Vacant job

At the Swedish Migration Agency, we work with one of the great societal challenges of our time – migration. In total, we are about 6,000 people here, and we have an unusually important job!

We are looking for a Team Leader for the Administrative Process Unit and the Asylum Assessment Unit in Boden. Here, you will work with current societal issues influenced by developments in our surrounding world. Issues that touch and engage. We offer a dynamic environment where continuous improvement and human interaction are at the forefront.

What does a Team Leader do?

As a Team Leader, you represent the employer and support the immediate manager in the operational leadership work at the unit. This means you allocate resources, coordinate, and follow up on the team's daily work, reporting regularly to the unit manager. Through a coaching approach, you guide the employees in the team.

You lead the team towards results and goal achievement and ensure that standards are followed. You drive the work of continuously improving methods and ways of working. As a Team Leader, you contribute to the unit having good conditions in the form of a developing working environment, the right competence, reasonable workload, clear goals, and good planning.

The position also includes work within the screening and initial process. Here, initial measures regarding applications for international protection are taken, such as registration, initial interviews, and deciding which process the case should be distributed to. The work also involves participation in the unit's on-call activities.

Who are you?

We are looking for you who lead and motivate others to achieve common goals. You coordinate groups, create engagement and involvement. You have good collaboration skills, are receptive and constructive in your approach. Furthermore, you are flexible, see the big picture, and consider the best interests of the entire operation in actions and decisions. You plan, organize, and prioritize work efficiently. You weigh information quickly and judiciously and make quick decisions, even with limited information or difficult circumstances. You also possess high security and confidentiality awareness.

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

You who apply have

• An academic education of at least 120 hp with a legal, social science, or behavioral science focus, or other education combined with experience relevant to the role
• Good communication skills and express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish and English
• Good knowledge of the Office package

It is meritorious if you have

• Experience in leading and developing groups and/or individuals
• Experience in coaching leadership
• Experience in leading change
• Current experience with the Swedish Migration Agency's case processes
• Experience working in public sector operations

Information

Employment type: Permanent with probation period, and fixed-term contract until 2028-01-31 at the latest. The fixed-term contract concerns the Asylum Assessment Unit 2.

Working hours: Office hours with possible on-call duties

Location: Boden

Start date: As soon as possible according to agreement

Benefits: Read about our employment benefits here.

Application

We welcome your application documents by July 12. We receive your application via our recruitment system.

About the recruitment process

For us, it is important that all competence on the labor market is utilized. Therefore, we welcome all applicants and strive for an even gender distribution and diversity. As a government agency, we recruit based on merit and skill. At arbetsgivarverket.se, you can read more about what this means.

You do not need to attach a personal cover letter with your application, but we request that you answer the selection questions as clearly and thoroughly as possible so that we can make a fair assessment of your experience regarding whether you are qualified to proceed in the recruitment or not. In some recruitments, we also use tests to assess how well your skills match the position you are applying for. During a potential interview, you may also be asked questions related to security.

If you wish to contact union representatives, contact details for Saco-S, Seko, and ST can be found at the bottom of the page "Vacant Jobs and Interest Registration" on migrationsverket.se: Questions and answers about applying for jobs at the Swedish Migration Agency.

To work at the Swedish Migration Agency, you must have the right to reside and work in Sweden based on one of these grounds: Swedish citizenship (required for some positions), Nordic citizenship, EU citizenship, or permanent residence permit.

If you have protected personal data, or other information that you consider worthy of protection, you should contact [email protected] before submitting your application so we can tell you more about our security routines.

The Swedish Migration Agency's processing of personal data

The Swedish Migration Agency's recruitments take place entirely under our own or procured suppliers' management. Therefore, we ask not to receive phone calls and emails from recruitment agencies and ad sellers.