Unit Manager for Financial Support, Labor Market, Housing, and Integration

The Social Services Administration in Lidingö Municipality is responsible for the municipality's elderly care, care for people with disabilities, individual and family care, as well as the reception and integration of newly arrived and unaccompanied children. The administration has about 800 employees and a budget of 1.3 billion SEK.

We are now looking for a:

Unit Manager for Financial Support, Labor Market, Housing, and Integration

Are you a secure and development-oriented leader who wants to take overall responsibility for an important operation within the labor market, housing, and financial support? Do you want to help shape the future of social services – where innovation, quality, and human interactions are at the center? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

We are looking for an engaged unit manager who wants to lead the continued transformation in connection with the new Social Services Act. The unit has several assignments and target groups and currently consists of 27 competent employees. The unit manager is supported in their role by several deputies and group coordinators.

About the Workplace

With us, you will have the opportunity to influence both direction and working methods in an operation that makes a real difference – every day. You will be part of a stable and professional organization where leadership, quality, and collaboration are central values. We offer a workplace with engaged colleagues, an open atmosphere, and a strong desire to develop together. You will have good opportunities for professional development and the support you need to grow in your role.

Your Role

As the unit manager for Financial Support, Labor Market, Housing, and Integration, you will lead a unit with a broad and important mandate. You are responsible for developing and coordinating work within financial assistance, labor market initiatives, transitional housing, and integration-promoting work. Together with your employees, you create conditions for residents to achieve increased independence, self-sufficiency, and sustainable living situations in the long term.

An important part of the assignment is to continue the close collaboration with the city's business manager and to carry out various assignments together with them.

You have budget responsibility and partial personnel and work environment responsibility, as well as responsibility for close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. You are part of the management group of the operational area.

Your Main Responsibilities

• lead and develop operations within labor market, housing, integration, and financial support
• ensure quality and legal security in the processing of financial assistance, domestic violence, transitional housing, estates, and budget and debt counseling
• collaborate with internal and external partners

Your Profile

We are looking for someone who has:

• a degree in social work
• solid experience in the authority's exercise of social services
• very good knowledge of the Social Services Act and related legislation
• good knowledge of financial assistance
• the ability to lead change work and develop operations
• very good communication skills and good collaboration skills

We value that you are flexible, structured, and communicative. You are a team player who is happy to share your knowledge and contribute to a professional and developing work environment. Personal qualities are highly valued.

Meritorious:

• several years of documented experience in leadership and personnel responsibility
• experience working with domestic violence
• experience in receiving newcomers and integration work
• experience collaborating with the business community and knowledge of business issues

Contact and Application

Welcome with your application by February 16, 2026. Selection is ongoing. When you apply, you will answer a number of selection questions and attach your CV. You do not need to attach a cover letter.

Lidingö Municipality collaborates with Adecco Group in this recruitment. Questions? Contact recruitment consultant Lina Sävström: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

What We Offer

• individual salary setting
• start date by agreement
• possibility of remote work up to two days a week (if the work allows)
• welfare allowance and wellness hour
• possibility of vacation exchange

About Lidingö Municipality

Welcome to Lidingö Municipality! We actively work to be a learning organization at the forefront. If you share our passion for developing leadership, strong employee engagement, and an inclusive workplace – then we are the right place for you. Together, we create a meaningful and developing work environment where we can grow and make a difference. We offer good opportunities for professional development and flexibility in everyday life. Additionally, you will have proximity to nature and the archipelago – just 15 minutes from T Centralen.

The Social Services Administration is responsible for the municipality's work to create security, independence, and good living conditions for residents. We provide support and care for the elderly, people with disabilities, as well as children, youth, adults, and families according to the Social Services Act. The assignment also includes financial support, substance abuse, family support, and the reception of newly arrived and unaccompanied children.