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The Swedish Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority with approximately 40,000 employees and is organized into seven police regions, several national departments, and a secretariat. The authority is undergoing extensive growth that will continue in the coming years to meet future challenges. Working for the police means creating safety in people's lives. Every day.

The Östergötland police area is the largest police area in Region East in terms of both population and area. The geographical area spans 13 municipalities. The Östergötland police area is divided into three local police areas: Linköping, Norrköping, and Motala. At the police area level, there is an investigation section and a police area secretariat. The local police area Linköping is part of the Östergötland police area. Within the local police area, there are intervention and crime prevention activities, investigation groups, as well as support and service.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are now looking for someone who wants to work as a manager for an intervention group in LPO Linköping. In the role of manager for IGV, you have operational responsibility for your staff who work with event-driven and planned operational police activities. You lead your staff in their daily planned work. You hold briefings and plan the day's work based on the directives from the operational management group. Planning and leading interventions and activities are part of the role. Close cooperation with other group leaders and external commanders is essential for success in the assignment.

The group manager's task is also to coordinate the competencies within the group and have a strategy for developing both the operations and the employees to achieve the expected results. The job as a group manager is an independent and developing role where you encounter qualified tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility. You are the employer's representative and have personnel responsibility. As a group manager, you should plan, lead, and follow up on the group's results according to the established guidelines. The police area expects you to have a helicopter perspective and steer the operations towards the authority's and police area's set goals.

As the manager of an IGV group, you report to the local police area manager and are part of the local police area's management team, where you together are responsible for ensuring that assignments are carried out and for driving the authority's change and development work. As a group manager, you represent the entire Police Authority both internally and externally and work to strengthen trust in police operations.

Being a manager and leader within the Police Authority means creating safety and building trust by exercising sincere, courageous, and attentive leadership with trust in others' competence and ability. As a manager, you drive development by inspiring and encouraging reflection and feedback in a way that is based on following the law and treating people equally. You create conditions and work for good relationships that contribute to us acting together based on what is best for citizens and the assignment as a whole.

QUALIFICATIONS

This is an opportunity for you who have:

• Police degree according to the Police Ordinance (2014:1104)
• at least 6 months of continuous experience working as a manager
• experience in participating in/driving collaboration with community actors outside the police organization
• experience in external operations
• experience in participating in change and development work

We consider it an advantage if you also have:

• experience in leading others towards set goals and results
• participated in management forums
• management and leadership training
• experience in participating in/driving collaboration with community actors outside the police organization/your own organization
• basic leadership training
• good knowledge of the local problem picture

When hiring, we will place great emphasis on personal qualities and leadership abilities. The basis for this assessment lies in the Police Authority's leadership criteria. The leadership criteria describe a desirable leadership within the Police Authority and encompass the following abilities:

• Analysis and holistic view
• Goals and results
• Development and change
• Social security
• Oral and written communication
• Create participation and motivation

Read more about the leadership criteria here (https://polisen.se/ledarkriterier/). If the link is not clickable, copy and paste the link text into your web browser. As part of the selection process, tests will also be used.

OTHER

Work location: Linköping
Working hours: Period planned 5:3
Start date: By agreement
Function: Group Manager

Apply by attaching your CV (we do not want a personal letter) and answering the selection questions. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers will form the basis for the selection process. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Please note that requirements and any merits must be met at the time of application.

We use e-recruitment to streamline and quality assure the recruitment process. Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Police's recruitment support Visma Recruit.

If you have protected personal information, references, or similar information that you consider to be sensitive, we recommend that you contact the responsible HR consultant before proceeding with your application.

If you want to supplement your application, please contact the responsible HR consultant.

An employment with the Police Authority may begin with a probationary period of six months.

The Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority. We offer you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity, and personal development. Please read about our benefits as an employee of the police here (https://polisen.se/erbjudande).

We conduct our operations according to our values: engagement, efficiency, and accessibility. As an employee of the police, you act for equal treatment. This is a prerequisite for legal security, legal certainty, and for the police's legitimacy in society. As a representative of the police, you respect everyone's equal value and create trust in the police.

Please read more about the police and our operations at polisen.se (https://polisen.se).

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