Vacant job

The position is placed within the administration of Operational Support and Services, which is one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. Within the administration, the municipality's internal services and support functions are gathered. We contribute to the development of the municipality's operations and cross-municipal service solutions.

Do you want to brighten everyday life and improve the quality of life for the residents of Linköping? With us, you can make a significant difference and help make Linköping a better place. Welcome to us!

As the department head for Food and Restaurant, you will lead and develop a socially important operation with approximately 250 employees. You have personnel responsibility for three area managers and a meal developer, lead the department's management team, and are part of the overall management team of the administration with direct reporting to the service director.

This is a role for you who want to make a real difference. You are responsible for steering, leading, and following up the operation with a focus on quality, development, and long-term sustainability. Through close collaboration with other administrations, politics, and key stakeholders such as student health and the allergy center, you contribute to solutions to complex issues within municipal meal operations – issues that are of great importance for health and well-being.

The position suits you who want to combine strategic leadership with work in food and nutrition, in an organization where your work has a direct impact on the municipality's residents – every day.

Food & Restaurant is responsible for cooking for Linköping's primary and secondary schools. In our 70 kitchens, 250 employees prepare approximately 26,000 meals a day, served in our own school restaurants or delivered to preschools and elderly care. Our mission is to offer our customers an affordable meal that is well-prepared and nutritious. We are committed to ensuring that our operations are characterized by good quality and professionalism. We base our goals and quality standards on preparing food seasonally and as much as possible from scratch and close to the guest to promote health and consider the environment and climate.

Our purpose is to create good days together for our customers and employees and contribute to a good society. We are committed to ensuring that our operations are characterized by good quality and professionalism.

You have many years of experience as a manager, preferably within meal operations or a related field, although this is not an absolute requirement. We prefer that you have a university degree from the Food Science Program, the Food and Leadership Program, or from another education that we, together with your professional experience, assess as relevant.

The position requires the ability to combine strategic leadership with good collaboration, as well as the ability to express oneself correctly in speech and writing, as it is part of the job to establish, interpret, and convey information, decisions, and documentation in a legally secure and professional manner. We are looking for a confident and socially secure leader with the ability to analyze complex issues and translate them into practical action. You are structured, solution-oriented, and have a problem-solving analytical ability that enables you to handle complex issues effectively. You create engagement through clear and inclusive leadership, work goal- and result-oriented, and are flexible and change-oriented. Furthermore, you are a skilled communicator who enjoys speaking in front of groups and have a strong collaborative ability, which allows you to build good relationships and achieve common goals.

Linköping is one of Europe's most innovative cities and a municipality of opportunities. With energy, courage, and heart, we make our city better. We are driven by curiosity and the desire to find new solutions and to brighten everyday life and improve the quality of life for our residents.

Welcome with your application by 15/2