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Are you a confident and experienced HR Business Partner who wants to contribute to creating conditions for a sustainable working life where employees and managers thrive and perform well? Do you thrive in a broad role where you get to work both operationally and strategically – and where collaboration and team spirit are a natural part of everyday life? Then you might be the person we are looking for.

Our operations are growing, and we are now looking for three HR Business Partners. For a permanent position, we are seeking an HR Business Partner with a focus on occupational health and safety issues. We are also looking for two HR Business Partners for fixed-term contracts of approximately 1.5 years.

Job Description

As an HR Business Partner here, you work broadly within the HR field, providing advisory support to managers. You provide qualified support in areas such as recruitment, employment law, workforce planning, and personnel matters.

You collaborate with trade unions and external parties and contribute to development and change work within HR. The role also involves developing and implementing policy documents, some HR administration, and developing working methods, routines, and the digitalization of HR processes. We use AI as a natural part of our daily work.

Currently, we need to strengthen our areas of occupational health and safety, workforce planning, and HR systems. The focus may vary over time based on the organization's current needs.

As an HR Business Partner with a focus on occupational health and safety (permanent position), part of your assignment will be to drive, coordinate, and follow up on systematic occupational health and safety work at the organizational level.

As an HR Business Partner with a focus on workforce planning (fixed-term position), your role will be partially focused on workforce planning, analysis, and integrating the workforce planning process into business management.

We are looking for one additional HR Business Partner (fixed-term position) who thrives in a broad role and also enjoys working with the development and administration of HR systems.

As an HR Business Partner here, you will become part of a collaborative and non-hierarchical HR team consisting of five HR Business Partners and one HR Manager. We work closely together, share knowledge and experiences, and support each other in large and small matters with the aim of taking joint responsibility for delivering professional HR support to the business.

Qualifications and Personal Attributes

To succeed in the role, you need:

• An academic education in HR/personnel and working life, or equivalent
• Several years of relevant experience in qualified and broad HR work, including advisory support for managers
• Several years of experience in HR work within the public sector
• Good knowledge of employment law, including state collective agreements
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish, as well as good proficiency in English
• One of the following three alternatives:
• Experience in coordinating systematic occupational health and safety work at the organizational level
• Experience in driving, coordinating, and developing work within workforce planning at the organizational level
• Experience in developing and administering HR systems where you have developed and driven the digitalization of HR processes, routines, and policy documents.

Merits include

• Experience in project management or coordination of HR-related development initiatives
• Experience in analyzing and following up on personnel key figures

As a person, you are knowledgeable, relationship-building, and empathetic. You are confident in your profession and drive your assignments forward independently. You take responsibility and are solution- and results-oriented. Since you will handle a variety of tasks, it is important that you work in a structured manner, make clear prioritizations, and complete what you start.

You build trusting relationships through your communication skills, consultative approach, and professional demeanor, even in complex or sensitive matters. At the same time, you are non-hierarchical, share your competence, ask for help when needed, and contribute to an open and supportive climate, which actively strengthens the team's joint results.

Great importance is attached to personal attributes.

Employment and Start Date

This is a permanent position with an initial probationary period and two fixed-term contracts of approximately 1.5 years. Start date as soon as possible or by agreement. Location is in Humlegården, Stockholm.

KB has operations in various locations: Stockholm, Strängnäs, and Bålsta.

Application

We welcome your application by 2026-06-11. Attach your CV and describe why you are interested in the job and what you can contribute; a cover letter is not required.

In this recruitment, we use screening questions instead of a cover letter, where you briefly describe why you are interested in this position and what you can contribute. Therefore, be careful with your answers so that they correctly reflect your competence and experience.

The recruitment also includes a second opinion with personality and skill tests. A security interview and background check may be conducted with the final candidate.

Contact Persons

If you want to know more about the job, please contact Unit Manager Joanna Kielska at 0107093101.

For employment terms and process, contact HR Business Partner Josefine Elinder at 0107093431.

Union contact persons are May Nilsson, ST KB, and Karl Isaksson, SACO KB, both reachable via the switchboard at 010 709 30 00. In this recruitment, KB collaborates with Jefferson Wells. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact the responsible recruitment consultant Therese Thunström at mailto:[email protected].

The HR Unit

The unit is part of the Business Support Department and consists of five employees. The unit is responsible for coordinating, developing, and following up on the agency's personnel policy, including coordination and development of HR processes such as employer policy, wage formation, leadership and employee relations, workforce planning, occupational health and safety, negotiations, and organizational development.

About the Royal Library

The Royal Library (KB) is Sweden's national library. Our collections stretch back more than a thousand years and grow every day. We have everything from manuscripts, books, and newspapers to music, film, and computer games. KB preserves and makes our cultural heritage accessible and promotes collaboration between Sweden's libraries. Ultimately, the mission is about democracy, equality, and freedom of opinion. Additionally, KB is a workplace for researchers, students, and approximately 330 employees.

We offer a workplace characterized by responsibility, openness, trust, and learning. We want to provide equal opportunities for everyone and value equality and diversity in our operations.