Business Area Manager for Sick Leave Insurance - Return to Work Support, Örebro

Every year, Försäkringskassan makes 21 million decisions that impact people's lives and society as a whole. We distribute approximately 260 billion kronor annually. These are taxpayers' funds in our care. It is a great responsibility. That is why we carefully examine each case, follow laws and regulations, inform and guide, care, and show consideration. It is a job for someone who wants to take responsibility. Welcome to Försäkringskassan. The Sick Leave Insurance Department (SF) is tasked with investigating, deciding on, and paying out primarily sick leave benefits. Through lawful application, good service, and efficient collaboration with other actors, the department works to maintain low and stable sick leave absence. We have approximately 3,800 employees distributed across about 50 locations throughout Sweden. The department consists of five national business areas called Initial Claims, In-Depth Investigation, Return to Work Support, Legal Support, and Process. We are seeking a driven, strategic, and development-oriented person for the role of Business Area Manager for SF Return to Work Support. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to work at a high strategic level in operations with a high degree of complexity and an important societal mission. Tasks and Responsibilities As Business Area Manager, you are responsible for managing operations and leading people based on the authority's long-term goals and the department's shared direction. The public sector values permeate your work. You lead nine area managers who lead others as well as support functions. In your role, you support the department director's decision-making and take responsibility for ensuring that decisions are implemented within your operations. You create understanding of context, direction, and the objectives the department has set, and you develop the plans your operations need. You have operational responsibility, budget responsibility, and personnel responsibility. You play an active role in driving collaboration initiatives from a broader societal perspective together with other authorities and actors. You represent Försäkringskassan in media contacts. In the business area's management group, you guide 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 enables employees to use their judgment and expertise. The business area consists of approximately 1,100 employees, most of whom work as insurance investigators. Insurance investigators work with investigating sick leave, assessing work capacity, and actively coordinating measures to help people on sick leave return to work or other employment. In most cases, individuals are relatively far from returning to work or other employment and therefore need support from Försäkringskassan and other actors to return to work. The business area also includes employees who work with insurance medicine and structural collaboration with other actors. The operations you lead are distributed across several locations in Sweden, and travel is part of the position. The business area has strong dependencies with other operations within the sick leave process, so good collaboration skills are 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 confidential information, which places high demands on proper handling. Therefore, it is important that you have high security awareness when working for us. It is a job for someone who wants to take responsibility. We are Looking for Someone Who has a university degree or experience and qualifications that can be assessed as equivalent has previous management experience has good leadership abilities develops long-term and positive visions fostering new ideas and develops solutions that support development takes own initiatives and acts proactively, makes things happen, and takes responsibility for results has good self-awareness and is stable as a person, fostering a trust-building work environment fostering mutual dialogue, is responsive, and adapts communication based on needs and situation. It is Meritorious If You have experience with strategic leadership have experience leading managers have experience with leadership in similar operations have experience leading remotely. We place great importance on your personal qualities. Other Information A permanent employment, full-time, with start date by agreement. Possible placement locations: Gothenburg, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Malmö, Örebro, Borås, Uppsala, Skövde, Lund, Norrköping, or Västerås. Travel for work occurs. A probationary period may be relevant. Certain positions with us involve participation in security-sensitive activities. To be employed in such a position, approval security clearance is required according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). In this recruitment, work psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Want to know more about Försäkringskassan 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, mailto:[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 We welcome your application by September 13, 2026. When you apply, please attach your CV. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment; instead, you will answer a number of selection questions relevant to the position. Upload your diplomas, transcripts, and certificates with your application. If you have protected personal information or no access to bank-id, contact the HR specialist named in the announcement and we will help you submit your application.

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