Interim Research Director Driving Organizational Change

State Institutions Board (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for youth with complex psychosocial problems and adults with substance abuse. SiS also executes closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and facilities for adults with substance abuse across the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change. At the head office in Solna Business Park, we have approximately 350 employees, and together we work to support and develop an agency with around 4,000 employees. Job Description Are you attracted by contributing to a socially important mission by developing knowledge-based care and treatment for children, youth, and adults within state compulsory care? Do you have several years of experience in research at a government agency, experience leading projects and mentoring employees or colleagues? Then you might be the person we're looking for. SiS is in the middle of extensive transformation, with operations developing on multiple levels simultaneously. We seek someone who can help us continue our ongoing change work from research funding allocation to other research funding forms in collaboration with universities and colleges. We develop and adapt our work based on new and changing needs in both society and our own organization. We know that developing and committed managers are a crucial prerequisite for managing today's and future assignments. As Section Head/Research Director, you will have overall responsibility for developing and managing the agency's strategic work in research and evaluation, designing operational processes for planning, implementation, and follow-up, as well as providing support to the rest of the organization in these matters. You will plan, follow up, and refine the work in the section to achieve set goals. The Research and Evaluation Section is tasked with financing external research and contributing to the development of knowledge-based care and treatment. SiS is now facing a transition where we want to increase collaboration with the research community to generate even more operationally relevant research and better disseminate new knowledge to internal employees and decision-makers. As Section Head, you will have operational, personnel, and budget responsibility for approximately 12 employees. You will be part of the division's management team, where you, together with the division director and your fellow managers, share responsibility for the entire division's operations. Qualifications We are seeking someone who has: • Doctoral education in a field deemed suitable by the employer • Several years of current experience driving and leading research and development projects in a government agency • Experience leading experts/researchers • Good generalist competence in scientific methods • Good knowledge of both Swedish and English, able to express yourself well verbally and in writing It is meritorious if you have: • Experience driving development work and change processes • Knowledge of evaluation methodology • Leadership training • Good understanding of current legislation and regulations regarding information security and data protection • Interest in digital tools in care and treatment • Experience developing forms of internal and external collaboration At SiS, we care about good leadership. This means that as a manager and leader, you take responsibility for the whole and realize SiS's vision and goals. You create conditions for good results and address challenges and act with courage when needed. You are a good role model and show trust in your employees' and colleagues' competence, encouraging their development and taking personal responsibility. You involve your employees in our development work and create conditions for active employee participation and a learning organization. You promote good collaboration within SiS and with other partners. You are empathetic, communicative, and create dialogue, participation, and engagement. Read more about our leadership. We place great importance on your personal qualities. Employment: The position is a fixed-term appointment for one year. Flexible working hours are applied. Start date by agreement. Working for the state includes a range of benefits, read more about these here: https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/ Application: Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool no later than 2025-11-18 Reference number: 2.9.1-9713-2025 Union Contact Persons Lena Henriksson, Saco-S: 010-453 41 95 Frida Cattasdotter Landin, Seko: 010-453 41 87 Jenny Kingstedt, ST/OFR: 010-453 40 77 SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants. For work at our institutions, SiS conducts a