Vacant job

Every year, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and society as a whole. We pay out approximately 260 billion kronor each year. It is everyone’s tax money that we manage. It is a great responsibility. Therefore, we take the time to understand 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 the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

As a unit manager within the Department of Children and Family, you will lead a socially important unit focused on processing parental insurance. With engaged and sustainable leadership in a changing environment, you will have the opportunity to make a difference. You will drive development and create conditions for both employees and the organization to succeed.

Close leadership, change, sustainable workplace
As a unit manager, you are the manager who is 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 responsibility for results and follow-up for the teams in your unit.

Your unit consists of approximately 18 employees who work as case officers within parental insurance and are located in Jönköping. 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 context, direction, and the goals the department has set and develop the plans your operations need. You adapt and exercise your leadership in a way that creates conditions for employees to use their judgment and competence.

As a unit manager, you support the area manager and are part of the area's management group, which, in addition to the area manager, consists of 10 unit managers and a controller. Here, you contribute with your expertise and commitment to develop the operations.

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 security awareness.

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

We are looking for someone who

• has a university degree or experiences and qualifications that can be deemed equivalent
• has good leadership skills
• promotes the professional and personal development of others
• 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 meritorious if you

• have experience of operational leadership
• have experience of leadership in similar operations
• have experience of coaching leadership and leading in change
• have experience of leading teams
• have experience of leading remotely
• have experience of production management of case processing
• have experience of planning your operations in collaboration with colleagues at a distance.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Other
The position is permanent and full-time, 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 are conducted in this recruitment. In this recruitment, psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Place of employment: Jönköping.

The position will be filled subject to the necessary decisions being made within the authority.

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: Maria Wång Henriksson, 010-114 14 10 (for questions about the position). HR specialist: Emil Jarengrim, 010-116 79 49, [email protected] (for questions about the recruitment process). ST: Emil Kyndel, 010-111 50 38, Saco-S: Annika Andersson, 010-119 47 13, Seko: Johanna Grundström, 010-115 30 44.

Application
Welcome with your application by February 8, 2025. Upload your diplomas, grades, and certificates in connection 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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