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Job Description

Are you ready to take the helm of Sweden's largest boating organization and lead 190,000 enthusiastic members towards new horizons? The Swedish Boating Union (SBU) is seeking a dynamic Secretary General who can skillfully and passionately navigate our operations.

You will represent SBU and manage communication with media, authorities, and organizations both nationally and internationally. Your goal is to make SBU an active and well-known boating organization that takes care of boat owners' interests and promotes the organization's ideas and objectives.

Additionally, you will be responsible for personnel, finance, information, and services to federations, boating clubs, and members, as well as initiating the development of operations.

Your role includes being the CEO of SBU's subsidiary SBUFAB, which is the parent company of the magazine Båtliv and coordinates the Swedish Boating Union's communication efforts.

We are looking for an engaged and communicative leader with a strong interest in boating and association activities. You thrive in a non-profit organization and have the ability to navigate complex decision-making processes. With a strategic view of business development and a strong drive to influence and improve, you are ready to take the Swedish Boating Union to new heights.

In this recruitment process, the Swedish Boating Union collaborates with Randstad, where the responsible recruiter Erland Jacobsen ([email protected]) is happy to answer your questions. We work with a competency-based selection process and conduct phone interviews continuously, so do not wait to apply as the position may be filled before the application deadline. In the final stage of the process, selected candidates will undergo two tests; a problem-solving test (Matrigma) and a personality test (MAP).

Welcome with your application and become part of our exciting journey!

Responsibilities

• Represent SBU in contacts with media, authorities, and other organizations, both nationally and internationally.
• Work to ensure that SBU is an active and well-known boating organization that speaks for boat owners' interests and promotes our ideas and objectives.
• Be responsible for the management of SBU's personnel, finance, information, and services to our federations, boating clubs, and members.
• CEO of SBUFAB 
• Act as the link between the board and operations and initiate business development.

Qualifications

• Relevant post-secondary education in finance, organization, and leadership or documented equivalent work experience
• Documented boating experience, preferably as an active member of a boating club
• Documented competence in the field of communication 
• Documented leadership qualities, preferably from a member-driven organization
• Good familiarity with digital tools and understanding of the IT field
• Good knowledge of finance and association governance
• Interest and commitment to environmental and other boating policy issues related to boating
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Service-oriented attitude and strategic thinking
• Strong collaborative skills and high communicative ability

About the Company

Swedish Boating Union

The Swedish Boating Union (SBU) is a nationwide boating organization with 190,000 members from 900 boating clubs in 22 federations. The clubs are public benefit and non-profit organizations and are geographically spread across the country. The size of the clubs varies greatly, from 25 members to over 2000 members. SBU has an office with 5 employees today and is located on Djurgården in Stockholm. Funding is mainly through membership fees from the boating clubs.