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The municipality of Jönköping is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing in line with the development of the municipality with more residents, more housing, and a larger range of services. We are always on the lookout for new skills - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Are you a confident person who is passionate about making a difference at the systemic level? Do you want to be the engine in our journey towards a more digitalized and legally secure social services? Then you could be our next development leader focusing on financial assistance, follow-up, and digital operational support!

Do you want to work strategically close to management and contribute to shaping how financial assistance is governed, followed up, and developed in a time of great change?

The individual and family care sector is facing extensive development, including changed activity requirements, new legislation, and increased demands for legal security, equality, and follow-up.

To meet this, we are now seeking a development leader who wants to take collective responsibility for structure, analysis, and long-term development in the area.

Your new job

As a development leader, you have a strategically important role responsible for strengthening the organization's ability to govern, follow up, and develop financial assistance in a legally secure and sustainable manner. You are placed directly under the area manager and work in close collaboration with unit managers, senior social workers, and the organization's working groups.

The role is cohesive and supportive rather than operational. The practical development work largely takes place within existing structures such as working groups and through senior social workers, while you are responsible for direction, coherence, and follow-up. You act as a link between management's goals, the organization's needs, and the digital systems used in case management.

The assignment is divided into a basic assignment and a development assignment that are prioritized/formulated over time in dialogue with the area manager:

In the basic assignment, you are responsible for ensuring structure, quality, and legal security in the operations within financial assistance. You work with operational management, follow-up, and analysis and serve as a strategic support to the area manager on issues related to governing documents, decision-making bases, and long-term direction.

The development assignment means that you, in dialogue with the area manager, initiate and coordinate development efforts with a particular focus on follow-up, analysis, and operationally close digital support. An important area is to support the organization in adapting to changed activity requirements and other legislative changes that affect working methods, follow-up, and collaboration.

You contribute to the development of key figures, analysis, and visualization of operational data and participate in the introduction and further development of operational systems, e-services, and digital support in close collaboration with responsible support functions. The role does not involve operational system responsibility, but rather an operationally close perspective on how digital solutions best support case management and decision-making.

Your qualifications

You have a completed and approved social work education of 210 credits, or another approved and completed higher education of at least 180 credits that the employer assesses as equivalent.

You have several years of experience in public authority work within financial assistance. It is advantageous if you have previously worked in a leading/coordinating role. Of course, you have a good understanding of legal application, operational processes, and follow-ups within social services, as well as experience working with analysis, follow-up, and operational management. You have a good understanding of systems and experience working in operational systems, preferably Pulsen Combine, and a genuine interest in how technology can improve welfare.

Experience in development, coordination, or change work, experience with legislative or regulatory changes that affect the organization's structure and follow-up, and experience in digital development initiatives or the use of digital analysis tools in operational development is advantageous.

You have excellent knowledge of the Swedish language in speech, reading, and writing. A valid driver's license (B) is required for the position.

To thrive in the role, you are analytical, structured, and have a good ability to see the whole and long-term consequences. You are confident in your professional role and find it easy to collaborate with managers, specialists, and working groups. You communicate clearly and professionally and have a critical eye for quality, legal security, and feasibility.

We offer you

We offer you an exciting and challenging assignment where you lead, support, and develop the organization's processes within financial assistance. You serve as the bridge between management's goals and the everyday work of case handlers. As an employee with us, you will also be offered various benefits, read more here.

Welcome to us

The financial assistance area within the social administration is responsible for providing support for subsistence and works to support individuals towards self-sufficiency.

Good to know

The position is a permanent full-time employment with a start date according to agreement. A probationary period may be applied. Working hours are scheduled during the day, Monday to Friday.

In your application, we would like you to include a CV as well as attached degree certificate and current employment certificates. All your employment must be verifiable with certificates showing position and the extent of your work. Even if you already work with us, you need to present degree certificates and employment certificates for positions you have previously held outside the municipality. Applications that do not meet this will not be prioritized.

Selection is ongoing, and interviews will be held on January 29th and 30th. If you apply for the position and are called for an interview, you need to be available here.

Before employment, you must present an extract from the criminal record, this is called "Check your own information".

Want to know more?

Recruiting manager, see the information box. Union representatives: Union Soc.

Together we make Jönköping municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position!

The municipality of Jönköping strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.