Unit Manager for the Legal Support Area

Every year, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and society as a whole. We disburse approximately 260 billion SEK each year. It is everyone's tax money that we manage. It is a great responsibility. Therefore, we delve into each case, follow laws and regulations, inform and guide, care, and show compassion. This is a job for you who want to take responsibility. Welcome to Försäkringskassan.

We are now looking for a unit manager for the legal support area, which is part of the department for sickness insurance. This area gathers all legal support for the department's employees. The unit mainly consists of departmental lawyers, collaboration managers, specialists, reviewers, and litigators.

Close Leadership, Change, Sustainable Workplace

As a unit manager, you are the manager closest to the employees and the operations. You are responsible for leading and driving the daily work based on the department's mission and goals, where the state value base permeates your work. Through your leadership, you convey clear expectations, follow up on goals, and provide your employees with the right conditions to take their responsibility. You have personnel responsibility as well as result and follow-up responsibility for the teams in your unit. You also represent Försäkringskassan in external collaborations such as in the media.

Your unit consists of about 20 employees who work as departmental lawyers and are located in Stockholm, Örebro, Malmö, Luleå, and Gothenburg. Through close leadership, you create the predictability, security, and sustainability necessary for employees to take their responsibility and meet the need for change. You create an understanding of context, direction, and the target images the department has set and develop the plans your operations need. As a unit manager, you are a support for the area manager and you are part of the area's management group, which will consist of four unit managers where you contribute with your competence and engagement. You adapt and exercise your leadership in a way that creates conditions for employees to use their judgment and competence.

By balancing short-term demands for results with a long-term sustainable operation, the employees in your area offer a health-promoting work environment. You have a good ability to adapt your leadership based on what the situation and mission require.

The position involves handling confidential information, which places high demands on proper management. Therefore, it is important that you, who will work with us, have a high security awareness.

This is a job for you who want to take responsibility.

We are looking for someone who

• has a law degree
• has good leadership skills
• promotes others' professional and personal development
• works to achieve goals and results, follows up on the effects of their own and others' activities
• has a systematic working method
• collaborates effectively with others to achieve common goals
• has good self-awareness and is stable as a person, promotes a trust-building work climate
• promotes mutual dialogue, is attentive, and adapts their communication according to needs and situations.

It is advantageous if you

• have experience in operational leadership
• have experience in leadership in similar operations
• have experience in coaching leadership and leading change
• have experience in leading teams
• have experience in leading remotely
• have experience in planning your operations in collaboration with remote colleagues
• have a good understanding of Försäkringskassan's mission
• have previously handled media issues.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Other

A position, permanent, full-time, with start date by agreement. A probationary period may be applicable. In accordance with Försäkringskassan's security guidelines, background checks will be conducted in this recruitment. Possibility for remote work exists if the work allows. In this recruitment, psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Place of employment: Stockholm.

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Contact Persons

Manager: Caroline Andersson, 010-112 72 42 (for questions about the position). HR Specialist: Frida Skogsborn, [email protected], 010-112 24 18 (for questions about the recruitment process). ST: Anna Henningsson Lindqvist, 010-118 05 43 and Amani Al Debe 010-111 30 64 Saco-S: Therese Pettersson, 010-116 23 33 and Anton Gustafsson 010-111 92 43 Seko: Eliza Grundström, 010-115 34 02.

Application

Welcome with your application by January 25. Please upload your degree certificates, grades, and references along with your application.

If you have protected personal information or no access to Bank ID, please call the HR specialist named in the ad for assistance with submitting your application.

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