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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

Do you want to work in an HR role where employment law, higher education-specific regulations, and professional employer support meet, where you can contribute your experience, and become part of an experienced team where collegial support and joint assessments are central elements of daily life? Lund University and the HR Section are now looking for an HR Specialist with a broad employment law profile.

The role is located within the Agreements and Negotiations Department, one of four departments in the HR Section. The overarching mission is to actively drive and support the development of the university as an attractive employer and a sustainable workplace.

The department consists of five specialists and a Head of Negotiations, representing Lund University's overarching specialist competence in central employer issues, spanning broadly across employment law, terms of employment, wage formation, negotiations, transition, and redundancy.

What We Offer

Lund University is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation time, and a favorable occupational pension. We also have a flextime agreement that creates good conditions for balance between work and leisure.

Read more on the university's website about being employed at Lund University: Work with us (#).

Tasks and Responsibilities

As an HR Specialist, you work across the university providing qualified support to managers and HR functions in complex employment law matters. The role combines independent responsibility with close collaboration, where cases are often handled jointly and where different perspectives contribute to well-founded solutions.

You work in an environment where employment law, collective agreements, and higher education-specific regulations interact. We strive for the university as an employer to act consciously, uniformly, and legally secure, and for employer policy to promote the needs of the operations and enable operation-adapted HR processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing qualified employment law support to HR partners and managers within the university's operations, covering areas such as LAS (Swedish Employment Protection Act), MBL (Swedish Co-determination Act), forms of employment according to the Higher Education Ordinance, redundancy, relocation, transition, etc.
• Developing, improving, and managing university-wide HR processes in close collaboration with the university's process groups, and contributing to the development of routines, working methods, and guidelines within the employer area.
• Developing support and advisory services within higher education-specific legislation and the special conditions that characterize academic operations.
• Contributing with employment law assessments in individual and operational cases, working in a team-based manner with colleagues in the department for joint assessments and solutions.
• Conducting training within the department's areas of responsibility and presenting cases to management groups, union partners, etc.
• Participating in and, if necessary, leading MBL negotiations, and in some cases handling employment law disputes in collaboration with others within the HR Section.

Qualifications

Requirements for the position are:

• A relevant academic degree in HR, law, or equivalent.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish employment law.
• Several years of experience in qualified HR work, including operational proximity.
• Experience with negotiations and employment law cases.
• Comfort with presenting and training within the field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Swedish.

Personal Attributes:

• You are confident in your professional role, analytical, and have sound professional judgment.
• You enjoy working together with other specialists, are willing to share your expertise, and appreciate joint discussions on complex issues.
• You work in a structured manner, have high integrity, and communicate legal content in a clear and pedagogical way.

Merits for the position include:

• Experience with educational appointments, merit-based appointments, or other higher education-specific issues.
• Good knowledge of the Higher Education Act, the Higher Education Ordinance, and state central collective agreements.
• Experience with redundancy and transition.
• Experience working in teams with joint responsibility for quality and delivery.
• Interest and experience in using AI in daily work.
• Comfort with expressing yourself verbally and in writing in English.

Other Information

The position is permanent with a full-time extent (100%) with an intended start date of October 1, 2026, or as agreed.

Interviews are planned for week 34.

How to Apply

Apply for the position via the university's recruitment system. The application must include a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and how it matches your merits. The application must also include a CV, degree certificate or equivalent, and any other documents you wish to submit (copies of grades, reference contact details, recommendation letters, etc.).

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