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Unit Manager at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency
FörsäkringskassanStockholms län, Stockholm
Previous experience is desired
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Every year, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and society as a whole. We disburse approximately 260 billion SEK each year. These are the tax funds we manage. It is a significant responsibility. Therefore, we thoroughly examine each case, adhere to laws and regulations, inform and guide, care, and show compassion. This is a job for you who want to take responsibility. Welcome to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
The Control area has units in nine different locations across Sweden. The main task of the control investigation operations is to investigate the right to compensation where there is a suspicion of incorrect payments that an individual may have deliberately caused and to return the knowledge from these investigations to the departments to prevent incorrect payments.
Close leadership, broad mission, and a sustainable workplace
As a unit manager, you are the leader 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 the Swedish Social Insurance Agency in external collaborations.
Your unit consists of about 20 employees who work with control investigations and are located in Stockholm and Uppsala. 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 understanding of the context, direction, and the goals set by the department and develop the plans your operations need. As a unit manager, you support the area manager and are part of the area's management team, which consists of 5 unit managers located from Stockholm to Umeå. In the management team work, you contribute with your expertise and commitment.
You adapt and exercise your leadership in a way that creates conditions for employees to use their judgment and competence.
The position involves handling confidential information, which places high demands on proper handling. Therefore, it is important that you, who will work with us, have a high level of security awareness.
This is a job for you who want to take responsibility.
We are looking for someone who
- has a university degree or equivalent experiences and qualifications
- 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, fostering 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 management and leadership in similar operations
- have current experience in control operations at an authority
- have experience in coaching leadership and leading in change
- have experience in leading teams
- have experience in leading remotely
- have experience in production management of case handling
- have experience in planning your operations in collaboration with colleagues remotely
- have current experience from inter-agency collaboration, for example, against organized crime.
We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.
Other
A permanent, full-time position, with start date according to agreement. A probationary period may be applicable. In accordance with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency's security guidelines, background checks will be conducted in this recruitment. For this position, Swedish citizenship is required. Remote work is possible if the job allows. In this recruitment, psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Location: Stockholm or Uppsala
Would you like to know more about the Swedish Social Insurance Agency as an employer? Visit fk.se/jobbahososs (https://fk.se/jobbahososs)
Contact persons
Manager: Kristina Boija, 010-116 15 68 (for questions about the position). HR specialist: Monika Havenfyr, [email protected], 010-112 99 01 (for questions about the recruitment process). ST: Anne Catrine Gemzell, 010-111 25 29 and Jesper Brandt, 010-116 22 12, Saco-S: Sara Holmkvist, 010-112 44 05, Seko: Johanna Grundström, 010-115 30 44.
Application
Welcome with your application by February 2, 2026. Please upload your degree certificates, grades, and certificates along with your application.
If you have protected personal information or no access to BankID, please call the HR specialist named in the ad for assistance in submitting your application.
In everything we do, we will act based on the principle of the equal value of all people, legal certainty, and good service.
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