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Are you an experienced HR Business Partner who wants to work close to the business and contribute to real change in a complex and society-critical organization?

At Karolinska University Hospital, you will have a central role in developing HR working methods, structures, and processes together with managers and leadership teams, strengthening the conditions for care – in line with Karolinska's vision: We shall cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

What we offer

• Become part of Karolinska's HR department, consisting of over 90 employees with broad competence and strong commitment.
• An inspiring and professional work environment where your competence and engagement contribute to further developing structure, working methods, and efficiency to support the care operations across different parts of the hospital.
• Good opportunities for long-term development within the HR profession, as well as the possibility to contribute to hospital-wide development and improvement work within HR.

Naturally, you will also enjoy our general benefits offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the role

Karolinska University Hospital is one of Europe's largest university hospitals with approximately 16,000 employees. The HR department consists of several different support functions, including business-oriented HR Business Partners, HR support, recruitment, and specialist functions.

As a business-oriented HR Business Partner at Karolinska University Hospital, you are an integrated part of the business and work in close collaboration with the managers and leadership teams you support. Together with managers within the care operation you are responsible for, you drive continuous improvement work in line with our vision: We shall cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

You work close to the business as an HR Business Partner to managers, responsible for advisory services and support in both operational and strategic HR matters. The role also includes contributing to the development of HR processes and working methods.

The work pace is periodically high, and the role involves handling several parallel issues and projects that need to be driven, structured, and followed up. As an HR Business Partner with us, you operate in a business that runs 24/7, where conditions can change quickly and new needs arise with short notice. To thrive and succeed in the role, you must therefore be flexible, able to reprioritize when necessary, and quickly adapt to new conditions.

You will belong to one of Karolinska's HR teams, where HR Business Partners are divided into three clusters. Within the cluster, you collaborate closely on common issues and projects, while there are also good opportunities for experience exchange and collaboration with HR Business Partners in the other clusters.

We work in newly built and modern office environments in Solna and Huddinge.

We are looking for you who

• Are a confident HR Business Partner who thrives with the breadth of the assignment and with balancing operational and strategic work based on the needs of the operations.
• Have the ability to adapt your working methods through flexible problem-solving and clear, trust-building communication – even in challenging situations.
• Have good analytical skills and can quickly immerse yourself in new issues and contexts.
• Have a development-oriented approach and the ability to identify improvement opportunities and new perspectives to develop both yourself and HR's roles and working methods.
• Have the desire and ability to initiate and drive development work within HR, both in close collaboration with specific operations and from an organization-wide perspective.

The role involves many contact surfaces, so to thrive, it is important that you enjoy collaborating, are service-oriented, and are happy to share your knowledge.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University degree in HR or equivalent work experience.
• At least five years of experience as a business-oriented HR Business Partner.
• Experience working with both operational and strategic HR matters.
• Good knowledge and practical experience of labor law and trade union cooperation.
• Fluency in Swedish, both spoken and written.
• Experience from public sector/authority work.

Meritorious:

• Previous experience of HR work within healthcare.

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. However, during July, there may be a delay in feedback as we also have summer leave.

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly motivate why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

We warmly welcome your application – Together we are Karolinska!

Before appointing a position involving care of children and youth, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and criminal records register. Here you can read more about the recruitment process and what checks are performed at Karolinska.

As an employee at Karolinska University Hospital, you may be assigned to wartime duties. Read more about what this entails here.

If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager if you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main task is to educate tomorrow's healthcare professionals and conduct world-leading research together with Karolinska Institutet, while continuing our work to develop care for the benefit of the patient. We work within a range of different areas and professions.

You can read more about our mission within care, research, and education here.

Our vision: We shall cure and relieve tomorrow what no one can cure and relieve today.

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