Team Leader for the Detention Center in Gävle

At the Swedish Migration Agency, we work with one of the major societal issues of our time – migration. We are around 6,000 people here, and we have an unusually important job!

With us, you will work on current societal issues that are affected by what happens in our surroundings. Issues that matter and engage. We offer a dynamic environment where continuous improvement and meeting people are in focus.

In a detention unit, detained individuals who have received a deportation or expulsion decision are placed and need to be available for enforcement. A person can also be detained if their right to stay in the country or identity needs to be investigated. The detention center is a closed unit and operations are conducted around the clock. The operations must be designed in a legally secure, safe, and dignified manner with the individual in focus.

You can read more about what it is like to work at the detention center here: Working at the Detention Center (https://migrationsverket.varbi.com/center/tool/position/810529/edit/tab:2).

What does a Team Leader do?

As a team leader, you represent the employer and support the immediate manager in the operational management work at the unit. This means that you allocate resources, coordinate, and follow up on the team's daily work and report continuously to the unit manager. Through a coaching approach, you guide the employees in the team.

You lead the team towards results and goal fulfillment and ensure that standards are followed. You drive the work to continuously improve methods and working practices. As a team leader, you contribute to ensuring that the unit has good conditions in terms of a developing work environment, the right competence, reasonable workload, clear goals, and good planning.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who leads and motivates others to achieve common goals. You coordinate groups, create engagement, and participation. You have good collaboration skills, are attentive, and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. Furthermore, you see the big picture and take into account the best interests of the entire operation in your actions and decisions. You quickly and judiciously weigh information and make swift decisions, despite limited information or difficult circumstances.

In our work as civil servants, high demands are also placed on judgment and a high level of security and confidentiality awareness.

Requirements

• Academic education of at least 120 credits with a legal, social science, or behavioral science focus, or other education combined with relevant experience for the role
• Experience in leading and developing groups and/or individuals
• Good communication skills and express yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish and English
• Good knowledge of the Office suite

It is meritorious if you have

• Leadership training
• Experience in coaching leadership
• Current experience in administrative law case management

Information

Employment type: Temporary position until December 31, 2025
Working hours: Scheduled working hours day/night/weekend, night work may occur
Location: Gävle
Start date: As soon as possible by agreement
Read about our employment benefits here: Employment Benefits (https://www.migrationsverket.se/Om-Migrationsverket/Jobba-hos-oss/Vart-uppdrag-och-arbete.html).

The Swedish Migration Agency may conduct checks in the police's suspicion and criminal records before making a hiring decision.

Application

Welcome to submit your application documents by April 21, 2025. We accept your application via our recruitment system.

About the Recruitment Process

For us, it is important that all competence in the labor market is utilized. Therefore, we welcome all applicants and strive for a balanced gender distribution and diversity. As a government agency, we recruit based on merit and skill. You can read more about what this means at Recruitment Process (https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/jobba-statligt/fragor-och-svar/Hur-ser-rekryteringsprocessen-ut-for-statliga-jobb/).

We use selection questions during the application process. Please answer them as thoroughly as you can, as your answers are important for whether you qualify to proceed in the recruitment process. In some recruitments, we also use tests to assess how well your skills match the position you are applying for. In a possible interview, you may also be asked questions related to security.

If you want to contact union representatives, contact information for Saco-S, Seko, and ST can be found at the bottom of the page Job Openings and Interest Registration (https://www.migrationsverket.se/Om-Migrationsverket/Jobba-hos-oss/Lediga-jobb-och-intresseanmalan.html).

To work at the Swedish Migration Agency, you need to have the right to reside and work in Sweden based on one of the following grounds: Swedish citizenship (requirement for certain positions), Nordic citizenship, EU citizenship, or permanent residence permit.

If you have protected personal information, or other information that you consider to be sensitive, please contact rekrytering@migrationsverket.se (mailto:rekrytering@migrationsverket.se) before you submit your application, and we will tell you more about our security procedures.

Personal Data (https://www.migrationsverket.se/Om-Migrationsverket/Vart-uppdrag/Personuppgifter.html).

Recruitments at the Swedish Migration Agency are conducted entirely by ourselves or by contracted suppliers. Therefore, we ask not to receive phone calls and emails from recruitment companies and advertisement sellers.