Environmental Field advisor till MSB:s resursbas
Introduction
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) recruits and deploys committed and skilled experts for our humanitarian, resilience and peace support operations. MSB has accumulated vast experience from working together with and strengthening other organisations - most notably UN agencies, the EU and OSCE in disasters, conflicts and crisis management. MSB is now opening our roster to interested candidates seeking to work as Environmental Field Advisors with us in peace support operations. These roles are integral to addressing the interconnected challenges posed on Human Security through environmental degradation, climate change, and conflict in humanitarian and development contexts.
Climate change can lead to resource scarcity, flooding, and drought, threatening the stability of societies and nation-building efforts. Its negative impact on human health, ecosystems, and natural resources - particularly water - is becoming increasingly evident. National economies may be disrupted with costly consequences. Energy, agriculture, forestry, tourism, and the insurance sector are among the economic sectors most at risk of being affected by climate change. These consequences can increase the risk for conflicts to evolve and affect access to water, food, and other resources. Climate change and resource scarcity interchangeably form the basis for the instability of societal systems and are widely viewed by global actors to potentially fuel the development of conflicts or act as a catalyst for them.
As an Environmental Advisor, you will support the integration of environmental and climate dimensions into policies, operations, and conflict-sensitive approaches - —working at the nexus of humanitarian action, development cooperation, and peacebuilding. You will also play a role in strengthening climate-responsive governance in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, including advising on Security Sector Reform (SSR) initiatives.
Deployed as an Environmental Field advisor, the mission lenght is normally is 12 months with a few weeks preparation prior to the mission. Deployment locations vary and may involve fragile or post-conflict settings. When registered on the MSB roster you will continuously receive interesting international job opportunities and invitations to stimulating and valuable trainings and exercises. Prior a mission with us you need to conduct the MSB induction training.
The MSB highly values the well-being of our staff and whilst on mission you will have access to health and safety support from the MSB 24 hours a day.
Climate change can lead to resource scarcity, flooding, and drought, threatening the stability of societies and nation-building efforts. Its negative impact on human health, ecosystems, and natural resources - particularly water - is becoming increasingly evident. National economies may be disrupted with costly consequences. Energy, agriculture, forestry, tourism, and the insurance sector are among the economic sectors most at risk of being affected by climate change. These consequences can increase the risk for conflicts to evolve and affect access to water, food, and other resources. Climate change and resource scarcity interchangeably form the basis for the instability of societal systems and are widely viewed by global actors to potentially fuel the development of conflicts or act as a catalyst for them.
As an Environmental Advisor, you will support the integration of environmental and climate dimensions into policies, operations, and conflict-sensitive approaches - —working at the nexus of humanitarian action, development cooperation, and peacebuilding. You will also play a role in strengthening climate-responsive governance in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, including advising on Security Sector Reform (SSR) initiatives.
Deployed as an Environmental Field advisor, the mission lenght is normally is 12 months with a few weeks preparation prior to the mission. Deployment locations vary and may involve fragile or post-conflict settings. When registered on the MSB roster you will continuously receive interesting international job opportunities and invitations to stimulating and valuable trainings and exercises. Prior a mission with us you need to conduct the MSB induction training.
The MSB highly values the well-being of our staff and whilst on mission you will have access to health and safety support from the MSB 24 hours a day.
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Duties
Your key responsibility as an Environmental Field advisor is to:
• Provide strategic and operational advice on environmental sustainability, climate adaptation, and disaster risk reduction.
• Conduct and contribute to conflict and peace analysis, with specific attention to environmental and climate-related drivers.
• Support policy development and provide technical advisory to Security Sector Reform (SSR) staff, ensuring that climate-conflict sensitivities are embedded in institutional reform processes.
• Promote environmentally sustainable practices across operations, including procurement, infrastructure, and logistics.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination across humanitarian, development, environmental, and peace sectors.
• Contribute to institutional learning through knowledge management, capacity-building, and training.
• Represent MSB in international foras, working groups, and policy dialogue processes.
• Provide strategic and operational advice on environmental sustainability, climate adaptation, and disaster risk reduction.
• Conduct and contribute to conflict and peace analysis, with specific attention to environmental and climate-related drivers.
• Support policy development and provide technical advisory to Security Sector Reform (SSR) staff, ensuring that climate-conflict sensitivities are embedded in institutional reform processes.
• Promote environmentally sustainable practices across operations, including procurement, infrastructure, and logistics.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination across humanitarian, development, environmental, and peace sectors.
• Contribute to institutional learning through knowledge management, capacity-building, and training.
• Represent MSB in international foras, working groups, and policy dialogue processes.
Qualifications
Experience
To match the profile as an Environmental Field Advisor you need to have:
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience post-graduation.
• Proven track record in international contexts, particularly in humanitarian, development, peacebuilding, or SSR environments.
• Ability to work with integration of environment in all phases of a project, planning and start-up, implementation and monitoring and follow-up
• Experience in conflict-sensitive and climate-aware policy development.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior stakeholders, including SSR staff or peace and security actors, on climate-conflict dynamics.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in multicultural settings.
• Experience of practical measures within relevant technical fields of work e. g. waste management, hazardous substances, energy conservation, management of human waste, water conservation etc.
• Knowledge of common environmental issues within humanitarian contexts
• Knowledge and experience of relevant tools and guidelines such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA), Flash Environmental Assessment Tool (FEAT), Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assesment (MIRA) and Environment Marker (EM)
It is an advantage if you have:
• Experience with multilateral organizations, especially the EU and UN
• Background in security sector governance, peace operations, or environmental peacebuilding.
• Experience in fragile, conflict-affected, or climate-vulnerable countries.
• Familiarity with climate finance, environmental diplomacy, or human security approaches.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience post-graduation.
• Proven track record in international contexts, particularly in humanitarian, development, peacebuilding, or SSR environments.
• Ability to work with integration of environment in all phases of a project, planning and start-up, implementation and monitoring and follow-up
• Experience in conflict-sensitive and climate-aware policy development.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior stakeholders, including SSR staff or peace and security actors, on climate-conflict dynamics.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in multicultural settings.
• Experience of practical measures within relevant technical fields of work e. g. waste management, hazardous substances, energy conservation, management of human waste, water conservation etc.
• Knowledge of common environmental issues within humanitarian contexts
• Knowledge and experience of relevant tools and guidelines such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA), Flash Environmental Assessment Tool (FEAT), Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assesment (MIRA) and Environment Marker (EM)
It is an advantage if you have:
• Experience with multilateral organizations, especially the EU and UN
• Background in security sector governance, peace operations, or environmental peacebuilding.
• Experience in fragile, conflict-affected, or climate-vulnerable countries.
• Familiarity with climate finance, environmental diplomacy, or human security approaches.
Education
• Masters degree (Magisterexamen, 240 hp) in environmental science; natural resource management; conflict studies; international development; social och political sciences related to policy development and institutional diplomacy for mainstreaming of environmental considerations into operations; or a related field.
Languages
Fluency in English (spoken and written) is a requirement. Knowledge in French, Arabic, Spanish, or other UN languages is an advantage.
Other requirements
For this profile, Swedish citizenship is a requirement.
Profile
We are looking for individuals who:
• Show sound judgment and adaptability in dynamic and sometimes high-risk contexts.
• Engage effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate initiative, flexibility and independence, while contributing to collective results.
• Handle tasks and problems with both a practical and analytical approach, with good and structured report drafting skills.
• Communicate diplomatically and clearly across cultures and sectors.
• Have a strong commitment to sustainability, peace, and inclusive governance.
• Show sound judgment and adaptability in dynamic and sometimes high-risk contexts.
• Engage effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate initiative, flexibility and independence, while contributing to collective results.
• Handle tasks and problems with both a practical and analytical approach, with good and structured report drafting skills.
• Communicate diplomatically and clearly across cultures and sectors.
• Have a strong commitment to sustainability, peace, and inclusive governance.
Contractual conditions
När du ansöker till MSB:s resursbas behöver du fylla i en självskattad hälsodeklaration. Om du sedan rekryteras till en internationell insats krävs att en hälsoundersökning genomförs och att resultaten godkänns av MSB innan anställning. Vissa sjukdomar och tillstånd kan utgöra hinder för utlandstjänstgöring. Om du har frågor kring MSB:s hälsokrav, vänligen kontakta MSB:s medicinska koordinatorer, medical.coordinator@msb.se. En registrering i vår resursbas gäller sedan i 3 år. Du är under perioden själv ansvarig för att alltid ha aktuella uppgifter upplagda i MSB:s personalhanteringssystem, MyPages. Efter 3 år görs en utvärdering och du kan bli erbjuden en förlängd registrering.
Har du en ordinarie arbetsgivare så bör du informera denne om ditt eventuella engagemang med MSB.
Att jobba med MSB på internationella insatser betyder att registrerade individer i resursbasen är tillfälligt anställda av MSB. MSB betalar lön och övrigt förmånspaket beroende på insats till personalen, inklusive fri hemresa och tillgång tillstödfunktioner inom hälsa och säkerhet från MSB dygnet runt när du är på insats.
MSB har en jämställdhets- och likabehandlingspolicy för att undvika all form av diskriminering. Vi strävar efter en jämn könsbalans i MSB:s resursbas och på våra insatser. MSB:s resursbas innehåller en variation av yrken och kompetenser och vår verksamhet utgår från den drabbade befolkningens behov samt alla människors lika värde. Som anställd på MSB åtar du dig att inom ditt arbetsområde och genom ditt uppträdande aktivt verka för att förebygga diskriminering och trakasserier på grund av kön, etniskt ursprung, ålder, religion eller annan trosuppfattning, politisk åskådning, funktionsnedsättning, sexuell läggning, könsöverskridande identitet eller uttryck.
Hur du ansöker:
För att söka till MSB:s resursbas var vänlig skapa ett konto på MyPages. Notera att informationen som du delar på MyPages blir till ditt CV. När du skapat ditt konto och registrerat din CV-information skickar du in din ansökan genom att klicka på ”Apply” i den aktuella annonsen på www.msb.se och följ de anvisade stegen. Har du redan ett konto på MyPages kan du gå direkt till Apply i annonsen på www.msb.se. Har du problem med MyPages kan du kontakta supporten genom att maila mypages@msb.se
Det är ditt ansvar som sökande att dokumentera din kompetens på ett sätt som medger en saklig, kvalitativ bedömning.
Som statlig myndighet omfattas vi av offentlighetsprincipen. Det innebär att om någon begär att få kopior på till exempel ansökningshandlingar är vi skyldiga att lämna ut dem. Om du har skyddad identitet ska du kontakta HR-handläggaren som anges nedan, innan du registrerar några uppgifter på MyPages.
Observera att din ansökan måste vara på engelska!
MSB kommer att hantera ansökningarna löpande under ansökningstiden vilket innebär att vi önskar att du skickar in din ansökan så snart som möjligt.
Har du frågor om rollen som Environmental Field advisor får du gärna kontakta MSB:s konsult inom miljö, Patric Fox, (patrick.fox@msb.se).
Undrar du istället över rekryteringsprocessen eller har frågor kopplade till vad det innebär att vara en del av MSB:s resursbas, hör av dig till Rebecca Molin (rebecca.molin@msb.se).
Vi ser fram emot att höra ifrån dig!
Har du en ordinarie arbetsgivare så bör du informera denne om ditt eventuella engagemang med MSB.
Att jobba med MSB på internationella insatser betyder att registrerade individer i resursbasen är tillfälligt anställda av MSB. MSB betalar lön och övrigt förmånspaket beroende på insats till personalen, inklusive fri hemresa och tillgång tillstödfunktioner inom hälsa och säkerhet från MSB dygnet runt när du är på insats.
MSB har en jämställdhets- och likabehandlingspolicy för att undvika all form av diskriminering. Vi strävar efter en jämn könsbalans i MSB:s resursbas och på våra insatser. MSB:s resursbas innehåller en variation av yrken och kompetenser och vår verksamhet utgår från den drabbade befolkningens behov samt alla människors lika värde. Som anställd på MSB åtar du dig att inom ditt arbetsområde och genom ditt uppträdande aktivt verka för att förebygga diskriminering och trakasserier på grund av kön, etniskt ursprung, ålder, religion eller annan trosuppfattning, politisk åskådning, funktionsnedsättning, sexuell läggning, könsöverskridande identitet eller uttryck.
Hur du ansöker:
För att söka till MSB:s resursbas var vänlig skapa ett konto på MyPages. Notera att informationen som du delar på MyPages blir till ditt CV. När du skapat ditt konto och registrerat din CV-information skickar du in din ansökan genom att klicka på ”Apply” i den aktuella annonsen på www.msb.se och följ de anvisade stegen. Har du redan ett konto på MyPages kan du gå direkt till Apply i annonsen på www.msb.se. Har du problem med MyPages kan du kontakta supporten genom att maila mypages@msb.se
Det är ditt ansvar som sökande att dokumentera din kompetens på ett sätt som medger en saklig, kvalitativ bedömning.
Som statlig myndighet omfattas vi av offentlighetsprincipen. Det innebär att om någon begär att få kopior på till exempel ansökningshandlingar är vi skyldiga att lämna ut dem. Om du har skyddad identitet ska du kontakta HR-handläggaren som anges nedan, innan du registrerar några uppgifter på MyPages.
Observera att din ansökan måste vara på engelska!
MSB kommer att hantera ansökningarna löpande under ansökningstiden vilket innebär att vi önskar att du skickar in din ansökan så snart som möjligt.
Har du frågor om rollen som Environmental Field advisor får du gärna kontakta MSB:s konsult inom miljö, Patric Fox, (patrick.fox@msb.se).
Undrar du istället över rekryteringsprocessen eller har frågor kopplade till vad det innebär att vara en del av MSB:s resursbas, hör av dig till Rebecca Molin (rebecca.molin@msb.se).
Vi ser fram emot att höra ifrån dig!
Application deadline
2025-05-07
Point of contact
Rebecca Molin
Rebecca.Molin@msb.se
+46102405214
Rebecca.Molin@msb.se
+46102405214