Unit Manager for the Preparedness and Crisis Management Unit

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a national knowledge authority working for better public health. The agency does this by developing and supporting society's efforts to promote health, prevent ill health, and protect against health threats. Our vision is a public health that strengthens societal development.

We are looking for an engaged unit manager for our Preparedness and Crisis Management Unit. Do you have experience in preparedness issues and crisis management, as well as a passion for creating safe communities? Then we would love to hear from you!

What will you work with?

You will be the unit manager for the Preparedness and Crisis Management Unit within the Department of Infectious Disease Control and Health Protection. As a unit manager, you have overall responsibility for ensuring that the unit operates in accordance with the agency's overarching goals and assignments. You have personnel responsibility as well as budget and operational responsibility for the unit's overall activities and are part of the department's management team.

As a unit manager at the Public Health Agency of Sweden, you are an employer, operational representative, and leader. Your role as a unit manager includes:

• Being clear in leadership, governance, and communication.
• Setting, clarifying, and following up on activities that lead to the achievement of the unit's goals and desired effects.
• Ensuring the unit's competence in the short and long term.
• Creating conditions for collaboration and dialogue both within and outside the organization, as well as representing the agency externally.
• Together with other managers, being responsible for and promoting the development of the entire organization to meet the needs of the environment and the agency's assignments.

About you as a leader

You are a confident and communicative leader who enjoys collaborating and creating networks. Your role in the department's management team, which collectively is responsible for promoting development to meet the needs of the environment and the agency's overall assignments, will also be an important part of the work. You lead from a trust-based approach, see diversity as an asset, and create conditions for employees in the unit to do good work by promoting good employee engagement and inspiring and motivating development.

Who are we looking for?

Requirements for the position:

• Relevant university degree in medicine, natural sciences, political science, or another degree that the employer deems equivalent for the assignment.
• Several years of current experience as a manager with personnel responsibility or other leadership experience within public operations that the employer deems equivalent for the assignment.

In addition, we see these competencies, abilities, and experiences as important for you to thrive with us:

Great emphasis is placed on:

• Personal qualities such as good collaboration skills, being responsible, and stress-resistant. You have a holistic perspective and a good approach.
• Personal suitability for the position, such as good leadership qualities, which among other things means that you are decisive and strategic. The role requires you to have a good ability to prioritize.
• Experience working with national and/or international infectious disease control or health protection issues.
• Experience working with preparedness issues, crisis management, and/or civil defense.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Great emphasis is placed on:

• Experience working in government and good knowledge of government operations through, for example, handling referrals, government assignments, or similar.
• Experience in change and development work.
• Experience in national and international collaboration with, for example, authorities, regions, municipalities, and other relevant actors.

Importance is placed on:

• Completed leadership training.
• Experience working from a trust-based approach.

What does the unit do?

The Preparedness and Crisis Management Unit is responsible for coordinating preparedness against infectious diseases and other serious health threats. The unit is responsible for coordinating and developing, among other things, the agency's crisis management organization and exercise activities, the function of duty officer (TiB), and work with civil defense. The unit also coordinates the agency's work in the preparedness sector of Health, Care, and Social Services and contributes operationally and strategically to international work against cross-border threats. The unit collaborates with national authorities, regions, municipalities, and other actors, as well as within the Nordic countries, the EU, and internationally.

What is it like to work at the Public Health Agency of Sweden?

We offer developing work tasks where you can influence and make a difference. Regardless of what you work with, you contribute to societal benefit. You do this together with engaged and competent colleagues in stimulating collaborations. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a workplace that strives to provide equal opportunities for all and to be free from discrimination. The agency operates in Solna and Östersund.

Employee Engagement and Culture at the Public Health Agency of Sweden

About the employment

You will be employed as a unit manager based at our office in Solna. The position is a permanent full-time position that begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date is 2025-05-01 or as soon as possible by agreement.

As an employee of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, you may be subject to military placement. Certain positions are placed in a security class where Swedish citizenship may be a requirement. A security review will then be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

At the agency, there may be an opportunity to enter into an agreement for remote work up to 40 percent of your working time.

Are you interested?

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact department manager Lennie Lindberg, phone 010-205 26 26.

Union representatives are for SACO Pi Zetterquist, phone 010-205 22 95, and for OFR/S Jessika Spångberg, phone 010-205 29 22.

Read more about what it's like to work with us

Application

Welcome with your application for the position of unit manager with us!

We have chosen to remove the personal letter from the recruitment process. Instead, you apply with your CV and by answering selection questions. The goal is to create a more inclusive recruitment process. Psychological tests and work samples may be used as part of the recruitment process.

Please upload relevant degree certificates along with your application.

Read in the application form how to proceed if you have protected personal information.

Apply by 2025-03-20 via the agency's website.

Employer's diary number: 00764-2025-2.1.1