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The Swedish ESF Council is a government agency with an important mission – to drive development and innovation for a more inclusive labour market. We are approximately 130 dedicated employees across eight offices nationwide, with our headquarters in Gävle.

Here, you will have the opportunity to work in a smaller organization and the chance to actively contribute to creating a more inclusive and sustainable society. Our mission is to support and fund projects that strengthen people's position on the labour market, promote social integration, counteract exclusion, and contribute to positive societal development.

We are now looking for an HR Specialist for our HR unit.

What do we offer you?

• Meaningful work: Here, you can make a difference in an important government agency mission – contributing to an inclusive and sustainable labour market for all.
• Development and learning: We offer excellent opportunities for you to grow and develop within your specialist area and take the next step in your career.
• Health and balance: We value good health and work-life balance and offer, among other things, health care activities during working hours as well as a health allowance of up to 5,000 SEK per year.
• Benefits: Good holiday and pension terms, as well as extended parental leave benefits.
• Culture: We have a work environment characterized by openness, collaboration, and respect, where we all help each other grow and contribute to our common goals.

The HR Unit & Responsibilities

Welcome to a dedicated HR unit where we work together to drive HR work forward in the best way possible. As an HR Specialist here, you will have an exciting job where you have the opportunity to influence and develop in a smaller government agency. The HR unit consists of an HR Manager and two HR Specialists.

As an HR Specialist here, you work from a broad role where your area of responsibility is labour law, wage formation, and personnel statistics. The role consists of operational and strategic work within your area of responsibility, and you work consultatively to support managers in their work. In your role as HR Specialist, you assist the agency with your knowledge of laws and agreements within the HR field. Within wage formation, you work, among other things, with wage reviews, wage formation, wage statistics, including personnel statistics, and serve as the contact person for the State Service Center, which handles our salaries. Furthermore, you work with other common HR tasks, such as the development of policy documents, participation in collective bargaining, HR administration, and personnel matters. As a small HR unit, we help each other with all HR questions within the unit.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for you who have a three-year university degree in personnel/HR/behavioral science and experience of qualified HR work for at least three years. Current experience in providing professional and coaching support to managers within labour law and wages is also a requirement, as is experience of working with personnel and wage statistics with good proficiency in Excel. It is also a requirement that you have good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have experience of qualified HR work within the public sector as well as experience that has given you good knowledge of wage formation.

To thrive in the role, we see that you have an interest and drive to develop within the areas of labour law and wage formation. To succeed in the role, you need to be both collaborative and independent. It is natural for you to find solutions with a goal-oriented focus on common goals, free from hierarchy. Building good relationships is a clear success factor for you, both towards colleagues, union representatives, and external parties. You solve problems through understanding cause and effect in both the short and long term, as you see logic and connections in complex situations. You work in a structured way and have the ability to organize your work well.

An inclusive workplace

The Swedish ESF Council strives to be a workplace characterized by diversity, equality, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of background, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, or other personal identification. We offer a work environment that contributes to personal development and to our common vision of a more inclusive labour market.

Application and more information

The position is located in Gävle. We apply a 6-month probationary period, and the start date is as soon as possible after agreement.

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Frida Englund, HR Manager, tel. 026-54 20 37. Union contact persons are Samuel Löfgren, ST-ESF, tel. 040-174 219, e-mail: [email protected], and Maria Norgren, Saco ESF, tel. 026-542 672, e-mail: [email protected].

Welcome to apply no later than August 9, 2026, via the "Apply" link below. We look forward to reading your application!

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