Unit Manager in Sequencing and Bioinformatics

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

If you have managerial experience and a background in natural sciences, technology, or medicine and want to lead the agency's work in sequencing and bioinformatics at the Laboratory Development Unit, we have a managerial position waiting for you!

What will you work with?

As a unit manager, you have overall responsibility for the unit and ensuring that the unit works in accordance with the agency's overall goals and mission. You have personnel and work environment responsibility, as well as budget and operational responsibility for the unit, and you are part of the department's management team. As a unit manager, you are responsible for work methods and collaboration within the unit and department, as well as with other parts of the agency. You develop and represent the business internally and externally.

As a unit manager at the Public Health Agency, you are an employer, business representative, and leader.

Be clear in leadership, management, and communication.
Plan and follow up on activities that lead to the fulfillment of the business's goals.
Ensure the business's competence in both the short and long term.
Lead based on a trust-based approach and create conditions for employees to do a good job by promoting good employee relations.
Inspire and motivate development and innovation.
Create conditions for collaboration and dialogue both within and outside the organization.
Contribute to the departmental work and be responsible for and promote the development of the entire business to meet the needs of the external environment and the agency's mission.

Who are we looking for?

Requirements for the position:

Relevant university degree in natural sciences, technology, medicine, or another field deemed equivalent by the employer.
Managerial experience with personnel responsibility.

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

Great importance is placed on personal qualities such as good collaboration skills, responsibility, and initiative. You have a holistic perspective and a good approach. Personal suitability for the position, such as good leadership qualities, which include being decisive and strategic. Work experience from microbiology and/or molecular biology. Work experience in bioinformatics and/or next-generation sequencing. Work experience from accredited laboratory activities.

Significant importance is placed on several years of managerial or leadership experience.

What does the unit do?

At the Laboratory Development Unit, there is the Microbiology Platform for Sequencing and the department's bioinformaticians. The unit is responsible for the operation, support, and development of the platform and is responsible, among other things, for the development of Gensam, a national platform for sequence analysis.

What's it like to work at the Public Health Agency?

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

About the position

You will be employed as a unit manager based at our office in Solna. The position is a permanent full-time position starting with a six-month probationary period. The start date is 2025-04-01 or as soon as possible by agreement.

As an employee of the Public Health Agency, you may be assigned to wartime service. Some positions are classified as security positions where Swedish citizenship may be a requirement. Security clearance will then be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

At the agency, there may be the opportunity to agree on remote work for up to 40 percent of your working time.

Interested?

If you want to know more about the position, feel free to contact department head Sara Byfors, telephone 010-205 21 88.

The union representatives are SACO's Sandra Wåger, telephone 010-205 25 41, and OFR/S's Jessika Spångberg, telephone 010-205 29 22. We want to inform you that the selection and recruitment process may be extended during the Christmas and New Year period due to public holidays.

Application

Welcome with your application for the position as a unit manager with us!

We have chosen to remove the cover 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. Work psychological tests and work samples may be used as part of the recruitment process.

Please upload relevant degree certificates with your application.

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

Apply by 2025-01-15 via the agency's website. Employer's reference number: 04683-2024-2.1.1