Leader for Joint Development at the Swedish Pensions Agency

Are you a driven and inspiring leader with a strong commitment to development and good experience in international cooperation?

The Swedish Pensions Agency is undergoing an intensive development and change process.

This includes a shift in IT support and methodology in the agency's processes as well as realizing the agency's mission to provide better information and service to Sweden's pension savers and retirees.

The Unit

The Joint Development Unit is responsible for coordinating and driving development in survivor pensions, pension earning, preventing incorrect payments, and other common issues. The unit also has a responsibility to collaborate and drive development regarding pension issues internationally.

We currently have about 30 employees who work in a consultative and supportive manner and to a large extent in a team-based way.

The Job

You will work in the Department for Common Insurance Issues and Survivor Pensions in a managerial role for a group of employees within the Joint Development Unit with the task of developing the agency's products. The group will consist of about 10-15 employees, all specialists in their areas of expertise, primarily related to international cooperation. You will also be the manager for some employees who are part of the agency's business development team or development trains.

Your assignment includes operational tasks, such as leading and distributing assignments and developing the business according to current plans and in line with the employees' skills and engagement.

You have formal personnel responsibility for the employees and are responsible for salary setting, development conversations, individual competence development, recruitment, and work environment, etc. As a group manager, you are expected to clarify expectations, follow up, and provide feedback to employees through conversations and individual coaching. An important part of the leadership role is to identify your employees' needs and promote that employees work with a holistic perspective and prevent silos. You report to the head of the unit.

In addition to personnel responsibility for your group, you will drive issues in the international area and represent the Swedish Pensions Agency in various contexts and forums.

You are expected to take responsibility for ensuring that the business is conducted with high quality, service, efficiency, and cost awareness. Furthermore, you are responsible for information dissemination both within your own group and towards other employees in the unit. Through dialogue, you create conditions for employees to be able and willing to take responsibility for their assignments, goals, and competence development.

You will have close cooperation with the other group manager and the unit manager to develop work methods and employee engagement.

Your Profile

We are looking for you who are a secure and stable leader with good self-awareness and an unpretentious approach. You have a coaching leadership style and create good conditions for your employees to achieve set goals and deliver good results.

You work broadly and goal-oriented, and have the ability to create participation, engagement, and goal fulfillment in the group. Furthermore, you are attentive, communicative, and work consultatively and solution-oriented.

You find it easy to collaborate, build good relationships, and are used to leading and motivating professional and independent employees.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

We are looking for you who have:

• Documented leadership experience with personnel, results, and follow-up responsibility as a manager or project leader for at least one year.
• A degree in social sciences or equivalent that the employer deems relevant for the position.
• Very good ability to express yourself well in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience in driving development in collaboration with other countries and the EU.
• Broad knowledge of the Swedish Pensions Agency's operations and benefits.
• Managerial experience from a government agency.
• Experience working with pension issues in an international perspective.
• Extensive experience in development and change work.

We Offer

A government assignment that is truly important! A workplace where we care about our employees having a good balance between work and leisure. We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work partly from home. As a state employee, you also have good employment conditions and a benefits package with wellness, days off, and good vacation and pension terms.

You can read more about our benefits and what it is like to work with us here (https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se/om-pensionsmyndigheten/jobba-hos-oss/jobba-pa-pensionsmyndigheten).

Good to Know

The position is a permanent employment and we apply a 6-month probationary period with immediate start according to agreement. The Swedish Pensions Agency has offices in eight locations across the country, and you will have staff in several locations, so travel in the service occurs. The position will be located at one of our operational sites.

The employment may be placed in a security class.

Your Application

We work competence-based throughout the process and are keen on an inclusive, fair, objective, and candidate-friendly process. Therefore, we ask you to answer a number of selection questions instead of requesting a personal letter.

We may use psychological tests.

If you have protected personal information, please contact the recruiting manager who will assist you with your application.

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have made decisions regarding advertising channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask for no further contact with media/ad sales, recruitment sites, and similar.

The Swedish Pensions Agency is responsible for the general pension and informs about the entire pension. Each year, we pay out about 415 billion kronor to 2.3 million retirees, conduct about 911,000 fund switches, and send out 8 million orange envelopes. We have about 25 million digital customer contacts per year. We are about 1,700 employees in eight locations, from Luleå in the north to Halmstad in the south.

We make pensions simpler.