Job Advertisement: Administrative Support within Social Services

Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents but expects to grow significantly in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently undergoing a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure both good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Dagens Samhälle has recently awarded Lerum as the winner in the category of metropolitan municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Authority operational area is responsible for regulatory activities within social services. There are seven units within the operational area, of which the administrative unit is one. The administrative unit's responsibilities include the social services reception, handling of mail, orders, invoice management, fee processing, some personnel administration, and more.

The unit consists of about nine employees who provide administrative support to the operational area. Employees take great responsibility and have good collaboration both within their own unit and with other units. Visitors who need support and assistance in various matters come to the social services reception.

We are now looking for someone who, with knowledge and commitment, wants to help us quality assure, develop, and digitize the administration within Lerum's social services. Your professional conduct is characterized by a high level of service, qualitative administrative competence, and a good ability to collaborate with others. You recognize the importance of your role in enabling the overall work and can adapt to the needs of the organization.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

In your role, you will work with:

• Orders and purchases
• Financial administration
• Management support
• Invoice handling
• Personnel administration
• Reception work
• Preparing reports and reporting information to the board and other parties
• Preparing statistical data
• Developing digital working methods
• Other administrative support

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

We are looking for someone with an education focused on administration, or a high school education combined with several years of experience in administrative work. It is an advantage if you have a post-secondary education in administration.

Experience

It is advantageous if you have experience in administrative work in a municipality, region, or government agency, as well as experience with administrative tasks within social services. It is also beneficial if you are used to working in a social services reception.

Personal qualities

It is important that you are meticulous, administratively skilled, and have a high sense of service. You take great personal responsibility, have good computer skills, and are proficient in Swedish in both speech and writing.

The work requires that you can work independently and take your own initiative. You also need to be open to thinking outside the box and willing to provide solutions to various problems. You need to be flexible and able to handle rapidly arising situations and questions.

It is also important that you are self-driven, structured, and complete the tasks you have undertaken within given time frames, as well as that you enjoy working together with others. You are expected to have a strong interest in developing and streamlining administrative processes.

We are each other's work environment, and therefore it is important that you, together with us, want to create a well-functioning work climate where we make each other better.

This position requires on-site work, and working hours are scheduled as follows with some flexibility:

Mondays 08:00-18:00

Tuesdays-Wednesdays-Thursdays 08:00-16:30

Fridays 08:00-15:00

Start date 2026-03-09 or by agreement.

Welcome with your application!

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The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030.

We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for gender equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and harassment.

We care about a good work environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee with us, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as wellness grants and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be a requirement to use personal Bank-ID in the service for legitimization in, for example, system login or other verification.

To quality assure the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.

Warm welcome with your application!

In preparation for this recruitment, we have already made decisions regarding the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly request not to be contacted for additional offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.