Unit Manager for Operational HR

Kronofogdemyndigheten · Full-time

Sundbyberg, Sundbyberg, Sweden

A job that makes a difference! At Kronofogden, you contribute to a well-functioning society for the public and businesses. We're looking for someone who finds it important and rewarding to lead operational activities and develop the business together with others. We are now seeking a unit manager who wants to help shape the future of operational HR at Kronofogden. About the job We are undergoing an organizational change where we are dividing the HR department into two units: one unit for operational HR support and one unit for talent acquisition and recruitment. The goal is to create a cohesive strategic HR delivery with a broader mandate. The new unit for operational HR support will consist of HR partners, labor relations expertise, and specialist roles in occupational environment, employment law, and salary formation. As unit manager, you are responsible for: leading and developing the unit toward greater strategic depth, knowledge, and clear operational focus ensuring a cohesive, unified, and equitable employer policy ensuring that expertise and working methods meet future needs and create efficient processes and continuous learning planning, leading, and monitoring the unit's delivery and contributing to the HR department's shared mission, goals, and direction. You have personnel responsibility for the unit's employees, participate in the HR department's management group, and report to the HR Director, who is located in Sundbyberg. As unit manager, you have operational, personnel, budget, and occupational environment responsibility for your unit. You translate overarching goals and strategies into clear assignments. As a member of the department's management group, you take responsibility for jointly leading and developing the department with your management colleagues. You collaborate within and outside the agency to achieve results and create value for our customers. You are expected to exercise close leadership even when you and your employees work in different locations. As unit manager, you are based in Stockholm or alternatively in Gothenburg, Malmö, or Östersund. About you As a manager at Kronofogden, you are expected to meet our leadership criteria and employee policy. You exercise close leadership that provides the conditions for active employee engagement. You have the ability to lead through change and develop operations through continuous improvements. Your analytical ability means you can handle a high degree of complexity in your work and have the ability to understand how different parts of the organization affect each other. You think strategically and act decisively, even when the choices are unclear. As unit manager, you show great confidence in your section managers' abilities, while ultimately being responsible for results and quality. You communicate in a way that creates participation and engagement and have the ability to collaborate and promote a good work environment. Being a manager and leader means both challenging others and being open to being challenged regarding mindset and working methods. Your qualifications: academic education primarily in HR, of at least 180 hp (120 p) several years of current and relevant management experience in the HR field current experience leading work in areas such as employment law, cooperation, occupational environment, salary and terms of employment current experience representing the operational area in dialogue with labor organizations current experience leading and supporting operations through ongoing change and development work current experience ensuring that central HR processes are implemented and adapted to the operational area's specific needs, and where necessary, clearly representing the operational area's conditions. It is desirable that you have completed management and leadership training. It is also desirable that you have experience leading remotely. About us Kronofogden is a government agency with an important mission. We work closely with people in vulnerable situations. We help those who have not been paid and guide those who must pay. We provide citizens and businesses with information and good service so they can make long-term and sustainable decisions. It requires knowledge, determination, care, and courage. We contribute to a well-functioning society for the public and businesses – a society where debts and other claims are established and collected in a legally secure manner. Good to know The position is a permanent employment that begins with a six-month probationary period. You will be employed as an investigator and receive a management assignment for five years. If you are already employed at Kronofogden, you will remain in your base position during the assignment period. Travel in the job occurs. Kronofogden offers the opportunity to work remotely by agreement with the employer. Working in the public sector means you follow the state value base. Special requirements are also placed on judgment, security awareness, and compliance with applicable laws. We ask interview questions about any previous criminal activity and deficiencies in previous employment. For final candidates, these questions are also posed to references. We also obtain information about debts registered with Kronofogden, bankruptcy, and business prohibitions. Obtained information is weighed in the overall assessment of your suitability for the current position. Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security clearance with register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before the employment decision. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required. When you apply, attach your CV. We do not use personal letters in our recruitment, so you should not attach one in your application. Get to know us better by following us on LinkedIn and visiting our website. Welcome to submit your application by September 22, 2026! We collaborate with Skatteverket in our recruitment, which means that Skatteverket's HR department will handle your application.