HR Department

The Management Office of Region Uppsala is part of Region Uppsala, one of the largest employers in Uppsala County. The Management Office is led by the Regional Director and consists of approximately one thousand employees. With a steering, supporting, and coordinating role, the Management Office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations so that the political direction is implemented across the region's various operations. In this way, Region Uppsala can assume its role, both regionally and nationally.

Do you want to develop and contribute to the development of Region Uppsala? We welcome you to work with us!

Our Operations

To the HR Department, which belongs to the Management Office of Region Uppsala, we are now looking for an experienced negotiator/HR specialist with in-depth competence in labor law and extensive experience in representing in dispute negotiations and handling complex labor law issues. The department is responsible for the overall strategic HR work in Region Uppsala, and the task is to, based on the employer policy strategy and taking into account the operational needs and legal prerequisites, develop and provide high-quality and operationally close HR support.

Your Assignment

The position is located in the HR Law and Agreements function area, where assignments within labor law, negotiation, wage formation and wage review, union cooperation, and working hours are coordinated. The unit serves as an expert function with the task of providing advisory support in labor law matters, assisting operations in labor law disputes, developing and conducting training, participating in and leading projects, contributing to the strategic development of employer issues, monitoring the external environment, and producing documentation on current issues.

We are now looking for you who have a great interest in employer issues and want to drive and develop issues related to labor law and negotiation, in close collaboration with the Chief Negotiator and other negotiators/HR specialists within Law and Agreements. The role includes planning and conducting training within your area of competence – something you are confident in and driven to do in an engaging and inspiring way.

In the role, you will among other things:

• Be an advisory support for operationally close HR support functions
• Assist operations in dispute negotiations
• Conduct training for managers and HR
• Lead, participate in, and coordinate projects
• Monitor the unit's areas of responsibility
• Develop and update documentation and working materials

The assignments are both strategic and operational in nature. Collaboration with different parts of the HR organization, union partners, and other functions in Region Uppsala is of great importance for the work. We value an open climate and good cooperation in the work group. Here you become part of an engaged and creative HR team! In your role, you report to the Chief Negotiator.

Your Qualifications

• Education as a lawyer, HR professional, or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position.
• Long experience in independently driving and handling labor law matters, as well as very good negotiation experience regarding both labor law disputes and collective agreements
• Broad experience in working with the interpretation of collective agreements
• Pedagogical and solution-focused approach
• Experience in conducting training and transferring knowledge in a pedagogical manner
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing and to convey complex information in an easily understandable way

Meritorious

• Experience working within the agreement area for municipalities and regions
• Experience working in a large and complex organization

Your Competence

To succeed in the assignment, you need to have a holistic perspective, be confident in yourself and your competence, be able to take initiative and independently drive issues forward, but also be good at collaborating with others. You need to be solution-focused, good at creating good relationships, and have a consultative and pedagogical approach.

We Offer

We offer a permanent full-time position, with start date as agreed. Our modern office is located in the center of Uppsala, directly adjacent to Uppsala Travel Center.

As an employer, we want to create conditions for our employees to have a good life, so that one can feel secure and have quality in life outside of work. In addition to having one of Sweden's best collective agreements, we offer subsidized UL tickets and a favorable wellness allowance. We also offer our employees a flexible workplace, with the possibility of working partially remotely based on agreement. With us, you get benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/)).

Want to know more?

Want to know more? If you have questions about the position, you can contact the Chief Negotiator and Unit Manager Viktoria Juzovitskaja: 018-6170851 or alternatively recruitment consultant Ann-Catrine Nilsson-Gärd [email protected]. The last day for expressions of interest is 2025-06-07.

Union Representatives:

• Vision - Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51
• SACO - Örjan Olsmats, 018-611 00 00 (switchboard)
• Other unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's switchboard 018-611 00 00.

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome to submit your application via the link below.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functionalities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime, but is solely a planning measure.

Before decisions on employment, checks of suspicion and criminal records are conducted for all job seekers who in the applied position may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or forced care of addicts, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks at present are not intended to mainly contain work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's own resources, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.