Project Position: Data Protection and Information Security Coordinator

Do you value proximity, growth, and creating the best conditions for everyone living and working in Huddinge Municipality? Then we offer numerous career opportunities in a well-functioning and growing municipality with both nature and big-city pulse around the corner. Here, you'll feel safe, involved, and proud as we make a difference every day. In Huddinge Municipality, we work to create a sustainable society where nature, technology, and excellent service work in harmony. Huddinge is a large Stockholm municipality with approximately 6,400 employees and over 110,000 residents. The Municipal Executive Administration works on behalf of the Municipal Executive Board. We lead, guide, support, and follow up to ensure the entire municipality operates efficiently and purposefully. We have approximately 400 employees distributed across five departments. In everything we do, we start from the perspective of benefiting those who live, visit, or work in the municipality. About the Position The Safety and Security Section is seeking a Data Protection and Information Security Coordinator with a junior profile. Have you just graduated in law, political science, or information security? Are you at the beginning of your career and looking for a challenging assignment? Huddinge Municipality offers the opportunity to develop the data protection and information security area together with competent colleagues. The implementation of the Cybersecurity Act means we are now seeking an employee to strengthen our data protection and information security area. This is a project-based position for 1-2 years. Our Safety and Security Section has a mission to lead and support work on safety and security issues by working strategically and governingly at a municipality-wide level. Our area of responsibility is broad and aims to strengthen democracy and legal security. Safety and security issues are highly prioritized in Huddinge Municipality. The section consists of around twenty employees. This Data Protection and Information Security Coordinator role encompasses: • Coordinating work in data protection both within the administration and across the municipality. • Supporting operations with mapping of personal data processing. • Supporting operations in identifying, reporting, and addressing data protection and information security risks. • Supporting operations with various types of analyses, such as data protection impact assessments, data transfers (Transfer Impact Assessments), balance of interests in camera surveillance, and information management plans. • Risk and consequence assessments. • Developing, updating, and creating routines, processes, and governing documents related to data protection and information security. • Handling incoming cases in consultation with colleagues. Monitoring the external environment, networking, and gathering knowledge about the General Data Protection Regulation, Cybersecurity Act, various directives, and related legislation is an important part of the work. You will also work closely with the IT Security Coordinator to ensure a holistic perspective on cybersecurity. Your Profile To succeed and enjoy the role, you should be driven and able to work independently, have the ability to work systematically, and effectively prioritize tasks. We are looking for someone who has: • University degree in law, political science, information security, or another area deemed relevant for the position. • Interest in and knowledge of data protection and information security. • Ability to explain complex issues and situations in a simple manner. • Experience in public sector or other large, complex organizations is considered meritorious. As you will be working across the municipality, you need to be interested in getting to know the municipality's core operations and understanding how personal data and information are processed in the organization. We believe you are a communicative person with an ability to engage others, which we think is important for spreading information and establishing a data protection and information security culture within the organization.