Vacant job

At Åre Municipality, we create conditions for everyone who lives or visits here to realize their dreams. In our magnificent mountain environment, eager skiers coexist with down-to-earth artists. There is room for you too.

Our employees perform Sweden's most important jobs every day. Regardless of where in the municipality we work, we are all collectively here for the citizens of Åre Municipality. We are many different professional categories working in the municipality at various workplaces. Everyone's contributions are needed to deliver good service and continue to develop the operations and the entire municipality. We work to create value and quality of life for our residents, our entrepreneurs, and visitors. With us, you make a difference every day!

In Åre Municipality, we operate based on the values that we are professional, respectful, and responsive.

As an employee of Åre Municipality, you will enjoy several benefits in addition to your salary; see the link under others.

Åre Municipality is a Sami administrative municipality, and we welcome applicants with linguistic and cultural knowledge of Sami.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Chief of Staff, you will be placed in the Department for Legal Security and Security Protection. The department belongs to the municipal management administration where the municipality's overall support functions are gathered. Here, together with engaged employees, you will create sustainable processes and routines. We are looking for a confident leader who is motivated to make a difference every day and ensure good municipal administration. You will work closely with both politicians and senior officials.

Job Tasks

• Lead, develop, and create good conditions for employees to achieve set goals for the unit and the municipality.
• Be responsible for budget, personnel, and work environment.
• Be responsible for processes such as case processing and the release of public documents.
• Support the municipal director and municipal management in maintaining good and legally secure administration.
• Order and be the system owner for new procurements of various operational systems.
• Actively participate in the operational work to ensure efficiency and quality in daily tasks.

As the Chief of Staff, you will be responsible for several large municipality-wide projects such as procurement and implementation of a new case management system and the introduction of a new case process. You will have a team of eleven employees consisting of municipal secretaries, committee secretaries, investigators, clerks, system administrators, archivists, and archive assistants at your disposal.

QUALIFICATIONS

Through your good collaboration skills and relationship-building approach, you relate to others in a responsive manner, listen, communicate, and solve challenges constructively. You inspire, motivate, and create engagement among your employees. We value accountability and clarity and are looking for someone who can see the whole picture and create structure. If you are motivated by creating order and have a hands-on mentality, then this is the right challenge for you!

Leadership in Åre Municipality is characterized by three areas; leadership, employer responsibility, and operational responsibility. For good leadership, all three parts must exist, and the three areas overlap in many different ways.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree in law, political science, or another relevant education or equivalent work experience that we assess as equivalent.
• Experience working in a politically governed organization and is well acquainted with applicable legislation and how the case process works or has worked with legal issues that include interpretation and application of laws, advising on legal matters, and drafting legal documents.
• Leadership experience

OTHER

The position will be filled provided that the necessary decisions are made.

The position is vacant provided that the necessary decisions are made, no redundancy, need for reassignment, or priority exists in the municipality. A probationary period may be applied. More information about Åre Municipality can be found at www.are.se (https://www.are.se)

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

Our benefits: https://are.se/foretag-och-jobb/jobba-pa-are-kommun/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/vara-formaner (https://are.se/foretag-och-jobb/jobba-pa-are-kommun/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/vara-formaner)