Unit Manager for the Food Unit in Sundbyberg

Do you want to work in a city where ideas quickly become reality and where you can see the results of your work? In Sundbyberg, there is a close connection between people, decisions, and opportunities. Here, you can truly make an impact while developing and growing in your role.

We are now looking for an engaged and experienced unit manager for our Food Unit - a leader who wants to develop and drive the unit's work forward.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include food control as well as supervision according to the Alcohol Act, tobacco legislation, the sale of over-the-counter medications, and certain lotteries.

As a unit manager, you will have overall responsibility for the unit's operations, staff, and budget. You will ensure that the work is carried out efficiently, legally, and in accordance with applicable legislation, while creating good conditions for employee development and performance. The role involves leading and developing the unit's work through systematic work planning, follow-up, and analysis, ensuring that the committee process deadlines are met and that work plans are implemented in a structured and quality-assured manner. You will be responsible for following up results, identifying areas for development, and reporting these clearly and reliably. Your leadership also includes ensuring a good working environment and continuously working on competence development within the unit.

You will report directly to the head of the department for building permits and environmental supervision and will be part of the department's management team.

Qualifications

We expect you to have an academic degree in a relevant field or other experience that we consider equivalent. We also see that you have experience in food control or other relevant regulatory activities within the unit's areas of responsibility.

You have a good understanding of the complexity that regulatory activities in a politically governed organization entail and are both experienced and confident in coordinating, following up, and driving the work forward. It is highly meritorious if you also have formal managerial or leadership experience with personnel, budget, and operational responsibility, preferably within municipal operations.

You are confident in your role, have the courage to make independent decisions, and value collaboration and responsiveness. As a leader, you are clear and solution-oriented. We place great importance on your personal suitability and your ability to lead and develop your operations in a complex environment.

Offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment. Start date by agreement.

The city of Sundbyberg offers a generous wellness allowance, benefit bicycle, vacation exchange for extra days off, the possibility of some remote work depending on the needs of the operations, membership in the Sundbyberg municipal employees' sports association (SKIF), and discounted annual passes for the swimming hall. Just a stone's throw from the city hall, there is the Ursvik recreational area with running and skiing trails as well as MTB trails, and you also have access to a gym in the city hall.

In our bright and modern city hall, we work activity-based to promote collaboration, creativity, knowledge transfer, development, and learning in everyday life.

Additional Information

A large part of our operations is classified as essential services. The position may be subject to military placement within the framework of Sundbyberg's role in total defense.

Union contact person can be reached via the municipality's switchboard at 08-706 80 00.

If you have any questions, please contact recruitment consultant Anna Setterberg at [email protected]. The application deadline is March 13, 2026, and you can apply by following the link here. We welcome your application!