Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Welcome to us

The Education Administration in the City of Stockholm is Sweden's largest administration and is responsible for preschool classes, primary schools, adapted primary and secondary schools, school childcare, and secondary schools.

The administration has approximately 16,000 employees and encompasses over 150 municipal schools.

Your role

Are you passionate about creating the best conditions for children and youth in schools? Then the role of coordinator for the controller team might be for you!

You will be part of the finance unit, which is responsible for overall financial monitoring, budget and year-end work, accounting, and other financial administrative issues. The unit consists of 25 employees.

We offer

With us, you will have a socially important and developing role close to the operations, where you combine controller work with a coordinating responsibility and gain good insight into the Education Administration's financial management. You will work in an engaged and unpretentious work culture with close collaboration between colleagues, schools, principals, and managers.

• a stimulating work environment with knowledgeable and engaged colleagues
• the opportunity to combine controller work with coordinating operational responsibility
• the chance to contribute to the development of working methods, processes, and systems
• good opportunities for professional development

A warm greeting from your future manager

My name is Madeleine and I will be your immediate manager. I believe in giving people responsibility and trust. With me, there is a great opportunity to work independently, without micromanagement, and I am close by as support and a sounding board. We are a workplace where we help and support each other, share our knowledge, and take joint responsibility for the whole. For me, it is important that you feel secure in your role, have the opportunity to develop, and experience that your work makes a difference. Together we create a pleasant work environment with high engagement and good collaboration.

Warm welcome to us!

Your main tasks:

• provide qualified, consultative support to schools and central administration.
• be responsible for budget and follow-up work, analyses, action plans, and competency-enhancing measures directed towards schools.
• coordinate the team's work by distributing assignments, ensuring priorities, and creating structure.
• act as a link between the team and the unit manager: follow up on work, provide feedback on status, and identify development needs.
• represent the team in various forums and inform about work processes, changes, and priorities
• contribute to operational development, improved processes, and effective system support.
• inform about work processes, changes, and priorities and conduct environmental monitoring within your area.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• a university degree with an economic focus, preferably a Master of Science in Business and Economics or Public Administration
• several years of relevant experience working as a controller
• experience working in financial systems for larger organizations, such as Unit4
• very good knowledge of Excel and good knowledge of the Office suite
• good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written

It is an advantage if you have experience with:

• Hypergene
• work within municipal operations or other politically governed organizations
• school economics

To thrive and succeed in the role, you are development-oriented and proactive in improvement work, you see what needs to be developed and take responsibility for implementing changes.

You are comfortable in building relationships and enjoy a role with many social contacts. You find it easy to create trust, are smooth in your relationships, and have a good ability to build and maintain long-term collaborations.

You have good collaboration skills and communicate clearly and attentively with colleagues and the organization. The role also requires you to be self-driven, analytical, and structured, with the ability to plan, prioritize, and drive work forward both independently and together with others.

Other

We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on competence and experience for this role. When you submit your application, you will answer a number of questions. When we assess your application, we will base it on your CV and the questions you have answered. After the application deadline, we will review all applications.

Here you can read more about the Education Administration, our benefits, and what it is like to work in the City of Stockholm.

We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants. Our premises are accessible. The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby counteracting discrimination.