Unit Manager for SiS Legal Department

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) is an authority responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse issues. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this in youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse throughout the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

At our headquarters in Solna Business Park, we are about 350 employees, and together we work to support and develop the authority with approximately 4000 employees.

Job Description

Do you want to be part of a development journey in a socially important organization? SiS is an authority in transition, and we are looking for someone who wants to contribute to our important societal mission.

The SiS Legal Department is growing, and we are now seeking two unit managers for newly established units within the section for public authority law, the unit for legal quality review, and the unit for public authority law. The positions involve personnel responsibility for the employees at each unit, as well as budget and operational responsibility for each unit and its work.

In addition to the section for public authority law, the Legal Department consists of three other sections: the sections for operational law, information supply, and registries and public documents. The work in the Legal Department is characterized by high availability for the operations as we work broadly across the entire authority.

The Legal Department is led by a legal director and four section managers. An additional management level is now being established within the department, unit manager, who reports to the section manager. The section for public authority law is responsible for legal governance, support, and follow-up regarding legal issues that are cross-authority. The section is also responsible for the development and follow-up of the authority's common decision-making and preparation processes. The section is responsible for providing legal support to the headquarters, responding to referrals, and handling cases for the authority's personnel responsibility board.

The unit for legal quality review will, among other things, work with quality reviews of the authority's decision-making processes and decisions, work with the authority's work and delegation order, train the headquarters' staff in legal matters, and provide legal support in development work.

The unit for public authority law will, among other things, work to provide advice and support on legal issues to the headquarters' departments and be responsible for case handling in various types of cases, e.g., referrals from the Chancellor of Justice and the Parliamentary Ombudsman, as well as cases for the authority's personnel responsibility board.

As a unit manager, you will be responsible for ensuring quality within the unit's area of responsibility and for leading, following up, and developing the work at the unit towards set goals. As a manager within SiS, you take responsibility for the whole, drive development, and promote good collaboration.

Qualifications

At SiS, we value good leadership. This means that you as a manager and leader take responsibility for the whole, act as a good role model, drive development, promote good collaboration, and are clear in your communication. Read more about our leadership.

You should have:

• A law degree comprising at least 270 credits.
• Completed court clerk training.
• Several years of experience in qualified legal work within the public sector.
• Current experience in leadership or in a leading role.
• Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing, in Swedish.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Management experience with personnel, budget, and operational responsibility.
• Experience working at the Government Offices.
• Training as an assessor.
• Experience in independent decision-making.
• Experience working with legal quality review at a legal secretariat or equivalent.

As a person, you are secure, responsible, and have a high quality awareness. You have good communication skills and the ability to explain legal issues in a simple and understandable way. It is important that you are flexible and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment:

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting with a six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

As a state employer, we offer a range of benefits, read more about them here: Benefits (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

Tests and work samples may be included in the recruitment process.

Application:

Apply by: 2026-01-13

Reference number: 2.9.1-11518-2025

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