Acting Head of the School Law Unit

Are you an experienced leader with solid knowledge in school law? We are looking for an acting head for the School Law Unit in our Legal Department.

You will play an important role in ensuring that the agency receives the right support in school law matters. Join us in contributing to the future of education!

About the Job

As the head of the School Law Unit, you will be responsible for supporting the agency in providing assistance to other parts of the agency in school law matters, primarily through quality assurance of the agency's products from a school law perspective. The unit is also responsible for the development of regulations. The unit consists of lawyers and editors, totaling fifteen employees.

You will be responsible for the unit's budget, results, operational planning, and the unit's competency supply in the short and long term. Together with your colleagues, you will develop the operations to ensure that the unit's mission is carried out in the most effective and appropriate way, and you will regularly follow up on results. Your duties also include representing the Swedish National Agency for Education externally and in the media for your area.

You will be part of the management team in the Legal Department, where you, together with the Chief Legal Officer and the other four unit heads, contribute to the development of the entire department and the agency.

Being a leader at the Swedish National Agency for Education means leading yourself, leading with a holistic perspective, leading others, leading in partnership, and leading in relation to the outside world. You create conditions for development and change, and you set clear frameworks and expectations for your employees. You lead in a way that harnesses the group's engagement and competence. Your role as a bearer of the agency's culture and values is very important.

You will work in our modern and spacious office in Solna Business Park. You may also have the opportunity to work up to 50% remotely.

About You

To do a good job and thrive with us, you need to embody and live up to the public service values and our core values for employee leadership: role model, trust, responsibility, collaboration, and development. Read more at www.skolverket.se/jobb

In this job, you should have:

• Master of Laws or equivalent legal degree
• Several years of relevant experience in a leadership role
• Current, extensive, and solid experience and knowledge in school law
• Current, extensive, and solid experience in working with regulations and general advice, as well as experience in coordinating and project managing these
• Experience in handling both operational and strategic issues
• Several years of experience working in a government agency
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish.

It is an advantage if you have experience leading school lawyers. It is also advantageous to have experience with broad legal work in a government agency.

As a Person, You Need to

• be solution-focused and goal-oriented
• have personal maturity and be responsible
• be able to take initiative to systematically and methodically drive the unit's work based on the needs of the operations
• be strategic and have a holistic perspective on the operations
• have a good ability to develop trusting cooperation and good relationships with all parts of the agency.

Important to Know

The application deadline is December 29. The employment is a temporary position for about 8 months, but no longer than until the regular unit head is in place.

When you register your application, you will answer a few questions instead of attaching a personal letter. Please read through the application form and prepare your answers before applying.

The Swedish National Agency for Education works to ensure that all children and students receive a good and equitable education in a safe environment. We support the Swedish preschool, school, and adult education in various ways. As an employee at the Swedish National Agency for Education, you contribute to creating good conditions for children's and students' development and learning. Get to know us better by visiting our website https://www.skolverket.se/jobb (https://www.skolverket.se/jobb). Our mission – the future of education.