Department Head for Knowledge Development and Analysis

At Tillväxtverket, we work for competitive companies and sustainable development throughout Sweden. We offer knowledge, networks, and investment opportunities. This directly benefits companies and also provides conditions for businesses, municipalities, and regions to meet future challenges. Tillväxtverket is a national authority with a regional presence in nine locations.

About the Position

We are looking for a department head for our newly established department, Knowledge Development and Analysis. The department is responsible for conducting analyses and surveys within the authority's areas of operation, as well as evaluations of the authority's interventions. In dialogue with the rest of the organization, the department will create long-term conditions for the authority to systematically develop and act on knowledge, thereby being able to develop, streamline, and prioritize among interventions. The department will also work to create conditions for active knowledge dissemination both externally and internally within the authority's area.

As the department head, you will have a central role in representing the authority externally in various contexts, such as networks, collaborations, and dialogues with other authorities, organizations, and stakeholders. You are expected to contribute to strengthening the authority's position as a knowledge authority.

The department consists of approximately 50 employees divided into two units: the Evaluation and Reporting unit and the Analysis and Statistics unit. In the role of department head, you have overall responsibility for the department's results, personnel, and finances. You lead and develop the operations through trust-based leadership and ensure that the work is carried out efficiently and with high quality.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Reporting to the Director General and being part of the authority's management team.
• Representing the authority externally and communicating the knowledge we generate within our policy areas.
• Ensuring collaboration internally and with external parties to produce relevant and usable knowledge that our stakeholders can act upon. Among your primary external contacts are the Government Offices and other national authorities.
• Leading, organizing, planning, and following up on the department's work.
• Being responsible for the department's results, employees, and budget.
• Developing working methods and creating conditions for collaboration within and outside the authority.

Your workplace will be: Stockholm

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has:

• A university degree at least at the bachelor's level in political science, economics, law, or another academic education that Tillväxtverket deems relevant for the position.
• At least three years of experience in driving development at a strategic level.
• At least five years of current experience as a manager with personnel and budget responsibility.
• At least five years of current experience working in government administration at the national level.
• Experience in leading work to analyze complex problems and transforming them into clear decision-making materials, including policy development, investigations, evaluations, and follow-ups.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish administrative model.
• Very good proficiency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

The Following Are Meritorious:

• A strong understanding of the work of the Government Offices.
• Experience in systematically disseminating analyses and knowledge materials.
• Current experience in leading through other managers.
• Experience in building and implementing a new operation.

As a person, we are looking for you to be a relationship-building and strategic leader who is passionate about collaboration and development. You are skilled in planning, organizing, and following up on complex operations and have experience in driving work towards clear goals. As our representative in external contexts, you are confident in the role and communicate the authority's knowledge and results clearly, professionally, and inspiringly.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

We expect you to live up to our employee and management policy, which expresses the expectations we have for all employees.

We assume that you share our values, which are the state values. These values unite all who are employed by the state, regardless of activity and profession. The values aim to create an administration that is efficient, legally secure, and free from corruption and abuse of power.

Employment Type and Application Deadline

The position is a permanent employment. We apply a 6-month probationary period.

The position may be placed in a security class.

The application deadline is February 12, 2026.

More Information and Contact

For more information about the tasks, you are welcome to contact Director General Elisabeth Backteman at phone 08-681 92 64. Questions about the recruitment process will be answered by HR partner Linda Aalto at phone 08-681 97 50.

Union Representatives

ST: contact person, Robert Berggren, email [email protected]
Saco: contact person, Susanna Lindbom, email [email protected]

Both can be reached by phone via the switchboard number 08-681 91 00.

We work competency-based, and the recruitment process will include selection questions, possible tests, interviews, and reference checks.

If you have protected personal information, we ask you to contact the HR partner in this recruitment.

We are centrally located in modern premises where you can choose your workspace based on your tasks. Tillväxtverket strives for a working method where digital and technical solutions facilitate daily work. Here you can read about the employment conditions and benefits we offer.

Tillväxtverket aims to utilize the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the organization. We strive for a work environment where every employee is given the opportunity to balance professional and private life.

Welcome with your application to create your and Sweden's future!

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