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Do you have a strong interest in people and are driven by building great relationships with clients, candidates, consultants, and colleagues? Then you might be Academic Work's new Consultant Manager!

About the role

The Consultant Manager is a broad role where you will have the opportunity to work with recruitment, leadership, and serve as a business-oriented HR partner to your clients.

"The best part of my job is the combination of tasks and colleagues. I work closely with candidates, consultants, and clients every day. Being a career partner gives me inspiration and the opportunity to see consultants' development up close. I draw motivation and energy from my colleagues; the culture at Academic Work is very much about lifting each other up and celebrating each other's achievements!" This is how one of our Consultant Managers describes their role.

As a Consultant Manager, you will work broadly with consultants and candidates across different business areas, such as IT, Finance, and Technology. Although much of the work is done independently, you are engaged with your colleagues at the office in shared goals, results, development, and growth.

Your manager and your development

Your team leader is Malin Liljeros, who works closely with you and has good insight into your daily work. We have a dedicated development program where, in your role as Consultant Manager, you have a clear annual development plan to develop your skills and sharpen your competencies. Our training program is called Career Steps, and the program is followed up regularly by your manager.

You control your career paths with us, and we provide you with the prerequisites for success.

Responsibilities

The role of Consultant Manager is varied, and you are given the opportunity to develop broadly within HR while gaining valuable experience in organizational and business understanding.

• Recruitment: Requirement profile, advertisement, selection, interview, presentation to client, and employment process
• Building client relationships: Establishing and maintaining business relationships with your clients
• Personnel responsibility for consultants: Follow-up on well-being, development, work environment, developing your leadership skills, labor law, etc.

We are looking for you who

Are an ambitious and goal-oriented team player who thrives in a business-oriented role with many contact surfaces. You have strong confidence in your own abilities, take significant ownership of your results, and structure your work efficiently to always deliver high quality. You are motivated by a high pace and naturally build trusting relationships. As a person, you are unpretentious, welcome feedback, and step up as a natural leader when the situation calls for it. Even under pressure, you maintain your calm and approach challenges with a solution-oriented and positive attitude.

What do you bring to the role of Consultant Manager?

• Work experience in service-related work and customer contact
• Completed post-secondary education in personnel science/HR, behavioral science, service management, or experience that we assess as equivalent
• Valid driver's license (Category B)
• Fluent in Swedish, both spoken and written, and proficient in English, both spoken and written, as you will conduct dialogues and participate in training in both languages

It is an advantage if you have

• Previous experience in leadership

Other information

• Start: August 2026
• Scope: 100%. Full-time, office hours
• Salary: Monthly salary with a fixed part and a variable commission part with no cap
• Location: Sundsvall

Our recruitment process

The first step in the recruitment process is two selection tests: a personality test and a problem-solving test, each taking approximately 15 minutes to complete. The tests are a tool to help find the candidate with the highest potential for the role, as well as to promote equality, diversity, and a fair recruitment process.