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Do you want to drive the agency's development forward? We are looking for you who thrive in a strategic role and want to work with development control issues from an agency-wide perspective. Welcome to the Executive Support Unit and the Development Control Unit. Together we get Sweden to work. Do you want to become one of us?

The Mission of the Executive Support Unit

The Executive Support Unit is the hub of the Swedish Public Employment Service's (Arbetsförmedlingen) governance and provides the Director General and the Deputy Director General with consolidated support in strategic and agency-wide issues. The unit creates the conditions for management to make decisions on the right basis, at the right time, and with the intended effect. The Executive Support Unit brings together the agency's central functions for strategic direction, structured governance, and management support.

The Executive Support Unit works for a cohesive chain of command from strategic choices to follow-up. This means preparing and quality-assuring materials for the agency's management, combining perspectives from operations, and ensuring that decisions are made from a clear holistic perspective. Through analysis, coordination, and follow-up, the Executive Support Unit contributes to strengthening the agency's implementation capacity.

The Development Control Unit

As part of the Executive Support Unit, the Development Control Unit is responsible, among other things, for developing and managing the agency's performance-driven development. Our responsibility includes being a driving, enabling, and strategic force in the agency's development work. The agency's development control should be based on a holistic view; that strategy, structure, resources, and effect are interconnected.

Job Description

We are looking for a qualified case worker at a strategic level, with the ability to coordinate and develop the agency's development activities. Together with your colleagues, you will work, among other things, to create conditions for efficient and accurate development that harmonizes with the agency's overall governance, where portfolio management clearly and transparently connects with methods and processes for business planning, change management, and value realization.

The role involves coordinating and driving responsibilities and requires the ability to create structure, progress, and clarity in complex issues. You will work on assignments with varying time horizons and scope.

To succeed in the role of qualified case worker at the Executive Support Unit, Development Control Unit, at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you are goal- and results-oriented, have a holistic view, and are proactive. You are also structured, self-initiating, and have good communication and collaboration skills.

What We Offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment that may start with a six-month probationary period. The location is Solna. Start date by agreement.

We offer you the opportunity to work at a workplace where we value balance between work and private life. You will have access to a generous holiday agreement with flexible working hours. Our benefits also include health care during working hours and a favorable health care allowance.

As an employee at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you also have access to competence development and career opportunities within the agency. Through our work, we contribute to an inclusive and sustainable society, where you get the opportunity to make a real difference for individuals and for society as a whole.

Basic Requirements

• You have a university/college degree (120 credits/180 ECTS) or equivalent competence acquired in another way that the Swedish Public Employment Service considers equivalent.
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish.
• Good knowledge of portfolio management and/or other frameworks for applying agile methods and principles.
• Current work experience in coordinating and facilitating groups, assignments, and projects, as well as conducting workshops.

Other Merits

• Work experience where you have contributed to the development and/or implementation of frameworks for development control/portfolio management within larger organizations.
• Work experience within business architecture and/or service development, preferably within a process-oriented organization/agency.
• Work experience in strategic work at a state agency.

In addition to this, you have the personal ability and aptitude to work in accordance with the Swedish Public Employment Service's employee criteria. Read more about the public sector values and our employee criteria on our website.

As an employee at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you are expected to be:

Responsible – take responsibility for your work, collaborate, and contribute to a good working environment.

Proactive – take initiative, contribute to improvements, and handle changes.

Results-focused – plan, follow up, and contribute to operational benefits and results.

Application

Does this sound like a job for you? Please submit your application no later than 2026-08-09.

Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and duties for each employment, as well as certificates verifying the requirements for education and/or work experience in your application.

It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully, so that we get a clear picture of your experience. If requested information is not provided, you risk being excluded from the selection. You do not need to send a cover letter.

If you have protected personal data, contact the recruitment partner named in the advertisement, and you will receive help with submitting your application.

We actively work to be an agency free from discrimination. It is important to us that all competence is utilized, and we welcome all applicants. We view positively if you have knowledge of any of our national minority languages.