Vacant job

Every year, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and the entire society. We disburse approximately 260 billion SEK each year. It is everyone's tax money that we manage. It is a great responsibility. Therefore, we take the time to understand each case, follow laws and regulations, inform and guide, care, and show compassion. This is a job for you who want to take responsibility. Welcome to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

Do you want to lead and develop in an environment where change is a natural part of everyday life? We are looking for a leader who takes responsibility, drives the work forward, and creates results through clear direction and close collaboration.

Close leadership, change, sustainable workplace

As a unit manager, you are the manager who is closest to the employees and the operations. You are responsible for leading and driving the daily work based on the department's mission and goals, where the state value base permeates your work. Through your leadership, you communicate clear expectations, follow up on goals, and provide your employees with the right conditions to take their responsibility. You have personnel responsibility as well as results and follow-up responsibility for the teams in your unit.

Your unit consists of 22 employees who work with sickness compensation and are located in Uppsala and Västerås. Through close leadership, you create the predictability, security, and sustainability necessary for employees to take their responsibility and meet the need for change. You create understanding of context, direction, and the goals the department has set and develop the plans your operations need. As a unit manager, you support the area manager and are part of the area's management group with 12 people: managers, HR support, controller, administrative assistant, and regional collaboration responsible. Here, you contribute with your competence and commitment. You adapt and exercise your leadership in a way that creates conditions for employees to use their judgment and competence.

The position involves handling confidential information, which places high demands on proper management. Therefore, it is important that you, who will work with us, have a high security awareness.

This is a job for you who want to take responsibility.

We are looking for someone who

• has a university degree or equivalent experience and qualifications
• has good leadership skills
• promotes others' professional and personal development
• works to achieve goals and results, follows up on the effects of their own and others' activities
• has a systematic approach to work
• collaborates effectively with others to achieve common goals
• has good self-awareness and is stable as a person, promotes a trust-building work climate
• promotes mutual dialogue, is attentive, and adapts their communication according to needs and situations.

It is an advantage if you

• have experience in operational leadership
• have experience in leadership in similar operations
• have experience in coaching leadership and leading through change
• have experience in leading teams
• have experience in remote leadership
• have experience in production management of case processing
• have experience in planning your operations in collaboration with managerial colleagues remotely
• have a good understanding of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency's mission
• have knowledge of sickness compensation
• have experience in competency-based recruitment within the state.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Other

A permanent, full-time position, with start date by agreement. A probationary period may be applicable. In accordance with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency's security guidelines, background checks will be conducted in this recruitment. Possibility for remote work exists if the work allows. In this recruitment, psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Locations: Uppsala or Västerås

Want to know more about the Swedish Social Insurance Agency as an employer? Visit fk.se/jobbahososs (https://fk.se/jobbahososs)

Contact persons

Manager: Marie Kjellin, 010-114 55 55 (for questions about the position). HR specialist: Louisa Jörgensen, 010-113 43 37, [email protected] (for questions about the recruitment process). ST: Annika Ronnegård, 010-111 50 63, Saco-S: Anton Gustafsson, 010-111 92 43, Seko: Eliza Grundström, 010-115 34 02.

Application

Welcome with your application by March 22, 2026. Upload your diplomas, grades, and certificates along with your application.

If you have protected personal data or no access to Bank-ID, please call the HR specialist named in the ad for assistance in submitting your application.

In everything we do, we will act based on the principle of equal value of all people, legal certainty, and good service.