HR Specialist with Focus on Employment Law and Rehabilitation

Vimmerby is the small municipality in Småland that has much to offer; in addition to the rich cultural heritage of Astrid Lindgren, the municipality is also characterized by a diverse business life, strong local commitment, active club life, beautiful nature, and a peaceful environment.

Through our core values; Responsibility, courage, and imagination, we work to provide the best possible service and care to Vimmerby Municipality's approx. 15,800 residents, businesses, and all who visit the municipality. These values permeate the municipality's conduct and work methods and are something everyone carries with them in their daily work.

The HR department is a strategic partner and support to the organization. We work consultatively within HR's main processes, including recruitment, rehabilitation, wage formation, gender equality, working environment, and employment law. We are located in the administration of the Municipal Executive Board and sit centrally in the City Hall, but operate across the organization's four administrations.

Our focus areas are strategic competence supply, sustainable employee engagement, a promoting working environment, as well as courageous and secure leaders. In recent years, we have taken major steps in our work with health-promoting factors. A resource team consisting of HR, managers, and chief safety representatives drives development towards workplaces where employees feel good, develop, and feel pride.

You will be part of our HR team consisting of two HR consultants, an HR administrator, an HR strategist, and an HR specialist with a focus on working environment. Our colleagues within the payroll function also work at the HR department. Together, we have broad HR competence and contribute different perspectives in both operational and strategic HR work. Together with the HR consultants, you are responsible for coaching and supporting the municipality's managers.

We are looking for a secure, relationship-building, and solution-oriented HR specialist. With us, you become part of an engaged HR department that creates value for the municipality's approx. 1,600 employees and 80 managers, based on the municipality's vision, values, and goals.

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Job Description

With us, you will have a broad role where you work both strategically and operationally within HR. The focus is on employment law, where you will become a qualified support to managers in matters concerning legislation, collective agreements, negotiations, and handling of complex personnel cases. You are a qualified support to managers and coach them in complex matters that require good judgment and clear communication.

The role also involves working with rehabilitation and coordinating rehabilitation efforts, following up on processes, and contributing to sustainable solutions. You support managers in recruitment and contribute to the long-term work with working environment and competence supply. You plan and conduct training for the organization's managers.

You drive improvement work by developing routines, working methods, and processes that strengthen the HR function and create a more efficient and professional organization. You work both independently and together with colleagues, take own initiatives, and contribute your expert knowledge to the development of the business.

Qualifications

To succeed in the role, you have:

• A university degree in Human Resources/personnel science or another equivalent education that the employer deems relevant for the position.
• Experience in qualified HR work for 5-8 years, where you have worked with issues concerning working environment, rehabilitation, recruitment, and employment law.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.
• Category B driver's license.

You thrive in a dynamic organization and are a secure and stable person who is motivated by independent work. You take responsibility, structure your work, and drive processes forward. You act based on your competence, make prioritizations with the business's best interest in focus, and see possibilities in change.

You keep your cool in demanding situations, analyze facts, and act objectively, respectfully, and humanely. You have a sense of justice and a belief that all people can and want to develop.

At the same time, you understand the importance of professional relationships and value working as part of a team where you actively contribute to creating an open and non-hierarchical climate. Furthermore, we see that you are a communicative person who speaks clearly and engagingly in individual meetings and in small and large groups. You have good self-insight and see relationships in their proper perspective with a good ability to distinguish between the personal and professional in work.

You become part of our team where we support each other in a non-hierarchical way and share knowledge and experience. We therefore see that you are a good team player who thrives with close collaboration and contributes to a positive and open culture. Your ability to create and maintain good relationships is crucial to succeeding in the role.

In the selection process, we will place great emphasis on personal qualities and interest in the position. We value the qualities that diversity and equal gender distribution bring to the business and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and life experiences.

As an employee with us, you will enjoy benefits that make everyday life a little easier and working life more sustainable. We offer fitness allowance, opportunities for competence development, hybrid work and flexible working hours, holiday exchange, group insurance, etc.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-12-01.

Vimmerby Municipality works with competence-based recruitment to ensure a fair and inclusive process where every candidate's competence is in focus. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences and place great emphasis on personal suitability based on the competencies described in the advertisement.

We plan to conduct interviews on August 19 and 25.

The position will be filled provided that no employee with priority rights claims it.

To maintain quality and security in our recruitment, certain checks may become relevant prior to employment. Which checks apply to this specific position, we will inform you of in connection with the interview.

Before employment, you as a candidate must be able to show a valid ID document and personal registration certificate.

Before the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on advertising channels and marketing. We therefore decline further contact with media/advertising sales, recruitment sites, and similar.

Welcome with your application!