Vacant job

We are looking for an experienced HR Strategist who has ideas and the willingness to help develop Kristianstad Municipality's employer policy. We welcome your application!

Your role with us

As an HR Strategist, you, together with the Negotiation Manager, drive the municipality-wide work to ensure a unified direction regarding the interpretation and application of laws, agreements, and regulations within the field of labor law. You work strategically and operationally with issues concerning occupational pensions, trade union cooperation, trade union activities, time, working hours, terms, and remuneration according to agreements. In this role, you represent the municipality as an employer in negotiations, such as local disputes and local collective agreements. You support and conduct negotiation processes regarding, for example, operational changes, redundancy, etc. The assignment involves taking responsibility for the municipality's employer policy.

You provide clear and qualified employer support for HR staff in the organization and, by extension, their managers. Furthermore, your working methods contribute to a trusting and good collaborative climate in the organization with managers, trade union representatives, employees, and elected politicians. Together with colleagues, you work on developing the municipality's common HR processes. Monitoring the external environment, communicating, and implementing news within the HR area internally in the organization is part of the assignment.

We offer a position where continuous development in the professional role with a broad scope is combined with specialized and strategic assignments in the field of labor law. Some remote work is possible.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for you with an academic education of at least 120 credits/180 ECTS from a university or college within the personnel and working life program and/or legal orientation, or alternatively, other education that the employer considers equivalent. Supplementary education in labor law is meritorious.

We also want you to have:

• Several years of experience in negotiation work, interpretation, and application of laws and agreements within the labor law field in the public sector.
• Several years of experience in practically using labor law knowledge to handle complex agreement and dispute negotiations and issues concerning occupational pensions, political pensions, working hours, remuneration, and terms according to collective agreements.
• Labor law knowledge to handle complex personnel matters with good ability.
• Good experience in independently and in collaboration with others structuring, planning, executing, and completing assignments and change processes.
• Good and broad IT skills.
• Very good pedagogical and communicative skills; you must be able to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

As part of the recruitment process, a security check according to the Security Protection Act may be conducted.

This is who we are

The Municipal Executive Office is responsible for strategically leading, coordinating, and developing the municipality's operations. Functions such as economy, HR, IT, communication, citizen center, business, tourism, and shared services are housed here. With our approximately 700 dedicated employees, we work under the leadership of the Municipal Executive Board to create positive development for everyone in our municipality. Welcome to become part of us at the Municipal Executive Office!

What we offer

We are over 7,000 employees in Kristianstad Municipality who make a difference in people's daily lives, every day. Here you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad Municipality offers several different career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here: https://www.kristianstad.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare.670.html (https://www.kristianstad.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare.670.html)

Good to know

If you have protected personal data, you should not apply via the application button. Instead, send your application by post or hand it in at Rådhus Skåne. Mark the envelope with the title and reference number. If you have questions, you can contact the Citizen Center at 044-13 50 00.

If you have questions about how to submit your application, contact the system's support by phone at 0771-69 36 93. Choose 1 - Visma Recruit and 2 - job seeker.

Salary

Kristianstad Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting.

Start Date

The start date for the position is November 1st or as agreed.

Contact Persons

• Madelene Rickardsson, Acting HR Director, 044-13 28 40. Available week 31.
• Anna Löfvall, Acting HR Director, 044-13 56 87. Available weeks 32-33.
• Sofia Cederström, HR Director, 044-13 17 49. Available from 2026-08-13.
• [email protected]
• [email protected] – Mattias Wirsén, Academic Professionals Union SSR, 044-13 55 23. Available from 2026-08-10.

Salary Form: Monthly salary.
Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent, start: November 1st or as agreed.