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Do you want to lead a socially important operation that makes a difference – every day? We are now looking for an engaged and present Section Chief for Region North, based in Sundbyberg. Here, you will have the opportunity to help shape the future of migration operations. You will have a meaningful and socially important leadership role in an organization characterized by development, change, and significant responsibility. You will lead highly competent and strongly engaged managers in a workplace where participation, collaboration, and development are central.

Your workplace

Region North has approximately 2,000 employees and is one of the agency's three regions. The operations in the region cover all types of the agency's case categories and storage, and are organized into 9 sections, approximately 90 units, and a regional office. The region is headquartered in Sundbyberg with operations stretching from Flen to Boden. In the coming years, major changes will occur in many areas of the Swedish Migration Agency, and the organization will be adjusted and changed to provide the best possible conditions for development.

About your assignment

As a Section Chief, you play a central role in leading and developing an operation in constant change, in accordance with the Swedish Migration Agency's business plan and strategies. You are responsible for creating an efficient and sustainable organization and ensuring that the units within the section achieve their set goals, with a good work environment.

You are responsible for leading the section's management group, which includes the section's unit managers. As Section Chief, you provide the unit managers with the conditions to perform their respective unit assignments and ensure continuous operational development within the section and region.

You work closely with the unit managers and seek their support in your work when leading and developing the section, both from a daily and long-term perspective. You ensure that there are conditions for participation, collaboration, and that goals are implemented, realized, and followed up.

You have overall responsibility for personnel, budget, and work environment, report to the Regional Director, and are part of the region's management group. Your commitment and competence contribute to developing the operations in Region North as a whole. You also participate in one or more agency-wide operational management groups. There, together with section chiefs from other regions, you ensure that the entire agency's operations are conducted efficiently and with legal certainty, and are developed to meet future needs.

Your competencies

Leadership skills and personal qualities

As a manager and leader at the Swedish Migration Agency, you see the big picture, create conditions, and act consciously in your leadership. You strive to be a present and empathetic leader who creates a secure and open work environment and an efficient operation.

You lead with courage and clarity, which means you do not hesitate to make decisions even in changing times. You ensure that everyone understands why decisions are made and what they mean for them and the operation as a whole. You have the ability to work strategically and analytically, with a clear holistic view and good communication skills. Your working style is structured, and you are driven by creating results through collaboration and development. Your leadership is characterized by clear direction, empathy in meetings with others, and courage in decision-making.

As a manager, you translate the Swedish Migration Agency's core values – courage, empathy, and clarity – into your leadership.

In our work as civil servants, high demands are also placed on good judgment and a high level of security and confidentiality awareness.

We are looking for you who have:

• an academic education (minimum 120 credits) in a relevant field or other education combined with current and relevant work experience that the employer deems equivalent
• current managerial experience with responsibility for operations, employees, work environment, and budget
• several years of experience leading and developing operations in change with documented good results
• very good ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish and English.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience of managerial assignments within a state authority
• experience of being a manager over other managers in comparable operations
• experience of a process-oriented working style, good insight into the state budget process and Swedish public administration
• experience from several of the Swedish Migration Agency's case categories and processes.

Information

Employment type: Fixed-term appointment until April 15, 2027.
Working hours: Office hours with the possibility of an agreement on flexible working hours.
Location: Sundbyberg.
Start date: According to agreement.
Benefits: Read about our benefits here.

Please submit your application documents by June 10, 2026. We receive your application via our recruitment system.