Municipal Director for Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality has over 7,000 employees who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. Here you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad Municipality offers several different career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life.

Do you want to help lead Kristianstad Municipality into the future? We are looking for a strategic and committed Municipal Director who wants to drive development and create value for residents, businesses, and employees!

You will lead the work at the Municipal Executive Office, which deals with overarching issues that develop the municipality and its operations. You will be responsible for business development, sustainable community development, and citizen support. We are also responsible for Kristianstad's Water Kingdom and the organization for shared services.

About 630 employees work at the Municipal Executive Office, of which 400 are part of the shared services organization within the municipality.

The Municipal Executive Office has a leading, supportive, and coordinating role in relation to the municipality's other administrations. Our work should contribute to a positive development of Kristianstad Municipality. The conditions and prerequisites for those who live, work, run businesses, study, or visit the municipality should constantly improve.

We offer

• A central and influential role in a municipality with great development potential.
• The opportunity to be a key person in the municipality's continued success.
• A strong and committed team of employees and leaders.
• A workplace where you can make a difference and influence the future for the residents of Kristianstad.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Municipal Director in Kristianstad Municipality, you are the highest civil servant in the municipality and directly subordinate to the municipal council. You are responsible for presenting proposals to the municipal council, implementing decisions, and ensuring follow-up. You will lead the work of developing and streamlining the municipality's organization and operations in close dialogue with politics. The Municipal Director also has an important role in collaborating with external organizations for the benefit of the municipality, including the network of municipal directors and Skåne Nordost.

You will, among other things:

• Lead and develop the municipal organization in accordance with politically decided goals and visions.
• Drive and implement strategic initiatives for sustainable growth and development.
• Ensure an efficient and transparent administration.
• Lead recurring meetings with the municipality's department heads and CEOs of municipal companies.
• Have an active role in external collaborations and networks.
• Be ultimately responsible for Kristianstad Municipality's crisis management organization and dam safety.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for an experienced and strategic leader with the ability to drive development and efficiency in the municipality's organization and operations. You are a confident manager with a good understanding of politically governed organizations and have the ability to lead through others. You easily build relationships and network, both internally and externally, and enjoy representing the municipality in various contexts.

To succeed in this role, you need to be a goal- and results-oriented person who works in a structured manner and has the ability to set goals and achieve results. You are communicative and create conditions for qualitative dialogue, reflection, and feedback. Your development-oriented attitude makes you curious and aware of your surroundings, which means you see opportunities and are driven by development. Additionally, you have a good overall view, with analytical ability to understand the consequences of different courses of action.

We want you to have:

• A university degree at least at the bachelor's level with a relevant focus for the position.
• Management and leadership training at a strategic level.
• Several years of experience leading larger organizations, including leading other managers.
• Experience working in public operations and a politically governed organization.
• Experience in strategic organizational and operational development or change management.
• The ability to quickly adapt to changing conditions and find solutions to problems.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English in both speech and writing.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience collaborating with trade unions, other administrations, and external actors.
• Knowledge of legislation related to municipal operations.
• Experience in business issues, limited companies, and group formation.
• Experience in media management.

The position is part of Kristianstad Municipality's war organization, and you will be war-placed. The position is classified in a security class, and a security review will be conducted before an employment contract is signed. Permanent employment with a CEO agreement.

OTHER

The Municipal Executive Office leads, coordinates, follows up, and develops the municipality's operations from a holistic perspective. Here you will find operations such as finance, HR, IT, citizen center, and strategic issues, as well as all shared services with cleaning, meal, and transport operations in the administration. The work of the Municipal Executive Office should contribute to positive development for all who live, work, run businesses, study, or visit our municipality. The municipal council provides the framework and directives.

In Kristianstad Municipality, we apply full-time for all, which means that all employees with permanent employment have the right to full-time, and part-time is an option. We also apply smoke-free working hours.

If you have protected personal data, please send your application by post marked with the title and reference number or leave your application at Rådhus Skåne. If you have questions, you can reach us via the citizen center at 044-13 50 00.

If you have questions about how to submit your application, please contact the system's support at phone number 0771-69 36 93 or via the link https://zero.comaround.com/sv-se/ (https://zero.comaround.com/sv-se/).