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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 run our own special schools in various locations across Sweden. We also provide support to preschools and schools nationwide to collaboratively create learning environments that are developing and accessible. Additionally, we distribute government grants and develop educational materials. Together, we remove obstacles!

We hope that you, as an applicant, with your background and skills, can contribute to increasing our diversity.

We are committed to making everyone's equal value a reality. Together, we use collaboration and expertise to solve assignments. Developing leadership and increasing diversity are some of the things 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).

Within the area of communication and development, we work with research dissemination, analysis and evaluation, environmental monitoring, and digitalization. We compile and disseminate research and knowledge relevant to the special education field.

The assignment also includes monitoring trends in the external environment and driving the agency's international collaborations. We also lead the agency's digitalization efforts and are responsible for digital service development and new system solutions.

We are also responsible for the agency's internal and external communication.

Placement in other locations may become relevant.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

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 manager for the management support, who combines leadership with specialist knowledge and the drive to develop working methods and processes.

As the manager for the management support, you have overall responsibility for the unit for management support and its functions within the operational area. You lead a cross-functional team that supports the operational area's management in matters such as administrative support, operational governance, finance, HR, communication, and process management. You are part of a team together with three other management support managers. This role means that you work closely with the operational area manager and the management group of the operational area.

Your role is both strategic and operational. In addition to leading and developing the management support unit, you 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 working methods decided by the agency. You also collaborate with other managers within the organization to ensure consistency and coordination.

The role of unit manager for management support is not static but will change according to the needs of the operations. You will have a key role in contributing to the agency's ongoing transformation journey in building working methods and culture to succeed with our important societal assignments.

Job Responsibilities

• The role is part of the operational area's management group.
• 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 on issues related to the development of processes, routines, and working 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 management support, 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 operational, budget, personnel, and work environment responsibility 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 in the role of finance manager, administrative manager, or equivalent.
• Experience in leading and developing teams.
• Experience in working with 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 working 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 advantageous if you have:

• Experience related to the operational area's assignments.

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

A probationary period of 6 months applies.

We want you to have a good balance between work and leisure. Therefore, you have the opportunity to work a certain part remotely, if the operations allow it and in consultation with your manager.

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.

In this recruitment, we are collaborating with Jefferson Wells.