Vacant job

Are you interested in developing both people and organizations? Do you want to be part of leading the development of international cooperation and contribute to global partnerships?

We are now looking for a committed and experienced unit manager for the unit for international development cooperation at Swedac.

As the unit manager for international development cooperation at Swedac, you will have overall responsibility for the authority's international development projects. You will be the authority's contact person and maintain an ongoing dialogue with our partners, both nationally and internationally. You will be responsible for the direction of the operations, be an expert, and train others in the quality infrastructure broadly and in depth within at least one of the authority's three main areas of operation.

• Accreditation
• Regulated measurement technology
• Market control

About the position

As the unit manager, you will have overall responsibility for leading and developing the unit's employees and driving projects within international development cooperation. You will work strategically to initiate new international collaborations, maintain contacts with relevant actors, and follow up on the development of projects.

You will also handle project applications and, with the support of the operational departments, explore which projects could be relevant for the authority in the future. In short, you will be the driving force behind the authority's international development cooperation, which will focus on support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future, but also in other parts of the world.

We are looking for someone with strong leadership qualities and experience in a leadership position. You are accustomed to operating in international contexts - professionally, linguistically, and culturally - and are confident and experienced in representing public Sweden. Since you will collaborate with both employees from the authority and other authorities and organizations within and outside Sweden, you need to be communicative and have good collaborative skills.

You should have good administrative skills, which include accuracy, good documentation skills, and a sense of order regarding the handling of information, documentation, and data.

You stand behind and uphold the state's core values.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Education and experience

We see that you have an academic degree in political science, international relations, development studies, law, or another area that the employer deems relevant. Experience working within government, change management, or international development cooperation is an advantage.

Language skills

Very good knowledge of Swedish and English is a requirement. Knowledge of major world languages such as Spanish, French, and Russian, as well as languages spoken in countries where Swedac has or plans to have projects, is an advantage.

You will be based either in Borås, where the authority's office is located, or in Stockholm, where we will provide you with office space in a location identified once the recruitment is complete.

The position involves a lot of travel. This includes trips to Swedac's authority days (about 8 per year), other planning meetings in Borås, attending some study visits in Borås, and travel to project countries.

Start date and the possibility of remote work will be agreed upon.

We apply individual salary setting.

Swedac – We create trust in society through safety and quality in goods and services

Swedac is a government authority that works to ensure that products and services are safe and of high quality both in Sweden, within the EU, and globally. We also promote trade as the most important tool for prosperity development. Measurement technology, accreditation, and market control are three of the cornerstones of our operations, along with standardization, which is a private sector activity, forming what is referred to as quality infrastructure.

Read more about Swedac at www.swedac.se.

More information and contact

Swedac aims to harness the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the organization. We strive for a work environment where every employee has the opportunity to balance work and private life, which is why we apply trust-based working hours and the possibility of remote work for part of the working time.

For more information about the position, please contact Håkan N Pettersson, department manager at AMS, 0771-99 09 00 (switchboard). Representatives for Saco and ST can also be reached via the switchboard.

We would like to receive your application by March 27, 2025. Please send your application with a resume to registrator@swedac.se. Please quote reference number: 2025/374.

Interviews are scheduled for March 31 in Borås.

Processing of personal data

Incoming mail and email to authorities become public records and may therefore be disclosed unless specific confidentiality rules apply.

This means that information sent to Swedac may be disclosed if someone requests access to it, unless the authority assesses that the information is covered by confidentiality.

When information is received regarding a person other than the job applicant, e.g., references, Swedac assumes that consent has been obtained from the relevant person.

Swedac's processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This means that Swedac protects personal data with necessary measures and that bidders/suppliers always have the right to contact Swedac to find out what personal data Swedac has registered. Read more about rights in Swedac's policy here (https://www.swedac.se/swedacs-integritetspolicy/).