From Idea to Reality - Together We Create a Sustainable Society

In Huddinge Municipality, we are building a future for our residents, and this is where you come in. We are creating a community for togetherness, culture, institutions, housing, jobs, and leisure. In this vision, strategic local supply is a central part, and we are looking for someone who wants to take responsibility for the whole and drive important issues in what we see as one of the cornerstones of the municipality. We are proud of our municipality and are looking for someone who wants to join us on this development journey.

About the Position

The municipality is seeking a manager for the section of strategic local supply. In this key role, you will have a large mandate and unique insight into a growing metropolitan municipality's opportunities and challenges regarding premises and properties. These resources are crucial for meeting and understanding demographic developments and what they mean for welfare in terms of properties and premises.

You will lead a team of five employees, including local strategists, a local controller, and a senior change leader. You will report to the municipality's finance director and be part of her management team.

Responsibilities

The section for strategic local supply has the overall responsibility to plan and order the municipality's community properties based on the needs of the operations, such as preschools, schools, elderly homes, social housing, sports facilities, and libraries. The assignment is municipality-wide and involves working for long-term planning, coordination, a holistic view, and prioritization.

The section acts as a client function towards both internal and external property owners and accounts for the municipality's second-largest budget item. Your work includes both long-term and short-term planning, which you develop in dialogue and collaboration with committees and administrations, relevant municipal companies, economic units, procurement, and others in the municipality.

The section conducts investigations and analyses, coordinates and follows up on local issues and investments, maintenance, new investments, and operations. You will also be a presenter in the group for local governance across the group. Regarding working methods and approaches, you will have support from politically decided steering documents such as the local supply policy.

Your Background

We are looking for someone who has:

an academic education, such as a civil economist or civil engineer with a focus on real estate, or another education that the employer assesses as equivalent in combination with relevant work experience,
several years of experience as a manager or leader in a politically governed organization,
solid experience from the real estate industry, such as real estate economics, real estate law, and/or rental law,
several years of experience in strategic local supply and/or strategic property management,
experience in strategically coordinating and leading, for example, local development projects,
good oral and written skills in Swedish as well as basic knowledge of the Office package programs.

Experience working in a matrix organization is meritorious.

You are an experienced and stable leader with good judgment, personal maturity, and clarity. Your way of collaborating and cooperating is characterized by a lack of prestige, flexibility, and diplomacy. Your communication style is marked by the ability to explain complex issues clearly and simply adapted to the recipient. You find it easy to create contacts and collaborations, and you have analytical and strategic abilities.

We place great importance on personal suitability in this recruitment.

About the Workplace

Huddinge is a growing municipality in Stockholm with proximity to both the city and nature. As an employee with us, you are an important builder of society. Together, we create a sustainable society for all who live, visit, and work in Huddinge.