Negotiations Manager for Kristianstad Municipality

Jurek Recruitment & Consulting AB · Full-time

Västra Storgatan 12, Kristianstad, Sweden

Do you want to use your labor law expertise in a role where you have the opportunity to make a real impact? As Negotiations Manager for Kristianstad Municipality, you will have a central and strategic role with responsibility for labor law matters, negotiations, and wage formation. Here you will have the opportunity to contribute to important decisions, develop structures and processes, and strengthen the municipality's ability to conduct legally sound and socially important operations. About the Role As Negotiations Manager, you will be part of the municipal management office's HR department and together with the HR strategist form the municipality's labor law specialist function. The role is of central importance in ensuring a unified and legally sound employer approach throughout the organization. Kristianstad Municipality is in a development phase and you will have the opportunity to shape processes and working methods within the labor law field. Your main duties will include the following: Responsibility for the municipality's negotiations, labor law, and wage formation matters, and lead and monitor the municipality-wide work in this area. Represent the municipality in labor law disputes and collective agreement negotiations. Responsibility for the municipality's wage formation process. Interpret and apply laws, collective agreements, and central agreements and ensure consistent application throughout the organization. Develop and manage labor law processes, guidelines, and governing documents. Represent the municipality and develop relationships with both SKR and union organizations in matters relating to labor law, agreements, and cooperation. Provide qualified support to HR, managers, and municipal leadership in labor law matters. Monitor and communicate changes in labor law and agreement areas. Plan and conduct training initiatives in labor law, negotiations, and cooperation. The role does not involve personnel or budget responsibility but carries great responsibility for the subject matters and a central position in the municipality's work with labor law, wage formation, and negotiations. Who Are You? We are looking for a senior specialist with the ability to combine strategic thinking with a pragmatic and operationally focused approach. To succeed in the role, we hope you have: Academic education of at least 120 credits/180 hours from a personnel and working life program or other higher education that the employer deems equivalent. Several years of experience in qualified work with wage formation and labor law matters and negotiations, preferably within the public sector. Very strong knowledge of labor law legislation and collective agreements. Experience handling complex HR matters and labor law processes. Good ability to express yourself well in Swedish in speech and writing. It is meriting if you have experience with: coordinating specialist functions or leading through influence. planning and conducting training initiatives. As a person, you are confident, attentive, and structured with high integrity. You have a strategic approach and a holistic perspective while being action-oriented and enjoying driving matters forward together with others. You build trusting relationships, work analytically, and navigate confidently in complex contexts where different perspectives need to be weighed. You are also communicative and pedagogical with the ability to clarify complex regulations and processes. What We Offer We offer you: A strategically important key role with significant influence. The opportunity to participate in developing and shaping the labor law function. Varying work tasks with broad scope and complexity. A socially important mission where you work closely with both operations, union organizations, and municipal leadership. Several different career paths so you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here. About Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality is one of Skåne's largest employers. We are more than 7,000 employees at Kristianstad Municipality who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. With us, you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Here you will encounter a range of operations, from school, healthcare and care to community development, culture, and business. This creates a varied and developing environment for you who want to work with employer matters in a larger context. The Municipal Management Office is responsible for strategically leading, coordinating, and developing the municipality's operations. It includes functions such as finance, HR, IT, communications, citizen centers, business, tourism, and shared services. With our approximately 700 dedicated employees, we work under the municipal board's leadership to create positive development for everyone in our municipality. Application In this recruitment, Kristianstad Municipality is collaborating with Jurek Recruitment & Consulting. We warmly welcome you to submit your application by clicking "Apply now". The application deadline is September 30. Due to GDPR, we do not accept applications via email. If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Linn Marthinussen via email: [email protected] or phone: 076-0026941. Contact information for union representatives: Lena Martinsson, Vision, 044-13 22 35 Mattias Wirsén, Akademikerförbundet SSR, 044-13 55 23 Jurek is a specialized partner in recruitment and consultant staffing that helps companies find the right expertise in Finance, Legal & Compliance, Banking & Insurance, HR, and Business support. Our experienced team combines industry knowledge with a strong network to create accurate and sustainable matches. We work long-term, personally, and with high quality to create the best possible experience for both customers and candidates.