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We are looking for an HR Specialist who wants to drive recruitment from start to finish and create an experience that makes a difference – for both candidates and managers.

At Tillväxtverket (Growth Agency), we work for competitive companies and sustainable development throughout Sweden. We offer knowledge, networks, and investment opportunities. This provides direct benefits to businesses and creates conditions for companies, municipalities, and regions to meet future challenges. Tillväxtverket is a national agency with a regional presence in nine locations.

On our HR unit, we drive and develop the agency's personnel and wage policies, work with strategic competence supply, recruitment, and further develop workplace environment work. On the HR unit, we work together and leverage each other's competencies. We work actively with and have come far in the digital development of our HR processes and ways of working. We also have fun at work. Join us! :-)

About the role

In the role of HR Specialist, you will primarily work with recruitment. You will drive the entire recruitment process from start to finish and be an important support to our hiring managers in both operational and strategic matters.

Your main responsibilities:

• Drive and be responsible for the entire recruitment process – from requirement profile and advertising to selection, interviews, and employment.
• Be a close and coaching support to hiring managers throughout the process.
• Be responsible for the administration in our recruitment system.
• Ensure a professional and positive candidate experience in all parts of the process.
• Support managers in matters related to recruitment based on current laws, regulations, and internal guidelines.

Place of work: Stockholm or Östersund

We are looking for someone who has:

• At least 3 years of experience, within the last 10 years, working with recruitment within the Swedish state sector.
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both orally and in writing.

The following is meritorious:

• Completed the Personnel and Organization Theory Program or equivalent at the bachelor's level.
• Completed a Higher Vocational Education (YH) program within the HR field where recruitment is included.
• Experience working with the recruitment tool ReachMee.

As a person

We are looking for you who work in a structured manner and have the ability to drive recruitment processes independently. You are result-oriented, take responsibility for achieving set goals, and ensure that every step in the process is carried out with high quality. Your communication skills allow you to create clarity and trust in the dialogue with both managers and candidates. Through your professional support, you contribute to a legally secure and efficient recruitment process throughout the organization.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

We expect you to live up to our employee and manager policy (https://tillvaxtverket.se/tillvaxtverket/omtillvaxtverket/jobbahososs/fordelarmedattjobbahososs/medarbetarochchefspolicy.600.html), which expresses the expectations we have for all employees.

We assume that you share our value base, the Swedish public sector values (https://www.statskontoret.se/fokusomraden/god-forvaltningskultur-och-antikorruption/den-statliga-vardegrunden/). This unites all state employees, regardless of activity and profession. The value base aims to create an administration that is efficient, legally secure, and free from corruption and abuse of power.

Employment type and last application date

The employment is a fixed-term appointment until December 31, 2026.

Last application date is August 4, 2026

More information and contact

For more information about the duties, you are welcome to contact Unit Manager Stefan Szirmai at [email protected], tel 08-681 97 72. Questions about the recruitment process are answered by HR Partner Linda Aalto, email [email protected].

Union representatives

• ST: Contact person Robert Berggren, email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
• Saco: Contact person Susanna Lindbom, email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Both can be reached by phone via the switchboard number 08-681 91 00.

We work on a competence-based basis, and the recruitment process will include selection questions, possible tests, interviews, and reference checks.

If you have protected personal data, we ask you to contact the HR partner in this recruitment.

We are centrally located in modern premises where you choose your location daily based on your tasks. Tillväxtverket strives for a way of working where digital and technical solutions facilitate daily work. Read more about the benefits of working with us here (https://tillvaxtverket.se/tillvaxtverket/omtillvaxtverket/jobbahososs/fordelarmedattjobbahososs.960.html).

Tillväxtverket wants to capitalize on the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the operations. We strive for a work environment where every employee is given the opportunity to combine professional and private life for balance in life.

Welcome with your application to create your and Sweden's future!

In this recruitment, Tillväxtverket has already taken a stand on desirable recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly but firmly decline calls from advertising agencies or salespeople.