Vacant job

No workday is the same at Växjö Municipality. Sometimes we take care of the small things and sometimes the really big ones. Regardless, it means a workday that truly matters. We are over 7,000 employees working together to create a good day, every day. Here, you have the opportunity to make a difference while also growing and developing. There is a wide range of professions and career opportunities, all of which build and create our future Växjö.

Do you want to share our workday? Work for a good day. Every day.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As Växjö Municipality's municipal chief retires, we are now looking for a municipal chief who, with courage, security, and clear direction, wants to lead and further develop a well-functioning organization. Växjö is an expansive and future-oriented municipality. Växjö faces the task of long-term reconciling growth, good welfare, and sustainable economy in a time of demographic changes, increased demands on welfare, and a changing global environment.

Do you want to lead a municipality where decisions and leadership make a real difference in the everyday lives of residents?

As the municipal chief, you are the highest-ranking official in Växjö Municipality and lead the municipality's combined operations. You ensure governance and direction while actively driving development and movement throughout the organization to achieve the politically decided goals.

With a clear overall perspective, you lead and develop the municipal group so that departments and companies collaborate effectively to create the best possible quality in welfare and services for Växjö Municipality's residents.

As the highest-ranking official, you are a role model in leadership and a clear bearer of culture, mission, goals, and direction both internally and externally. Through your leadership style, you contribute to strengthening Växjö Municipality's brand as a courageous, attractive, and development-oriented municipality. Through trust-based leadership, you create conditions for shared engagement, drive, and long-term development in the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is confident in leading through others and has the ability to develop a strong and well-functioning organization. You thrive in complex environments with many stakeholders and know how to create trust, participation, and progress.

As a person, you are strategic and action-oriented, with the ability to prioritize, make decisions, and gather the organization around common choices. Through your leadership, you contribute to trust, engagement, and clear direction.

• are confident, stable, and clear even when the pace is high or issues are complex
• create engagement and direction through participation and trust
• dare to challenge, think outside the box, and drive change with courage and perseverance
• build relationships and collaborations that last, both internally and externally
• have strong communication skills and can clearly reach different target groups, both internally and externally

We are looking for you who have:

• relevant academic education
• documented experience in leading leaders at a high strategic level
• successful experience in change and development work in complex organizations
• very good understanding of politically governed operations
• experience of working in public operations
• good ability to express yourself both strategically and operationally, orally and in writing

Experience from the private or public sector in roles with group-wide responsibility is an advantage.

Why Växjö Municipality?

As the municipal chief in Växjö, you step into an organization with strong conditions: a well-functioning interplay between politics and the civil service organization, a stable management structure, and ongoing development work with clear progress to prepare the municipality for future welfare and societal challenges. Here, there are ambitious sustainability goals, a growing business sector, large community building projects, and a clear future agenda.

In Växjö, you have the opportunity to make a real impact.

OTHER

Welcome with your application by January 18. In this recruitment, Växjö Municipality collaborates with Chefspoolen. For more information, contact: Annchen Kull, 0763 29 40 47, or Gabriella Hedlund 0709-95 58 88

In the recruitment process, we will conduct personality assessments using structured tests and interviews. The role is security-classified, and a complete security review will be conducted before employment can be offered.