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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will become safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for prisons, probation services, remand centers, and client transport.

The primary task of the HR department is to contribute to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service having good conditions to further develop its ability to achieve its goals by being an attractive employer, workplace, training provider, and partner that makes a difference in society.

The Unit for Operational HR is tasked with identifying, developing, implementing, and monitoring employer support for managers within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. The unit provides operational HR support, advice, and guidance so that managers are strengthened in their employer role and their ability to lead operations and employees increases.

Job Description

We are now looking for an HR Expert for the Unit for Operational HR, based at the Regional Office in Örebro. At the regional office, you will be part of a team led by the HR Manager, together with other HR colleagues, responsible for professional HR delivery. As an HR Expert at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you will independently support, guide, and train operational managers on issues across the entire HR area, with a special focus on labor law matters and workforce planning. You may also have greater responsibility for some of our operations, which may involve working with both long-term and short-term support in individual cases and group-level matters.

You will negotiate within the personnel area regarding, among other things, wage formation, organizational and individual issues, as well as continuously working to maintain and clarify the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's strategies and policies, and the application of current agreements and legislation. You will be a support for managers with a special focus on workforce planning, and the assignment includes initiating, planning, and monitoring workforce plans. Internal and external collaboration is included, as well as investigations, analyses, and mapping within the workforce planning area. The role of HR Expert in workforce planning at the Unit for Operational HR constitutes important support for the region's workforce planning. You will work with workforce planning issues at both strategic and operational levels. You initiate, drive processes and development work, and contribute with new perspectives and improvement needs.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have interest, willingness, and ability to help others. You collaborate well and have the ability to listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. In your work, you take responsibility for your tasks and drive your processes independently. You are meticulous and keen to contribute to achieving operational goals with quality and great engagement. The workload can be uneven, which places demands on stress tolerance and prioritization skills.

For us, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a human view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in human will and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your attitude that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for you who have:

• An academic education with an HR focus, or alternatively another academic education combined with experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Many years of broad experience from qualified, independent work as management support within the HR area
• Experience in driving and maintaining processes with several internal and external actors
• Experience working with workforce planning at both strategic and operational levels
• Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
• Very good knowledge of the Office package
• Experience working structured and efficiently in several digital systems simultaneously

The following are also meritorious:

• Experience of HR work within the public sector
• Experience of preparing materials and presentations in various contexts
• Experience of working with personnel investigations
• Good knowledge of public sector labor law
• Knowledge of competency-based recruitment.

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high requirements regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and that you follow current laws. This means that you stand up for democratic values and the public sector values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Certain positions are placed in security classifications, and a security investigation with register check will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security investigation here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve war posting at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war posting here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for an even gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the ad. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the ad.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment ads. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procured agreements.