Unit Manager for the School Law Unit

Are you an experienced leader and lawyer with an interest in school law and organizational development? The Legal Department is now looking for a unit manager for the School Law Unit.

In this role, you will lead the work on qualified school law issues in an organization characterized by new reforms, close collaboration with other units, and many points of contact within and outside the authority. Join us and contribute to the future of education!

About the job

As the head of the School Law Unit, you are responsible for developing, driving, and coordinating the work within the unit. The School Law Unit investigates, coordinates, and provides support to the authority on principled and qualified school law issues. You will also work with the Swedish National Agency for Education's regulations and general advice. The group consists of fifteen qualified employees, both lawyers and editors.

You are responsible for the unit's budget, results, operational planning, and for the unit's competence supply in the short and long term. Together with your employees, you will develop the operations so that the unit's mission is carried out in the most appropriate and effective ways, and you will regularly follow up on results. Your tasks also include representing the Swedish National Agency for Education externally and in the media for your area.

You are part of the management team at the Legal Department, where you, together with the Chief Legal Officer and the four other unit managers, contribute to the development of the entire department and the Swedish National Agency for Education.

“The education system is facing a number of extensive reforms, such as a 10-year compulsory school, new curricula, and a new grading system. As the head of the school law unit, you will play a key role in the Swedish National Agency for Education's work with the reforms.”
Erik Janzon, Chief Legal Officer

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us, you need to embody and live up to the state’s value base and our core values for employee leadership: role model, trust, responsibility, collaboration, and development. Read more at www.skolverket.se/jobb (https://www.skolverket.se/jobb)

In this job, you should have:

• Law degree (jur. kand.) or equivalent legal education,
• current multi-year experience as a leader,
• experience working with and knowledge of school law,
• experience handling both operational and strategic issues,
• multi-year experience of qualified legal work in a government or municipal authority,
• good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish.

It is an advantage if you have management experience, including personnel, budget, and operational responsibility. It is also advantageous if you have experience in developing general advice and regulations or other legislation.

As a person, you need to

• be solution-focused and goal-oriented,
• have personal maturity and be responsible,
• be able to take your own initiative to systematically and methodically drive the unit's work based on the needs of the organization,
• be strategic and have a holistic perspective on the operations,
• have a good ability to develop a trusting collaboration and good relationships with all different parts of the authority.

Important to know

The application deadline is February 19. The employment is permanent and begins with a six-month probationary period.

When you register your application, you will answer a few questions instead of attaching a personal letter. Please read through the application form and prepare your answers before applying.

The Swedish National Agency for Education works to ensure that all children and students receive a good and equitable education in a safe environment. We support the Swedish preschool, school, and adult education in various ways. As an employee at the Swedish National Agency for Education, you contribute to creating good conditions for children's and students' development and learning. Get to know us better by visiting our website https://www.skolverket.se/jobb (https://www.skolverket.se/jobb). Our mission – the future of education.