Special adviser (Norway)

Janne Kristiansen was appointed as a special adviser in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security after she stepped down as head of the Norwegian Police Security Service

A special adviser or special advisor (Bokmål: spesialrådgiver; Nynorsk: spesialrådgjevar) is a high-ranking civil servant in the Norwegian civil service with rank code (stillingskode) 1220 in the Norwegian state. The Ministry of Finance has stated that special advisers belong to the "highest career level" in government departments.[1] Special advisers may be highly qualified experts or people with high-level experience from the government service, including former top executives of government agencies. The title is used in government departments, where special advisers are the single most highly paid category. The rank is also used in other parts of the civil service, including directorates and health trusts. In the Basic Collective Agreement (hovedtariffavtalen) for the Norwegian state, special advisers have the second highest minimum pay grade, ranking above all the director ranks and second only to a rarely used rank for the most senior attorneys with the Office of the Attorney General of Norway.[2]

  1. ^ Ny jobb, samme topplønn
  2. ^ Hovedtariffavtalen i staten (2018–2020)