Unit Manager at the Swedish Energy Agency

The Swedish Energy Agency is an expert authority in the energy sector. Our analytical operations are expanding, and we are now looking for new managers. Are you an experienced leader who wants to contribute with your engagement? Apply for the position today and bring your expertise to exciting and important assignments!

The Swedish Energy Agency works for a fossil-free and robust energy supply. Security of supply, competitiveness, and ecological sustainability are perspectives that must be combined to secure the energy system of the future.

Your Responsibilities – Leading the Way in Growth and Change

As a unit manager with us, you will strategically lead and develop the operations towards set goals. You are committed to delivering quality within defined time frames. Here, you will meet competent and engaged colleagues with a strong interest in our issues. You will lead and distribute work in close collaboration and dialogue with the unit's administrators and experts. Your work will include establishing the unit while ensuring continuity and safeguarding work methods.

Collaboration with other units and departments within the agency is also part of your assignment. In the Department of System Analysis and Statistics, the units work closely together, and you may be responsible for investigations or similar tasks primarily staffed by employees from sibling units.

You will participate in the department's management team and are expected to actively contribute to the department's overall work and development in that role. In the management team, you will have both support and close collaboration with your colleagues. You will have overall responsibility for the unit's economy, budget, employees, work environment, and operational issues. In this role, it is important that you have a sense of the whole, quality, and are skilled at communicating and engaging.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with an academic background in, for example, economics, engineering, or another relevant education that we assess as equivalent. You have several years of experience working as a leader and in the energy sector with a systems perspective.

You have good skills in both spoken and written Swedish and English, as well as good knowledge of IT systems and programs.

It is an advantage if you have:

• experience of qualified work in a government agency
• experience working in a management team
• worked with energy markets where you are accustomed to following market developments
• knowledge or experience in communication with the media
• experience of having worked as a manager

We will place great emphasis on personal suitability. As a unit manager at the Swedish Energy Agency, you need to be a trustworthy and secure leader. We see that you have drive, engagement, and interest in energy and climate policy issues. You are strategic, have good analytical skills, and consider the best interests of the entire organization in your actions and decisions. This requires the ability to maintain a holistic perspective and quality.

Collaborating with others and building trusting relationships is something you excel at. Through your leadership, you motivate and create participation.

About Us

The Department of System Analysis and Statistics is the hub of the Swedish Energy Agency's investigative work, and the responsibility extends across all types of energy issues, energy and electricity system issues, policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, forecasts, and scenarios. In the department, we are responsible for Sweden's official energy statistics. We actively work with all three pillars of energy policy. The government is our primary client, but we also work to enhance knowledge in society at large.

The Energy Systems and Market unit is responsible for leading and participating in the agency's investigative and analytical work to provide well-founded materials for the government and other decision-makers. We are responsible for the agency's market analysis work, where we monitor and analyze current market events and follow price developments in all energy markets. The unit employs both subject matter experts in various parts of the energy system and investigation leaders responsible for the agency's analytical work.

Our Offer

Our open and creative climate gives you the space to develop your expertise for the benefit of society. Here, there are opportunities for learning and variety – while you can also maintain a balance in life.

The position is located in our beautiful offices in central Eskilstuna with good commuting options to Stockholm, Västerås, and other nearby cities. Here we work in an activity-based manner and have flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work. We offer a wellness allowance, two wellness hours each week, and a gym on-site. Additionally, you will receive favorable conditions for vacation, leave on bridge days, benefit bicycles, parental leave, and occupational pension. Please read more about what it is like to work with us Work at the Swedish Energy Agency (https://www.energimyndigheten.se/jobb)

Good to Know

The position is a permanent employment with an initial six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement. Positions within the Swedish Energy Agency may be placed in a security class, which means security screening and background checks according to the provisions of the Security Protection Act. Upon permanent employment, it may be relevant to be placed in the agency in times of war.

We would like to receive your application with a CV and cover letter by 2026-01-18.

If you send your application in a way other than through our application form on our website - please mark your application with diary number 2025-012266. We work to promote diversity and counteract discrimination and welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you have protected personal information, please contact us at HR. We would like to receive your application documents in Swedish, and the questions you will need to answer when submitting your application will form the basis for the first selection we make. Your application is a public document according to the principle of public access.

Questions?

If you have questions about the position, please feel free to contact the recruiting manager Gustav Ebenå at phone 016-544 21 23 or HR partner Lisa Holmström at phone 016-542 84 17.

You can also contact our union representatives: Martin Larsson, SACO-S phone 016-544 24 64 and Petra Lindblom Haddad ST phone 016-5420656.

Welcome with your application!