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Do you want to help create the best conditions for equal education? At the Swedish National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM), we work to ensure that all children, students, and adult learners with disabilities achieve their educational goals. We operate our own special schools in various locations across Sweden. We also provide support to preschools and schools nationwide to create developing and accessible learning environments together. Additionally, we distribute government grants and develop teaching materials. Together, we remove barriers!

We hope that you, as an applicant, with your background and expertise, can help increase our diversity.

We are committed to making everyone's equal value a reality. Together, we use collaboration and expertise to solve tasks. Developing leadership and increasing diversity are some of the items currently on our agenda. Together, we contribute to sustainability in society economically, socially, and environmentally. You can read more about what we offer at www.spsm.se/ledigajobb (http://www.spsm.se/ledigajobb)

All students have the right to a school that allows them to develop based on their own conditions. SPSM operates schools on behalf of the state. We provide students with a learning environment that enables participation, learning, and development. We offer meaningful, stimulating, and important pedagogical work at our schools.

Do you want to lead a competent team while also contributing operationally to developing and streamlining the governance of a government organization? We are looking for an engaged and strategic head of support services, who combines leadership with specialist knowledge and the drive to develop methods and processes.

About the role

As the head of support services, you have overall responsibility for the Special School's unit for support services and its functions. You have responsibility for operations, budget, personnel, and work environment for your employees in the unit. You lead a cross-functional team that supports the management of the operational area in questions such as administrative support, operational governance, finance, HR, communication, and process management. You are part of a team with three other heads of support services. The role of unit head for support services means that you work closely with the head of the operational area and the management group of the operational area. We are now starting up four new units for support services where you will have the opportunity to build a completely new unit in collaboration with other heads of support services.

Your role is both strategic and operational. In addition to leading and developing the support services unit, you will also work on tasks related to developing the agency's ability to govern and follow up on operations effectively and purposefully.

You play a key role in ensuring that the unit's employees work cross-functionally and follow the routines, processes, and methods that the agency decides. You also collaborate with other managers within the organization to ensure consistency and coordination.

The role of unit head for support services is not static but will change according to the needs of the operations. You will play a key role in contributing to the agency's ongoing transformation journey in building methods and culture to succeed in our important societal missions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The role is part of the management group of the operational area
• Lead, develop, and coordinate the unit's work and employees.
• Be responsible for leading and developing the work with governance and follow-up within the operational area.
• Work operationally with issues related to the development of processes, routines, and methods for effective governance.
• Ensure compliance with the agency's guidelines, policies, and decision-making processes within the operational area.
• Participate in development projects related to governance, follow-up, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with other support services, the agency's management group, central support functions, and other operational areas to create consistency and synergy effects.
• Follow up and report the operational area's compliance with routines and guidelines to management.
• You have responsibility for operations, budget, personnel, and work environment for your employees in the unit.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has

• Relevant academic education, for example in public administration, economics, leadership, or another equivalent field.
• Documented managerial experience in leading and developing professional functions at a strategic level, for example as a finance manager, administrative manager, or equivalent.
• Experience in leading and developing teams.
• Experience in operational governance, follow-up, and process development.
• Documented experience of overall responsibility for comprehensive work with financial governance, operational development, operational governance, and follow-up within a government organization or other public sector.
• Experience in developing and implementing methods, routines, and processes at a strategic level.
• Ability to express yourself well in spoken or sign language in Swedish and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have

• Experience from working within or supporting school operations.

Personal qualities

• You are a confident and clear leader who creates engagement and motivation among your employees.
• You have a strategic overview and the ability to translate overarching goals into concrete results.
• You are structured and solution-oriented with a strong ability to prioritize and drive work forward.
• You have good collaboration skills and enjoy working cross-functionally to create common solutions.
• You are communicative and can handle both strategic and operational issues in a pedagogical manner.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

OTHER

What we offer

We offer a key role in an organization that works with socially important issues. With us, you will have the opportunity to combine leadership with operational work in a development-oriented and collaborative environment.

The position is located in either Malmö, Örebro, or Stockholm. The announcement will be made in all locations.

A six-month probationary period applies.

A criminal record extract must be presented before employment.

In the event of a societal crisis, you may be directed to work between the agency's operational areas based on your placement location.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance this time.