Job Umeå, Sweden

Strategic Leadership, HR Staff, Umeå

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Employer
REGION VÄSTERBOTTEN
Employment type
Permanent
Experience required
Yes

Region Västerbotten works to ensure that good health and sustainable development strengthen each other. We take responsibility for equitable welfare and for ensuring that research and innovation produce results. We work long-term to strengthen our ability to attract, develop, and retain employees, and to create good conditions for managers and staff. As part of this work, we are developing our HR staff with a new function consisting of strategic roles focused on work environment, leadership, competence planning, learning, and analysis and data. We are looking for you who are skilled at building relationships and creating trust. You are curious, reflective, and enjoy listening to understand different perspectives. Through your collaborative approach, you contribute to a culture where people dare to think innovatively, learn, and develop together. You want to contribute to an attractive and sustainable Region Västerbotten and want to help build a team of HR strategists where work methods, collaboration, and priorities are shaped together. Here you will have the opportunity to influence how we move forward to contribute to sustainable and long-term strong welfare in Västerbotten. You will become part of a strategy team with a shared mission and close collaboration with many knowledgeable HR colleagues. As part of a large HR organization, we utilize collective expertise, share knowledge, and help each other succeed. We value a work environment where people thrive, develop, and feel good. 1 position(s). RESPONSIBILITIES As a strategist with us, you strengthen operational development and results by ensuring managers have the right conditions to succeed in their role. As a leadership strategist, you contribute to creating good conditions for managers to lead operations, people, and change in a complex organization. In this role, you are responsible for developing Region Västerbotten's work with leadership and management, and for helping strengthen the region's leadership culture. You design, coordinate, and follow up initiatives for management and leadership development according to Region Västerbotten's leadership philosophy with the goal of creating good conditions for managers to succeed in their roles. Through environmental monitoring, you follow research, trends, and new methods in leadership, organizational development, and change management. You produce analyses, decision-making materials, and development proposals that support strategic decisions and operational development. The work takes place in close collaboration with operations and other key functions, where you contribute to translating overarching goals, strategies, and ideas into concrete and sustainable development in the organization. You will be based in Umeå, in the Region's building, which is close to both Norrland University Hospital and Umeå University. Here you will experience a working day in a large and complex organization with an important societal mission. QUALIFICATIONS You have relevant academic education. You have several years of experience in qualified work in leadership development, organizational development, or HR. To succeed in this role, you need experience driving development and change initiatives in larger or complex organizations, where you have contributed to creating sustainable solutions and long-term operational development. To succeed in this role, you need a strong ability to analyze needs, identify development opportunities, and translate analyses, ideas, and strategies into concrete initiatives and results. You also need a good understanding of leadership's importance for operational development and thrive in a role where you can combine strategic thinking with an operationally engaged approach. As a person, you have the ability to create engagement, build trusting relationships, and drive development processes from idea to implementation. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Start date: According to agreement. Read more about our benefits for you who work with us on the website https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss/formaner We strive for equal gender distribution and view diversity as a strength. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore respectfully decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar parties. If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the recruiting manager and then submit your application documents by mail.

Profession
HR-strateg
Salary type
Fixed monthly, weekly or hourly pay
Open positions
1
Contact person
Cecilia Hansson
Employer Workplace
Region Västerbotten, HR stab Västerbotten
Region
Västerbottens län
Occupation Field
Administration, ekonomi, juridik
Postcode
90185
Duration
Ongoing
Scope Of Work
100–100 %
Working Hours
Full-time
City
Umeå
GPS
63.7970413, 20.2816791
Published
5. 8. 2026
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