Development Leader for Sustainable Growth

Do you want to contribute to sustainable development in the Stockholm region? Do you have experience working strategically and operationally to create conditions for entrepreneurship, growth, and collaboration between the business sector, public sector, and other relevant actors? Then we are curious to learn more about you.

What does the role involve?

You will belong to the department for sustainable growth, located within the unit for regional development and inclusion. In the unit, we work with growth-promoting efforts, business development, EU coordination, basic payment services, and regulatory simplification. We also work on assignments related to gender equality integration, children's rights, human rights, and tasks to support and develop reception and initiatives for asylum seekers, those in need of protection, unaccompanied minors, and newcomers, where a key part is to distribute and follow up on state grants for integration.

As a development leader, you will be responsible for basic payment services as part of the growth-promoting work, as well as promoting, coordinating, planning, and implementing various initiatives within regional and archipelago development, both internally and externally. The work also includes monitoring the external environment and responding to consultations. Depending on the needs of the organization, other tasks may also be included.

Are you the one we are looking for?

For this role, we want you to have:

• a relevant academic degree as assessed by the employer
• experience in business development and growth-promoting work at the municipal or regional level
• experience in planning, implementing, and following up on development and improvement work
• good knowledge of how the government, authorities, and municipalities collaborate
• excellent ability to express yourself simply and pedagogically in speech and writing
• the ability to evaluate information to make correct, balanced, and legally secure assessments and priorities
• the willingness and ability to contribute to a good working environment.

As a person, you are:

• independent in prioritizing your tasks and used to handling multiple cases simultaneously.
• solution-oriented, flexible, and attentive, while being unpretentious and helpful in your collaboration with others.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

As an employee at the County Administrative Board, you need to:

• be able to make decisions with consideration to multiple perspectives from a holistic view
• understand that a central role for the County Administrative Board is to make trade-offs between different interests
• have the ability to prioritize and adapt to work with new tasks or in new contexts.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience in archipelago development
• experience working with basic payment services
• knowledge of service measurement and quality development within public administration
• experience in collaborative processes between the public sector, business, and civil society
• experience in case handling within public operations

More about us and the role

The employment is a permanent position with a 6-month probationary period. You will belong to the department for sustainable growth and work within the unit for regional development and inclusion. You will be part of a team that works closely together and where we collectively take responsibility for the unit's assignments.

How we recruit

You will be asked to answer a number of selection questions when you register your application and attach your CV. You do not need to attach a personal letter for this application.

We welcome calls from those interested in the job but decline calls from those selling recruitment services or advertisements.

If you have questions

Questions about the role can be answered by the recruiting manager Pernilla Ek, 010-223 1396

Union contacts are:

Amanda Netscher for SACO, 010-2231740, [email protected]

Johan Nyqvist for ST, 010-2231506, [email protected]

Application deadline: March 11, 2026

Reference number: 112-7059-2026

About the County Administrative Board

The County Administrative Board of Stockholm is a unifying force for a growing and sustainable capital region. By taking responsibility for the whole, we find ways forward in complex societal issues. The overall picture is an important starting point for us when we collaborate with municipalities, authorities, businesses, and other important societal actors. On behalf of the government, we also work to ensure that national goals are realized in our county. We have experts in many different areas, and our combined expertise has an impressive breadth. Here, you learn something new every day.

Read more about us at www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/jobba-hos-oss (http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/jobba-hos-oss).