partnership: to achieve results, develop, and cooperate.
The employment is time-limited until September 2027, but may potentially be extended.
The employment is classified for security clearance, which in this case requires Swedish citizenship and an approved security clearance. We welcome applicants with various experiences and backgrounds.
We offer you
At Riksdagsförvaltningen, you get to work with stimulating, developing, and socially beneficial tasks close to the heart of democracy. Here you will find professional challenges and good conditions regarding vacation, occupational pension, parental leave, and competence development. In the Riksdag's premises, there is a gym and a training facility with different training sessions every day. We strive for our employees to have a good balance between work and leisure. We offer the possibility of remote work to some extent.
Application
Apply via http://www.riksdagen.se, no later than October 18, 2026.
Reference number: 117-2026/27
We work competence-based throughout the entire process and are keen to offer an inclusive, fair, objective, and candidate-friendly process. In this process, we ask you to answer a number of selection questions instead of asking for a personal letter.
Other
Riksdagsförvaltningen has made its own choice for recruitment and declines all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.
Individual salary setting is applied in accordance with the central collective agreements RD-RALS/RD-RALS 2010-T.
Contact us
Martin Bothén, manager, 08-786 54 49
Sara Eriksson, HR specialist, 08-786 45 45
Trade union representatives
Anna Nyströmer, Saco-S
Anneli Löfling, ST
Lars Vestberg, Seko, 08-786 40 00 (switchboard)
The Riksdag is the heart of Swedish democracy. Riksdagsförvaltningen's task is to create the best possible conditions for the Riksdag and its members. It is a unique mission we are proud of. We have exciting tasks where we are professionally challenged. At the same time, we have a good balance between work and leisure. Our core values—quality, competence, and commitment—give us a common direction. Together, we ensure that democracy functions.