Department Manager, Correct Payments

Arbetsförmedlingen · Vollzeit

Elektrogatan 4, Solna, Stockholm, Schweden

Do you want to lead and develop an operation with a central role in safeguarding the welfare system and ensuring that public funds are used correctly? As a department manager within the Correct Payments business area, you will have strategic responsibility for strengthening control activities and preventing incorrect payments, benefit fraud, and labor market crime. Together, we get Sweden to work. Would you like to join us? Department Mission The Correct Payments business area is responsible for the Swedish Public Employment Service's control activities. The mission includes, among other things, monitoring compensation for job seekers and working to prevent incorrect payments and welfare fraud. The business area has cross-agency responsibility for controls before, during, and after decisions. The responsibility covers monitoring of job seekers, employers, suppliers, and employees. The business area shall also follow up and drive development, efficiency improvements, and learning within control activities. The department is responsible for monitoring employers and following up on suppliers of labor market policy initiatives. The mission encompasses the entire handling process for employer inspections, including contact, reclaims, and review, as well as inspections, monitoring visits, and operational cooperation with other agencies. The department will initially consist of two units and eight sections with employees at several locations in Sweden, primarily in Falun, Köping, and Solna. Department Manager's Mission and Responsibility Your mission as department manager is overall operational, budget, and personnel responsibility for the department's activities. You ensure that the department's results match established goals and expectations. As department manager, you are part of the business area's management group and will, together with the business area director and other departments, be jointly responsible for the entire business area's results, development, and continued renewal. You have an important mission in creating a well-functioning management group and, together with the unit managers, driving and developing the operation. You enable strong performance, high satisfaction, and a good work environment by working in accordance with the Swedish Public Employment Service's leadership criteria. You promote a culture characterized by trust, openness, and security. Your work occurs in strong partnership within and outside your own department and in good cooperation with labor organizations. As department manager, you are a role model in living the Swedish Public Employment Service's vision, values, and direction for employee and leadership practices. Our Offer The position is a permanent full-time employment that may be initiated with a six-month probationary period. Work location by agreement. We offer you the opportunity to work at a workplace where we value balance between work and personal life. You will have access to a generous vacation agreement. With us, you also receive wellness benefits during work time and a favorable wellness allowance. Basic Requirements for the Position Current experience in management with operational, budget, and personnel responsibility, where you have been a manager of other managers As well as Experience leading and implementing cross-organizational change and development work Experience serving in a management group and driving shared issues together with other managers Relevant academic education, or equivalent experience/competence acquired in other ways Additional Merits for the Position Experience with inter-agency cooperation on matters concerning welfare fraud, incorrect payments, benefit fraud, labor market crime, or related areas Experience managing employees working with control, supervision, inspection, or investigation Multi-year experience from public sector operations Experience with operations related to labor market issues Experience managing operations with employees at multiple locations To succeed in the role, you need to have Ability to effectively communicate vision, goals, and values Good analytical skills and ability to handle large amounts of information The position is classified as confidential and a security review with criminal record check will be conducted before an employment decision is made. This means that Swedish citizenship is required for the position. The state values guide us in our daily work. As an employee with us, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our agency. Beyond this, you have personal ability and aptitude to work in accordance with the Swedish Public Employment Service's employee criteria. Learn more about the state values and our leadership criteria on our website. As a leader at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you are expected to be: Responsible – take responsibility for the whole, create clear direction and good conditions. Action-oriented – implement decisions into action, be a clear and courageous role model. Results-focused – follow up, develop, and drive the operation toward shared goals. Application Does this sound like the right position for you? Submit your application by September 30, 2026 at the latest. Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and work tasks for each position, as well as certificates proving the requirements for education and/or work experience in your application. It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully, so that we get a clear picture of your experience. If requested information does not appear, you risk being excluded from the selection. You do not need to submit a personal letter. During the recruitment process, selection tests may occur. We will keep you informed throughout the recruitment process. Learn more about our recruitment process. If you have protected personal data, contact the recruitment partner listed in the advertisement and they will help you submit your application.