Vacant job

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world's leading universities. We have approximately 46,000 students and 8,500 employees in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our strive to understand, explain, and improve our world and people's conditions.

Workplace Description

The Faculty of Fine Arts' administration office is centrally located in Malmö, a stone's throw from Möllevångstorget. Here, nine employees work to support the faculty leadership and departments in matters concerning education, research, finance, HR, and communication. The administration's main tasks are to:

• Provide operational and strategic support to the faculty's leadership, departments, boards, committees, and other operations, thereby contributing to the faculty's overall operational goals.
• Monitor the external environment, analyze, and initiate actions in relation to the operation's needs and the external environment's demands and expectations.
• Prepare decision-making materials and contribute to the implementation of decisions.
• Report back to the university and other relevant actors.
• Contribute to, support, and follow up on regulatory compliance.
• Act as a link between the departments, the faculty, and the university.

We fulfill this mission by:

• Being responsive with a starting point in the operations' needs.
• Maintaining integrity and a high professional level.
• Being proactive in developing the faculty's operations.
• Contributing to continuity by developing structure and processes.

The faculty administration is led by the administrative director, who reports directly to the faculty dean. Please visit the Faculty of Fine Arts' website if you want to know more about our faculty and its organization.

Tasks and Responsibilities

We are now looking for a temporary HR Partner for a fixed-term position of 12 months. Here we have two HR Partners who work broadly with operation-oriented HR support within areas such as working environment, recruitment, rehabilitation, salary review, labor law, and negotiations. As an HR Partner, you contribute to strengthening the conditions for the faculty's leadership, managers, and employees in their work and development. Since the HR function at the Faculty of Fine Arts is relatively new, there are many areas for development. In this position, you will have a special focus on the processes for salary formation, recruitment, and workforce planning. You will be responsible for developing the faculty's work with strategic workforce planning in close collaboration with the operations and with support from the university's central HR section. You will be part of the university's process groups for workforce planning and agreements and employment, which work to develop and implement common processes and routines.

Requirements

The position requires:

• An academic degree at least at the bachelor's level with a focus on HR.
• At least five years of experience in operation-oriented HR work in a generalist role where you have worked to provide qualified HR support to managers, both in an advisory and coaching role. You need to have experience in driving, implementing, and following up on change and development work within HR, and you can easily handle tasks in various HR-related systems and in Office.
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

In this recruitment, we place great importance on your personal qualities:

• Good ability to take initiative, drive issues, work independently, and structure your own work.
• You display integrity and are responsible, especially in connection with challenging conversations.
• Good ability to be responsive to the operation's needs.
• You have a well-developed social skill, meaning you are good at collaborating with others and building trust-based relationships.

Meritorious experience:

• Experience as an HR Partner or similar in the public sector.

We offer

Lund University is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation, and a favorable occupational pension. Read more on the university's website about being employed by us.

Application Instructions

The position is applied for via the university's recruitment system. Please state your salary expectations in your application.

Your application should include a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and how the position matches your qualifications. The application should also include a CV and any other documents you wish to submit (degree certificates, copies of grades, reference details, recommendation letters, etc.).

The Faculty of Fine Arts in Malmö is one of nine faculties within Lund University and consists of the University of Fine Arts, Music and Theatre, as well as Inter Arts Center. At the Faculty of Fine Arts, there are bachelor's, master's, and graduate programs in fine arts, music, and theater, as well as a number of courses of varying scope. Doctoral education and research with an artistic focus and in music pedagogy are also conducted here.

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