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Are you proactive and unpretentious, with experience taking responsibility for the whole picture and seeking improvements? If you are also ready for new challenges, apply for a developing and broad role as an Economist and HR Administrator at our IES school in Trelleborg!

You will work independently and proactively with follow-up and reporting regarding the school's economy. Furthermore, you are responsible for the school's payroll process and HR. Together with colleagues within the school and the region's administration, you will continuously seek new ways to improve workflows, working methods, and processes. The focus of development should be to benefit the school's quality with the student in focus. For the right candidate, we would like you to become part of the school's leadership team.

We offer you the opportunity to join a company that runs the fourth largest primary school operation in Sweden, characterized by an international environment with high engagement where the English language is a common denominator. As an Economist/HR Administrator, you work closely with the school principal and network with others in similar roles at IES's other schools. You will also receive support from the finance department and HR department at the headquarters.

Your future tasks:

Economy

• Monthly reconciliation of school funding and contact with municipalities, as well as annual auditing.
• Ongoing bookkeeping.
• Assist the principal in budgeting for the upcoming operating year.
• Decide on purchases and budget follow-up.
• Monthly reporting as well as cost follow-up and analysis of deviations.
• Check and account for supplier invoices in Rillion.
• Development of processes both internally at the school and towards the school's stakeholders.
• Projects for reduced costs and/or increased revenues.

Payroll

• Check time reporting in Medvind.
• Check payroll costs in relation to the number of employees.
• Check preliminary payroll runs.
• Main contact for the school against the payroll department at HQ.

HR

• Recruitment and employment contracts.
• Administer onboarding and offboarding of employees.
• Contact with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and occupational health services regarding sick leave and rehabilitation; support or conduct health talks if necessary.
• Together with the principal, carry out proactive and reactive HR work based on needs, labor law, and work environment.

Qualifications to be successful in this role:

We believe that you who apply for the role have a high school or post-secondary education in economics, payroll, and/or HR administration, or have acquired equivalent competence in professional life. You have at least a couple of years of experience from similar work where great emphasis is placed on a process-oriented and proactive working method, as well as leadership qualities.

You communicate well, both in Swedish and English, have high social skills, and thrive with many contact surfaces.

As a person, you are driven, curious, and structured. If you have experience from the school world, it is a plus.

Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES), founded in 1993 by Ms. Barbara Bergström, is an established independent school organization that is constantly developing and expanding. IES in Trelleborg opened in August 2022 with grades F-9. The school is bilingual and follows the Swedish curriculum. For more information about our school or organization, visit our website www.engelska.se (http://www.engelska.se).

Selection and interviews are conducted continuously, so the position may be filled earlier. Therefore, do not hesitate, apply now!

Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) is a leading independent school group with academic results far above average and a diverse and energetic staff. Teaching is in both Swedish and English, and the hallways are bilingual. The language of meetings and communication amongst the staff is English.

IES is one of Sweden's largest school groups at compulsory school level with 48 schools and around 32,000 students across the country. IES has grown steadily and maintained quality since 1993.

N.B. Prior to any offer of employment at IES, a criminal background check is required for all applicants. In Sweden, this is an extract from the criminal record register (belastningsregistret) from the Police Authority, and from abroad, this is a record extract from an equivalent police governing body.