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The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) is a government agency with a broad mandate in the field of education. We provide support and information to everyone who wishes to pursue higher education and coordinate admissions to universities and colleges. We also administer the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test, offer opportunities for international exchanges, and evaluate foreign educational qualifications. UHR has approximately 300 employees in Stockholm and Visby. We are looking for someone who, together with our skilled colleagues, wants to help develop our agency and contribute to our vision Education, exchanges, development – for everyone who wants to move forward. We strive to be an attractive employer with an open working environment characterized by diversity and respect for everyone's equal value. Are you an experienced and strategically oriented leader accustomed to driving complex development and long-term change initiatives? Would you like to be part of building a new operation? We are seeking a department head for our new test operations division. In recent years, the agency has been given expanded and more complex responsibility for large-scale test operations. The assignments include both the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test and the newly added government assignment, the citizenship test. The Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test is a central selection criterion for higher education that each year creates an opportunity for people to take the step into university and college studies. The citizenship test is designed to assess whether someone applying for Swedish citizenship has basic knowledge of Swedish society and the Swedish language. Both assignments concern operations that are of societal importance, security-critical, and dependent on a high degree of coordination, legal certainty, and stability. To create long-term conditions for governance, implementation capacity, and sustainable development, we are consolidating test-related assignments from January 1, 2027, within a new shared organizational home – the test operations division. The division will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and developing UHR's test operations, which encompasses the entire chain from test development and quality assurance to planning, implementation, and follow-up. What you will do and be responsible for As department head, you will have a central role in building and shaping the new organization. You have overall responsibility for the operations and are expected to combine strategic leadership with operational delivery capacity. You are responsible for establishing capabilities, creating common working methods, and ensuring efficient and legally sound implementation of test operations. You ensure coordinated governance and collaborate with other agencies and external stakeholders. As department head, you represent the agency on test-related matters. The assignment includes contributing to the digital development of test operations. As department head, you work from a holistic perspective on the agency's mandate and actively contribute to the agency's strategic development. You work toward a long-term sustainable work environment and drive collaboration to achieve common goals. The role includes: Lead the establishment of the division's structure, processes, and working methods Establish and develop the organization, managers, and employees Ensure efficient processes and deliverables with high quality and legal certainty Manage governance, follow-up, and results within the division Represent the agency in relevant national and international contexts Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to achieve common goals Monitor external developments and translate them into operational development As department head, you have responsibility for operations, budget, and personnel. You lead other managers, participate in the agency's management group, and report to the Director General. You bring A degree relevant to the assignment Several years of experience at the highest management level Several years of experience in operational development Experience establishing and developing new operations Experience with governance, process development, and follow-up in complex organizations Experience with direct personnel responsibility and managing through managers Experience with process management Very strong ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish Meritorious Experience from government operations Experience collaborating with other agencies and organizations Experience working in a politically governed organization Experience working in or employed by the university and college sector To succeed in this role, you are a confident and clear leader with strong results focus. You combine strategic capability with decisiveness and have a good ability to translate ideas into practice. You are: Clear and straightforward in your communication to lead dialogue and motivate your employees Trust-building in complex contexts Decisive and persistent Relationship-building and responsive in collaboration with others Structured and reliable in delivery We place great emphasis on personal suitability. We welcome your application! What we do and offer UHR's goal is to be an attractive employer where employees and managers work together for long-term development. We offer a professional and stimulating environment with good opportunities for personal development. We are committed to recruitment free from discrimination and do not consider further adaptations as an obstacle. The position is full-time with a start date by agreement. UHR applies a six-month probationary period. The work location is Solna. https://www.uhr.se/om-uhr/uhr-som-arbetsgivare/vi-erbjuder/ https://www.uhr.se/om-uhr/ Apply and become one of us! Welcome to submit your application in the form of a personal letter and CV in Swedish marked with reference number 2.2.1-01186-2026. The application deadline is August 16. If you have any questions about the recruitment, you are welcome to contact the recruiting Director General Eino Örnfeldt, [email protected]. Representative for Saco-S is Kerstin Martínez phone 010-470 04 69 or e-mail: [email protected] and for ST Anneli Schönning phone 010-470 05 76 or e-mail: [email protected] We answer questions during the vacation period, but between weeks 28 through 31, response time may be slightly delayed. The Swedish Council for Higher Education has made a media purchase for this recruitment. We therefore ask that you do not contact advertising sales representatives or other recruitment service providers.The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) is a government agency with a broad mandate in the field of education. We provide support and information to everyone who wishes to pursue higher education and coordinate admissions to universities and colleges. We also administer the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test, offer opportunities for international exchanges, and evaluate foreign educational qualifications. UHR has approximately 300 employees in Stockholm and Visby. We are looking for someone who, together with our skilled colleagues, wants to help develop our agency and contribute to…
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- Typ
- job
- Stav
- active
- Viditelnost
- public
- Město
- Solna
- GPS
- 59.359339, 17.9793232
- Telefon
- Zobrazení
- 5
- Publikováno
- 2. 7. 2026
- Upraveno
- 5. 8. 2026