Project Manager for Activity-Based Working

Are you a driven and engaged project manager with experience in change management? Do you want to support managers and employees in the transition to and establishment of an activity-based working method in connection with the move to our new municipal building? Then this is the role for you!

The HR department drives and coordinates the municipality's employer issues. We are 24 employees and work in two areas: HR and payroll. We support managers across the entire HR area through advice, training, and development initiatives, and ensure that the municipality's HR processes maintain high quality and comply with laws and agreements.

As a project manager, you will belong to the HR unit, a team of 10 people led by the unit manager, consisting of both HR specialists, health and rehabilitation developers, recruiters, and an HR administrator. We provide expert support in HR-related issues for both managers and employees.

The Strängnäs municipal building was built in 1994 and is now being adapted and renovated to meet the needs of citizens and employees, both now and in the future. The first phase of the renovation is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, while the second phase is estimated to be completed in about a year.

We are now looking for a project manager to support managers and employees in the transition to and establishment of an activity-based working method in connection with the move to the new municipal building. The assignment involves translating the vision and goals for the new working method into practical action, creating engagement, facilitating collaboration among managers, and contributing to the long-term anchoring of new working methods.

The position is a project employment for three years, and you will be placed in our HR unit.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your main tasks in the role are to:

• Support managers operationally and tactically in introducing and developing activity-based working methods in their operations.
• Be a practical and advisory support for managers in issues related to workplace design, working methods, collaboration, and culture.
• Coordinate and conduct training and initiatives related to activity-based working methods, identify needs, plan, and follow up.
• Create forums and coordination among managers for experience exchange and joint development.
• Follow up and evaluate how the working methods function in practice and suggest improvements.
• Support coordination between different homes and contribute to a unified and inclusive working method.
• Contribute to communication and anchoring of the change, in collaboration with other internal support functions.

You have a good understanding of how physical, digital, and cultural factors interact in an activity-based working method, and you will drive and hold together processes with many different stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant higher education, e.g., in behavioral science, HR, organization and leadership, or other education we consider equivalent.
• Current experience in change management, organizational development, and/or implementation of new working methods.
• Good experience working as managerial support and a good understanding of managers' everyday challenges.
• Experience working as a project manager or having another similar coordinating role, preferably in the public sector.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish in both speech and writing.
• Familiarity with using IT as a support in the work, e.g., Office package, Teams, etc.

We also see it as meritorious if you have:

• Experience working with the development/implementation of activity-based working methods, workplace development, and/or similar environmental and cultural changes in a workplace.
• Experience conducting training, lectures, workshops, or similar.

Your personal qualities will be crucial for your success in the assignment, and we place great importance on them. You are a person who takes initiative, drives your work forward, and enjoys taking responsibility. You are self-driven and have an easy time creating structure, overview, and progress even in complex contexts.

You are a skilled communicator and adapt your way of expressing yourself according to the audience and context. You are a relationship builder who listens, creates trust, and makes people feel seen. With a positive and solution-focused approach, you contribute to progress even when the path is sometimes winding. You thrive in change and have patience with processes that take time. Change occurs at different paces for different people, and you meet them where they are.

You are pedagogical and have the ability to translate strategic goals into concrete actions in everyday life. You see the big picture, create consensus, and promote common working methods.

Welcome to submit your application today!

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Welcome to Strängnäs Municipality! Strängnäs Municipality has over 39,000 inhabitants and is strategically located in Mälardalen with excellent communication opportunities. Here, it is close to the big city of Stockholm, which can be reached by train in under 50 minutes, and even closer is Eskilstuna. Our municipality is an attractive place for both living and working, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for the community and its residents.

We actively work based on a value foundation characterized by respect, openness, development, and clarity. We see in our annual employee survey that our employees are satisfied. We hope you want to be a part of our team and together with us build the future Strängnäs. Together we create a stronger municipality and make each other better.

Strängnäs Municipality applies a smoke-free working time to create a healthy working environment for all employees, colleagues, and users.

As an applicant, you are responsible for clearly documenting your qualifications so that we can make an objective and fair assessment of your application.

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