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Do you want to lead legal work on some of the welfare sector's most current and socially important issues?

At the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), you will have the opportunity to influence legal developments within healthcare, dental care, and other related fields. Together with dedicated employees, you will help create the conditions for knowledge-based, safe, and equitable care and social services.

We are now looking for a Unit Manager for the Unit for Healthcare Law 2.

About the role

As Unit Manager, you lead the work at the Unit for Healthcare Law 2, one of two units responsible for legal areas within healthcare and dental care.

You lead a team of qualified lawyers working with legal support, regulatory development, and legal steering across a broad spectrum of legal fields. The unit is responsible for legal issues regarding medical record keeping, digitalization, and the processing of personal data in healthcare, as well as care for children and young people. It also provides legal support regarding biobanks and human tissue, organ donation, and transplantation. Additionally, the unit works on legal issues within psychiatry, dentistry, maternity care, and women's health.

In this role, you have overall responsibility for the unit's work in developing and producing regulations, general advice, manuals, information bulletins, and other legal products within the unit's areas of responsibility. The unit also provides legal support to operations, leads government assignments within its areas, and participates in other development initiatives. You are responsible for preparing consultation responses and statements to courts, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen (JO), and other authorities.

The role also offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of future legal work in the state sector. Digitalization, AI support, and new forms of knowledge sharing are gradually changing how legal support and regulatory development are conducted. As a manager, you will play a key role in developing working methods and competencies to meet these changes.

Your responsibilities as a manager

You are responsible for operations, employees, budget, and results. Together with your employees and fellow managers, you drive the operation forward by formulating goals, creating direction, and making clear prioritizations.

An important part of the assignment is to follow legal developments within the unit's areas and ensure that the authority has effective legal support. You promote good collaboration within the organization and contribute to law creating value for the operations.

You report to the Division Manager and are part of the Legal Division's leadership group. Together with other managers, you contribute a holistic perspective and help develop operations based on our mission and goals.

The role also involves collaborating with other authorities and external actors, as well as representing the National Board of Health and Welfare in various contexts.

About you and your leadership

We are looking for you who are a confident and development-oriented leader with the ability to create engagement, involvement, and results.

You lead by utilizing employees' competencies and creating good conditions for cooperation, learning, and development. You are clear in your communication and have the ability to create direction even in complex issues.

To succeed in the role, you need to be able to switch between strategic perspectives and operational needs. You build trusting relationships and find it easy to collaborate both within and outside the organization.

We will place great emphasis on your personal qualities and leadership skills.

We are looking for someone who has

• a law degree or equivalent
• managerial experience with responsibility for operations, budget, personnel, and results
• several years of experience working in a government authority or other public sector operations
• experience leading legal operations
• excellent ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish

It is meritorious if you have

• good knowledge of and experience with healthcare law
• experience leading regulatory work
• experience leading change and development work in a knowledge-based organization
• experience with strategic work in a leadership group

Good to know

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting with a six-month probationary period. The location is Västerbroplan in Stockholm, but in spring 2027, we are moving to Solna Strand. You have flexible working hours, which you arrange in consultation with your manager. Your job title will be Unit Manager, and your placement is within the Legal Division.

When you apply, you will be asked to answer a number of selection questions linked to the requirement profile in the advertisement. Your answers will be used as part of the selection process and may determine whether you proceed in the recruitment process or not. Therefore, it is important that you answer as thoroughly and clearly as possible. We do not use cover letters in the selection process, so please attach only your CV. Tests will be used in the selection process.

In this recruitment, the National Board of Health and Welfare collaborates with Jefferson Wells. For questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact Anna Arborelius ([email protected]) or Therese Thunström ([email protected]). Union representatives for Saco-S are Isabelle Ålander ([email protected]) and for ST/OFR are Anders Nordlund ([email protected]). All can be reached at phone number 075-247 30 00.

Do you have protected identity? Contact personnel specialist Petra Cederström ([email protected]).

We welcome your application by 2026-08-19.