Do you want to enhance participation in the labor market for individuals with hearing impairments?

With us, you will play an important role in assessing individuals' conditions, providing professional support, and creating solutions that enable work or studies.

Together, we will get Sweden to work. Do you want to be one of us?

Our workplace

In specific sections within the Employment Service, there are specialists for job seekers with disabilities related to vision, deafness, and hearing. The specialists include audiologists, deaf consultants, vision specialists, employment officers, and SIUS consultants.

The section belongs to the unit of Jämtland/Härjedalen but works throughout the entire Northern Region. The goal of our work is to create full participation and equality for individuals with the aforementioned disabilities by providing them support and creating conditions for work or education.

Job Description

The role of the audiologist within the Employment Service focuses on being an active part of the labor market policy assessment. In all contacts with job seekers, we maintain a supportive and guiding approach. Documentation is an important and recurring aspect of the tasks. The work requires active collaboration both internally and externally.

The audiologists' task is to assess job seekers' conditions for work or studies and to evaluate the need for adjustments in work/study. You will also work with interpreting medical documents and assessing the need for and testing of work aids.

The Employment Service places great emphasis on digital development, which permeates all aspects of our work. Therefore, it is of great importance that you have both the willingness and ability to utilize digital tools.

Your work will also involve collaborating with various partners such as the Social Insurance Agency, hearing care services, educational providers, and employers. The position requires travel within the region on a daily basis.

Our Offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment that may start with a six-month probationary period. The place of employment is Sundsvall.

We offer you the opportunity to work in a workplace where we value the balance between work and private life. You will have access to a generous vacation agreement, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work remotely for part of your working time when the business allows. We also include wellness during working hours and a favorable wellness allowance.

As an employee of the Employment Service, you also have access to skills development and career opportunities within the authority. Through our work, we contribute to an inclusive and sustainable society, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for individuals and for society at large.

Basic Requirements for the Position

• Audiologist degree and license from the National Board of Health and Welfare
• Good knowledge of working conditions for individuals with hearing impairments, tinnitus, and sound sensitivity
• Experience in assessing/evaluating hearing ability
• Experience with compensatory aids for individuals with hearing impairments
• Good knowledge of how adjustments, both technical and environmental, can improve conditions for individuals with hearing impairments in a work or study situation
• Driving license B

Other Qualifications for the Position

• Very good knowledge of sign language
• Experience working with individuals with deafblindness
• Training in Supported Employment or other method-based support interventions
• Experience coaching or guiding job seekers with disabilities affecting work ability
• Experience conducting motivational and solution-focused conversations

The government’s core values guide us in our daily work. As an employee with us, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, as well as contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our authority.

Application

Does this sound like a position for you? Welcome with your application by 2026-01-12

Attach your CV specifying years, months, and tasks for each employment, as well as certificates that support the requirements for education and/or work experience in your application. It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully, so we can get a clear picture of your experience. If the requested information is not provided, you risk being excluded from the selection process. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

During the recruitment process, selection tests may occur. We will keep you informed throughout the recruitment process.

If you have protected personal information, please contact the recruitment partner named in the advertisement for assistance in submitting your application.

We actively work to be an authority free from discrimination. It is important to us that all competencies are utilized, and we welcome all applicants. We view positively if you have knowledge of any of our national minority languages.

Welcome to the job that gets Sweden to work! Here you work on the government's assignment for a labor market that helps people move forward. We unlock opportunities so that job seekers find employment and employers find their next employee. To achieve our goal, we need to collaborate, both within the authority and with various external actors across the country. Together, we drive change, develop new working methods, and create solutions that enable Sweden to continue moving forward.