Unit Manager, Information Service

Statens Skolverk · Full-time

Svetsarvägen 16, Solna, Sweden

Are you a lawyer with experience in a qualified leadership role at a government agency or other publicly governed organization? Then take the chance to apply for a position as interim manager of the Information Service, our face to the public. Be part of contributing to the future of schools! About the job We are recruiting interim unit managers for the two units within the Information Service. The manager who has led both units will serve as interim legal director and department manager during a period. You will lead one of the two units within the Information Service. The Information Service answers questions and provides guidance about school regulations through various channels such as telephone, e-mail, and social media. Those who contact us include school principals, school leaders and other school staff, parents, media, and others with questions about schools. The Information Service also serves as experts at trade fairs and conferences and is responsible for the content on pages about responsibility in school matters on skolverket.se. Through our knowledge of how to engage with our target groups, we contribute to the Swedish National Agency for Education's other work. The Information Service units have 15 and 16 employees respectively and work together as one function. You are responsible for the unit's budget, results, operational planning, and for the unit's competence supply in both the short and long term. Together with your employees, the other Information Service unit, and with support from the Swedish National Agency for Education's processes, you develop the operations so that the unit's mission is carried out in the most appropriate and efficient way. You regularly follow up on the results of the unit's work. Your responsibilities also include representing the Swedish National Agency for Education externally and in media for your area. You are part of the management team for the Legal Department, where together with the department manager and the four other unit managers you contribute to the development of the department and the entire Swedish National Agency for Education. Leading at the Swedish National Agency for Education means leading with a holistic perspective, in partnership and in relation to the surrounding world. You create conditions for development and engagement and set clear boundaries and expectations for your employees. You are a bearer of the Swedish National Agency for Education's culture, values, and decisions made. * * * * * "Welcome to an operation that is an important part of the Swedish National Agency for Education's work to guide and support the school system. You lead knowledgeable and engaged employees and together you contribute to ensuring that all children and students receive an education that is equivalent and of good quality in a safe environment" Cecilia Höglund, interim department manager * * * * * You will work at our modern and spacious office in Solna Business Park. You may also have the opportunity to work up to 50 percent remotely. About you To do a good job and thrive with us, you need to stand for and live up to the state's core values and our core values for employment: role model, trust, responsibility, collaboration, and development. Read more at www.skolverket.se/jobb For this position you should have a law degree (juris kandidat), current experience as a team leader, coordinator, project manager, or similar in some form of qualified work at a government agency or other publicly governed organization, knowledge of the Swedish school system, very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish. It is meritorious if you have management experience, experience leading development work, and experience answering questions from external target groups. As a person you need to be flexible, be able to adapt to new conditions, and have good ability to cooperate, have good self-awareness, be able to give and receive feedback, be good at listening and communicating clearly, have good judgment and be able to make well-considered decisions that take different perspectives into account. have good ability to take your own initiative, be able to drive work forward, and be solution-oriented. Important to know The application deadline is September 9. We are recruiting two unit managers, one for Information Service 1 and one for Information Service 2. The positions are interim contracts starting immediately and for approximately 8 months, however at the latest until an ordinary department manager for the Legal Department is in position. When you register your application, you will answer some questions instead of attaching a personal letter. Feel free to review the application form and prepare your answers before you apply. Read more about how our recruitment process works under Applying for a job with us at www.skolverket.se/lediga-jobb. We warmly welcome your application! The Swedish National Agency for Education works to ensure that all children and students receive a good and equivalent education in a safe environment. We support the Swedish preschool, school, and adult education in various ways. As an employee at the Swedish National Agency for Education, you contribute to creating good conditions for children's and students' development and learning. Get to know us better by visiting our website www.skolverket.se/jobb. Our mission – the future of schools.