Leadership Specialist at Uppsala University

Do you want to work with support and development initiatives aimed at managers and academic leaders together with competent and friendly colleagues in a knowledge-intensive and international environment? Do you want an employer that invests in sustainable leadership and employee relations and a healthy work environment that offers secure, favorable working conditions? Then you are warmly welcome to apply for the position of Leadership Specialist at Uppsala University!

As a Leadership Specialist, you will be placed in the HR department, which is part of the university administration at Uppsala University.

The department consists of about 50 employees distributed across four units. The overall mission of the department is to contribute to making Uppsala University an attractive employer. We provide support and advice on strategic and operational HR issues and represent the employer regarding employer policies and conditions. You will have your workplace in Segerstedthuset, where the university administration is gathered. Here, we work in modern facilities just a stone's throw from Uppsala Castle, the Botanical Garden, and Carolina Rediviva. As an employee in the HR department, you will be offered a varied job in a developing and stimulating environment characterized by engagement, high competence, and innovation, along with colleagues with a high degree of AI maturity.

Job Responsibilities

The HR department offers support and development initiatives to managers and academic leaders at the individual, group, and organizational levels. We continuously work to develop and ensure the quality of our support, and currently, a change and development process is underway where our methods, training, and content in support are being reviewed to better meet the needs of the organization. As a Leadership Specialist, you will be an active and co-creative part of this work.

In your daily work, you will support and develop the university's managers and academic leaders and contribute to strengthening their competence in the role of employer, operational manager, and leader. You will plan, coordinate, and conduct management and leadership training as well as other development initiatives both independently and in close collaboration with colleagues and external actors. The role also includes mentoring and coaching managers and academic leaders both individually and in groups, as well as conducting initiatives for management team development. You will work in a team with other employees in the department and are expected to actively contribute to joint development and change efforts.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a relevant university degree in behavioral sciences or equivalent competence deemed comparable by the employer, combined with relevant work experience for the position. You have several years of current experience in conducting management and leadership training, providing consultative support and mentoring to managers, leaders, and management teams, as well as experience in change management and developing managers' and leaders' ability to lead digital transformation. You have good and current knowledge of leadership, management, organizational psychology, a systems theory approach, and organizational and social work environment. You are also well-grounded in relevant research and proven experience with the ability to translate theory into practically applicable development and training initiatives in organizations. Documented strong skills in communicating and expressing yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish and English are required. Good digital maturity with curiosity about how new technology, digital learning environments, and working methods can be used to develop and strengthen management and leadership training as well as other development initiatives is important.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. To succeed in the role, we see that you:

• have a recognized ability to collaborate and build relationships that create trust in meetings with managers and colleagues,
• have a strong pedagogical and communicative ability, with the capability to make research and theory understandable and applicable in practice,
• work in a structured, analytical manner with a holistic perspective and can adapt initiatives based on organizational contexts,
• have an independent working style with good professional judgment.

Desirable/meritorious

• Experience in planning and conducting management and leadership training as well as development initiatives within the university and higher education sector.
• Own managerial experience.
• Experience in designing and developing e-learning.

About the Position

The position is permanent, and a probationary period may apply. The scope is full-time. Start date according to agreement. Place of employment: Uppsala.

For inquiries about the position, please contact: HR Director Pia Lindberg, tel. 018-471 10 49, email [email protected] and Deputy Head of Department AnnaSara Svantesson, tel. 018-471 16 52, email [email protected]

In this recruitment, we have replaced the personal letter with questions that you will answer in connection with your application. The answers will be used as part of the selection process.

Welcome with your application by March 9, 2026, UFV-PA 2026/387.

Uppsala University is a broad research university with a strong international position. The ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a difference in society. Our most important asset is all 7,600 employees and 53,000 students who, with curiosity and commitment, make Uppsala University one of the country's most exciting workplaces.

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work at Uppsala University here (https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/).

The position may be subject to security clearance. A prerequisite for employment in the case of security clearance is that the applicant is approved.

We kindly decline offers of recruitment and advertising assistance.

Applications are received in Uppsala University's recruitment system.

Union representatives: Saco-S - [email protected], Seko - [email protected], ST (OFR/S) - [email protected]