Vacant job

HR Department

The Management Office of Uppsala County Council is part of Uppsala County Council, one of the largest employers in Uppsala County. The Management Office is led by the County Director and consists of approximately one thousand employees. With a governing, supportive, and coordinating role, the Management Office is tasked with supporting the political leadership and administrations to ensure that the political direction is implemented across the region's various operations. In this way, Uppsala County Council can assume its role, both regionally and nationally.

Do you want to develop and contribute to the growth of Uppsala County Council? We welcome you to work with us!

Our Operations

The HR Department of the Regional Office works on behalf of the regional leadership and is responsible for overarching strategic HR work within Uppsala County Council. The task is to develop and provide high-quality, operationally relevant HR support based on the employer policy strategy.

The HR Centre is part of the HR Department and consists of approximately 30 dedicated employees. Our main tasks are to work consultatively and service-oriented within payroll administration, pension processing, and the management and development of Uppsala County Council's HR systems.

At the Payroll Unit, we are responsible for handling over 16,000 payrolls every month. We play a crucial role in ensuring that the correct salary is paid out on time and that our operations receive professional support in matters concerning salaries and allowances.

Your Role

As a Payroll Consultant, you work broadly across the entire payroll process and serve as a key support to the operations you are responsible for within Uppsala County Council. In this role, you provide qualified service and advice on matters such as employment, salaries, allowances, and absence.

You are responsible for payroll management for employees with both regular and irregular working hours, including on-call duty and standby. The work also involves contact with external actors and authorities, as well as ensuring that payroll management is conducted in accordance with current laws, agreements, and guidelines.

As a Payroll Consultant, you are part of a dedicated team where collaboration, knowledge sharing, and development are a natural part of daily life. You will also have the opportunity to participate in projects, development initiatives, and other operational development groups where you contribute to improving and streamlining our methods and processes.

In this role, you combine operational work with a consultative approach and contribute to creating the prerequisites for quality-assured and legally secure payroll management for Uppsala County Council's operations.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a few years of experience working as a Payroll Consultant or other experience that the employer considers equivalent. You have completed a vocational higher education (YH) program as a Payroll Consultant or have acquired corresponding knowledge through work experience.

It is an advantage if you have experience working according to the collective agreement "General Provisions" (AB) and if you have previously worked in the payroll system Heroma.

Your Competencies

We are looking for you who thrive in a role with varied tasks and enjoy taking personal responsibility. You have a genuine interest in providing good service and are driven by helping others by finding solutions and creating value in your work.

You adapt easily to changing circumstances, see opportunities in change, and can handle periods of high workload in a structured manner. As a person, you are calm, methodical, and solution-oriented, with a good ability to prioritize and work independently.

You actively contribute to a positive work climate and find it easy to create and develop good relationships. You collaborate well with others and have a professional and pedagogical approach in both oral and written communication. You express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing, and have the ability to adapt your message to the recipient and situation.

We value good treatment, patience, and a high degree of teamwork. Great importance will be placed on personal suitability.

We Offer

A full-time permanent position with a start date as agreed. Probationary employment may apply. You will have the opportunity to work remotely 1–2 days per week after completing the introduction.

As an employer, we want to create conditions for our employees to do well, so that they can feel secure and have quality in life outside of work. In addition to having one of Sweden's best collective agreements, we offer subsidized UL tickets and a favorable wellness allowance. With us, you receive benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/)).

Want to know more?

Contact Karin Söderlund, Head of Payroll and Pension: 018-611 61 31 (on leave July 10 - Aug 12)
Union representatives:
Vision - Christianne Simson, 018-611 32 51
SACO - Örjan Olsmats, 018-611 00 00 (switchboard)
Other unions can be reached via Uppsala County Council's switchboard at 018-611 00 00.

Does this sound like a role for you? We welcome your application!
We will begin the selection process after the summer vacation period, so feedback may be delayed. Interviews are conducted continuously, so do not wait to submit your application.

Read about employment terms and salary setting within Uppsala County Council here: Become our new colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/)

Uppsala County Council values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functionalities, and life experiences.

Uppsala County Council assigns all permanent staff for wartime duties based on the needs of the total defense. This entails no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before making a decision on employment, checks of suspicion and criminal records are conducted for all job seekers who in the applied position may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care for children and youth, or compulsory care for substance abusers, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work in patient-facing roles, even if the tasks currently are not intended to primarily involve work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Uppsala County Council, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising sales.