HR Consultant - Recruitment

The position is placed within the Education Administration, which is one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. We work to provide high-quality education, from preschool to adult education, that gives Linköping residents the best conditions to grow, develop their knowledge, and reach their full potential. Do you have experience in competency-based recruitment and want to coach our principals to find the right teachers and other educational staff for Linköping's schools and preschools? Then we might be looking for you to join our team! Your responsibilities At the Education Administration's recruitment center, we work to recruit educational staff for the municipality's preschools and schools. You and your colleagues contribute recruitment expertise to help our operations find competent staff who educate our children and young people. In Linköping Municipality, we work with competency-based recruitment based on Malin Lindelöw's competency framework. As an HR Consultant at the recruitment center, you work independently with entire recruitment processes while also receiving support from your colleagues in the unit and the entire HR department. Your main responsibilities are to: - Coach principals on how to best find the right candidate - Initiate recruitment processes based on existing templates and write job specifications - Write job ads to attract the right target group - Interview candidates, conduct assessments, and write candidate presentations - Work for a good candidate experience, for example by providing feedback - Obtain references - Handle tests in certain recruitments - Handle associated administration to ensure we comply with laws and regulations in our recruitment processes We support recruiting managers throughout the recruitment process, which means close contact with principals is very important. We use tests for certain professions, which is a working method that will be further developed going forward. You will also participate in the operation's continuous improvement work. Examples of areas we will work with going forward are tests, AI, statistics, and KPIs for our operation. Your workplace The recruitment center consists of nine employees, of which eight are HR Consultants, one administrator, and one unit manager. The recruitment center is part of the Education Administration's HR department with approximately 30 employees in total. Our office is centrally located in Linköping at Apotekaregatan 13 C, where renovation of the entire office space is currently underway, and we are expected to move in after summer 2026. As a new employee with us, you will have one or more of your closest colleagues as supervisors and will gradually be introduced to the assignment. The group works closely together on recruitment issues, cases, and helping each other in recruitment processes. The HR department at the Education Administration is one of several support functions for managers in our preschools and schools. The Education Administration has approximately 220 managers in the field and approximately 6,000 employees. In addition to the recruitment center at the Education Administration, there are two additional units in Linköping Municipality that work with recruitment as their main assignment. During the fiscal year, collaborations with colleagues also take place at the other administrations to jointly develop how Linköping Municipality should work with recruitment from a municipality-wide holistic perspective. We are now looking for an HR Consultant to join us. The position is a temporary assignment covering one of our HR Consultants and is expected to run from 26.09.01 to 27.08.31. You who apply We are looking for you who have a degree from an HR or PA program or other education that the employer considers equivalent. You should have experience working with competency-based recruitment. It is meritable if you also have previous experience working with AI and the use of tests in recruitment, as these are highly relevant areas for our operation. Since the position includes taking part in and authoring written materials, you have good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing. To thrive in the role with us, you are self-directed and take responsibility for your processes and structure your approach to drive processes forward. You plan and prioritize to achieve goals and have the ability to change direction if goals change. Furthermore, you can see the bigger picture and you consider the larger perspective and ensure the entire operation's best interest in your actions and decisions. In the role, it is of utmost importance that you work well with other people and that it comes naturally to you, as collaboration is a large part of how we work. You listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. To fit into the role as an HR Consultant, we also see that you are service-oriented and accommodating in your approach to others. You show interest and a willingness to help others and make an effort to deliver solutions. Other information When you apply for a position in Linköping Municipality, you register your application by logging in via e-ID (such as BankID or FrejaID) instead of email. Do you lack e-ID? Please contact the responsible HR Consultant or manager, and they will help you register your application. In this recruitment process, we will use tests in the selection process. Start date: By agreement Employment type: Fixed-term contract as a temporary assignment until 27.08.31 Employment level: 100% Number of vacant positions: 1 Ref. no: 17709 In this application, you do not attach a personal letter. Please visit https://www.linkoping.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/jobba-hos-oss to learn about employee stories, benefits, collective agreements, and salary statistics. Your commitment makes us better Within Linköping Municipality, there are many opportunities, lots of knowledge, and different areas of responsibility. We work together where your sense of responsibility is a valuable driving force. With your commitment, you are helping to make Linköping even better.

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