Business Area Manager for Sick Leave Insurance First Claims, Halmstad

Every year, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and society as a whole. We disburse approximately 260 billion kronor annually. These are everyone's tax dollars that we manage. It is a great responsibility. That is why we look into every case, follow laws and regulations, inform and guide, care and show compassion. It is a job for someone who wants to take responsibility. Welcome to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. The Sick Leave Insurance Department (SF) is tasked with investigating, deciding on, and disbursing sick leave benefits. Through legally sound application, good service, and efficient cooperation with other actors, the department works to maintain low and stable sick leave absence. We have approximately 3,800 employees spread across about 50 locations throughout Sweden. The department consists of five national business areas named First Claims, In-Depth Investigation, Return to Work Support, Legal Support, and Process. We are looking for a driven, strategic, and development-oriented person for the role of Business Area Manager for the SF First Claims business area. Here is an opportunity for you who want to work at a high strategic level in an operation with a high degree of complexity and a mission of great importance to society. Duties and Responsibilities As Business Area Manager, you are responsible for managing the operation and leading people based on the authority's long-term goals and the department's shared direction. The state's core values permeate your work. You lead four area managers who lead others, as well as a number of support functions. In your role, you support the department director's decision-making and take responsibility for ensuring that decisions made are implemented within your operation. You create understanding of context, direction, and the goals the department has set, and you develop the plans your operation needs. You have operational responsibility, budget responsibility, and personnel responsibility. You play an active role in driving cooperation matters from a broader societal perspective together with other authorities and actors. You represent the Swedish Social Insurance Agency in media contacts. In the business area's management group, you lead the strategic work together with your area managers and support functions, and you drive cross-functional collaborations. Through your leadership, you create the predictability, security, and sustainability necessary for employees to take responsibility and meet the need for change. You adapt and exercise your leadership in a way that creates conditions for employees to use their judgment and competence. The business area consists of approximately 800 employees, most of whom work as insurance investigators or insurance processors. Employees make decisions for customers applying for sick leave benefits for the first time, answer incoming customer calls, and work on administrative tasks. The work demands high efficiency and quality. The operation you lead is spread across several locations in Sweden, and travel is part of the position. The business area has strong dependencies on other operations within the sick leave process, so good cooperation ability is required. As Business Area Manager, you are part of the department's management group, and your immediate supervisor is the department director. The position involves handling classified information, which places high demands on proper handling. Therefore, it is important that you have a high level of security awareness. It is a job for someone who wants to take responsibility. We are Looking for You Who have a university degree or experience and qualifications that can be assessed as equivalent have previous management experience have strong leadership ability develop long-term and positive visions encourage new ideas and develop solutions that support development take own initiative and act proactively, make things happen, and take responsibility for results have good self-awareness and are stable as a person, and promote a trust-building work environment promote mutual dialogue, listen well, and adapt your communication according to need and situation. It is Meritorious If You have experience in strategic leadership have experience managing managers have experience leading in similar operations have experience leading remotely. We Place Great Weight on Your Personal Qualities Other Information A permanent position, full-time, with start date by agreement. Possible placement locations: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Östersund, Borås, Trollhättan, Skövde, Västerås, Luleå, or Halmstad. Travel on duty occurs. Trial employment may be applicable. Some positions with us involve participation in security-sensitive operations. To be hired for such a position, a passed security clearance is required according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). In this recruitment, occupational psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Want to know more about the Swedish Social Insurance Agency as an employer? Visit https://www.forsakringskassan.se/om-forsakringskassan/jobba-hos-oss Contact Persons Manager: Ulrika Havossar, 010-114 00 29 (for questions about the position). HR Specialist: Stig Lindblom, 010-116 90 63, [email protected] (for questions about the recruitment process). Union ST: Johanna Ryderling, 010-119 76 22, Saco-S: Matilda Eneqvist, 010-118 33 81, Seko: Eliza Grundström, 010-115 34 02. Application Welcome to submit your application by September 13, 2026. When you apply, please attach your CV. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment processes; instead, you will answer a number of selection questions relevant to the position. Upload your diplomas, grades, and certificates with your application. If you have protected personal information or no access to Bank-ID, please call the HR specialist named in the notice, and you will receive help submitting your application.

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