Team Leader at the Swedish Migration Agency

At the Swedish Migration Agency, we are working on one of the major societal issues of our time – migration. We are a total of about 6,000 people here, and we have an unusually important job!

Your Workplace

The Reception and Return Center is under significant development.

You will work with issues that concern and engage in a dynamic environment characterized by meeting people and influenced by what is happening in our surroundings. It is also an environment characterized by continuous learning and participation, where we, through co-location, have better conditions to work closely together among the professions in the protection process. We are also close to the applicant by working where they live. This allows us to work more effectively and make it safer for the applicant.

It is an international environment, both because Malmö is an entry and exit point with proximity to Kastrup, but also because the authority will become more integrated into a common European asylum reception and EU authorities such as Frontex and EUAA next year. When you work in the center, you become part of the journey towards a new and reformed asylum reception. Feel free to listen to our employees who talk about their work at the Reception and Return Center at the agency: Reception and Return Center (https://migrationsverket.varbi.com/center/tool/position/872212/edit/tab:2/Mottagnings-och-atervandandecenter)

What Does a Team Leader Do?

As a team leader, you represent the employer and support the immediate manager in the operational management work of the unit. This means that you allocate resources, coordinate, and follow up on the team's daily work and report continuously to the unit manager. Through a coaching approach, you guide the employees in the team.

You lead the team towards results and goal fulfillment and ensure that standards are followed. You drive the work of continuously improving methods and working practices. As a team leader, you contribute to ensuring that the unit has good conditions in terms of a developing work environment, the right competence, reasonable workload, clear goals, and good planning.

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone who leads and motivates others to achieve common goals. You coordinate groups, create engagement and participation. You have good collaboration skills, are attentive, and resolve conflicts constructively. Furthermore, you see the whole picture and consider the best interests of the entire operation in your actions and decisions. You quickly and judiciously weigh information and make swift decisions, despite limited information or difficult circumstances.

In our work as civil servants, high demands are also placed on judgment and a high level of security and confidentiality awareness.

You Who Apply Have

• A university degree of at least 120 credits with a legal, social science, or behavioral science focus, or other education combined with relevant experience for the role
• Experience in leading and developing groups and/or individuals
• Current experience in administrative law case management
• Good communicative ability and express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish and English
• Good knowledge of the Office package

It Is Meritorious If You Have

• Leadership training
• Experience in coaching leadership
• Experience in public sector work
• Knowledge of conversation and investigation methodology
• Experience in leading change

Information

Employment form: Permanent with a six-month probationary period
Working hours: Scheduled working hours, where working hours occur around the clock
Location: Malmö
Start date: As soon as possible
Employment benefits: Read about our employment benefits here (https://www.migrationsverket.se/Om-Migrationsverket/Jobba-hos-oss/Vart-uppdrag-och-arbete.html).

Application

Welcome with your application documents no later than 2026-02-22. We accept your application via our recruitment system.

About the Recruitment Process

For us, it is important that all competence in the labor market is utilized. We therefore welcome all applicants and strive for a balanced gender distribution and diversity. As a government agency, we recruit based on merit and skill. You can read more about what this means at this link (https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/jobba-statligt/fragor-och-svar/Hur-ser-rekryteringsprocessen-ut-for-statliga-jobb/).

We use selection questions during the application. Please answer them as thoroughly as you can since your answers are important for whether you qualify to proceed in the recruitment process. In some recruitments, we also use tests to assess how well your skills match the position you are applying for. During a potential interview, you may also be asked questions related to security.

If you want to contact union representatives, contact details for Saco-S, Seko, and ST can be found at the bottom of the page “Job Vacancies and Expressions of Interest” on migrationsverket.se: here (https://www.migrationsverket.se/om-migrationsverket/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/fragor-och-svar-om-att-soka-jobb-hos-oss.html#svid12_5560a3b619996eafa4b2b0).

To work at the Swedish Migration Agency, you need to have the right to reside and work in Sweden on one of the following grounds: Swedish citizenship (requirement for certain positions), Nordic citizenship, EU citizenship, or permanent residence permit.

If you have protected personal information or any other information that you consider to be sensitive, please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) before you submit your application, and we will tell you more about our security procedures.

Read more about personal data (https://www.migrationsverket.se/om-migrationsverket/det-har-gor-migrationsverket/personuppgifter.html).

Recruitments at the Swedish Migration Agency are conducted entirely by our own or contracted suppliers. We therefore ask not to receive phone calls and emails from recruitment companies and ad sellers.