About Öckerö Municipality

Öckerö Municipality has approximately 13,000 residents and employs around 1,100 people. Together, we live and work in a municipality consisting of ten inhabited islands.

The vision of Öckerö Municipality is to be a vibrant archipelago municipality; with sustainable development, proximity to the big city, and a local community where people are close to each other. Öckerö Municipality has good results in areas such as business climate and as a residential area. Good job opportunities in both the municipality and the private sector, a rich leisure life, safety, and good results in operations contribute to making Öckerö Municipality a great place to live.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a planning leader, you will work with processes in governance and management, systematic quality work, and project management. You will have a central role in our efforts to support, lead, and follow up on the administration's operations to ensure efficiency and quality.

The role of planning leader includes the following tasks:

Governance and Management: You support the board and administration in the work with operational plans and assignment documents, including handling targeted assignments and internal control plans as well as related risk and consequence analyses. You perform analyses and investigations and prepare decision-making materials for the board and administrative management. It also includes process leading the work with our mandate goals and participating in municipality-wide working groups related to the mandate goals.
Systematic Quality Work: This includes coordinating and developing our quality work through regular quality dialogues with operations, self-controls, and follow-ups of surveys. You handle and analyze deviations and investigate Lex Sarah reports. Based on our results, you propose and initiate development and improvement areas. You conduct process mapping based on the needs of the operations and prepare and compile the administration's quality report.
Project and Change Management: The role also includes leading projects and change initiatives aimed at further developing the administration. You will work on development projects within the operations and collaborate closely with colleagues in the development team.

We are currently seeking a planning leader as one of our current planning leaders is moving on to another assignment within the administration. To match the applications correctly, we would like you to specify which area you have the most experience and engagement in; governance and management, systematic quality work, or project/change management. The planning leaders work closely together and form the development team.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with an education in political science, social science, public administration, or similar, as well as several years of experience working in public operations, preferably within a social administration.

To succeed in this role, you need to have a strategic approach and be able to see a holistic perspective. You have good knowledge of the board processes and an understanding of what it means to work in a politically governed operation.

Good analytical skills and the ability to handle complex tasks are important qualities, as well as the ability to work both independently and in a team.

You have documented experience in driving and leading development work or projects/processes within public operations or other complex contexts. You are interested in working with change and improvement work and have an understanding of what fits in the operations today and in the future.

You work to create trusting relationships with those we serve and are a good communicator. You express yourself well in both speech and writing and are skilled at conveying a message in a pedagogical manner. You contribute to creating a positive work climate and can utilize/develop good ideas.

What can we offer you?

We offer a stimulating work environment focused on quality and development, where you have the opportunity to influence and make a difference in the municipality's social services. In the unit, we focus on creating a sustainable work life characterized by health and well-being, and we believe in developing together. The unit has engaged and competent colleagues with a close sense of humor. We offer the possibility of remote work, vacation exchange, and wellness benefits.

In Öckerö Municipality, we build our operations on values such as trust, courage, engagement, and innovation. With trust as our foundation, we give each other the conditions to do our best, and together we make a difference. We are brave and committed, and we dare to test new ideas to create the municipality of the future. We encourage a work environment where every employee feels valued and can contribute their unique perspectives and initiatives.

To learn more about Öckerö Municipality as an employer, please watch our film about our values. Watch the film here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOEKLBE1BhQ).

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Interviews may be conducted continuously during the advertising period, so do not wait to submit your application.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly but firmly ask for no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

Union representatives can be reached via the municipality's switchboard.