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Job Responsibilities

Are you a driven and experienced leader who wants to take on a key role in shaping the future of Gothenburg? We are looking for a unit manager who can lead and develop our unit for new investments, reinvestments, and long-term maintenance of the administration's facilities and land.

In your role as unit manager, you will be the project owner for the unit's projects. In the project owner role, you will ensure and quality assure the project managers' responsibilities for planning and executing investment and reinvestment projects of various contents and complexities. The unit is also responsible for the long-term maintenance of the administration's facilities and land, as well as managing, developing, and leasing the administration's land and buildings. You, along with your employees, will be responsible for ensuring that there are long-term investment and maintenance plans and driving sustainability efforts within the department.

As a unit manager, you will be part of the management team for the property and urban development department and work to create a good working environment for the staff with warmth and professionalism. You will be responsible for leading and developing the unit, as well as ensuring that operations are conducted within established financial frameworks and towards set goals.

We offer an exciting and varied role in a large organization that is evolving. You will have close collaboration with other administrations and companies in the city and have the opportunity to contribute to creating a sustainable and attractive city for all Gothenburg residents. You will be responsible for developing and promoting working methods that support a city-wide perspective and have primary responsibility for the assignments in your unit from start to handover, with many contact points with various stakeholders. In your assignment, you are expected to plan your unit's operations to ensure that there is coverage and assignments in the short and long term.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant higher education or university degree in areas such as construction, economics, engineering, law, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer
• Several years of leadership experience in project management and project control within the construction and real estate industry, preferably in the public sector
• Several years of leadership experience with budget, operational, and personnel responsibility
• Knowledge and experience of legal frameworks such as LOU, PBL, and work environment regulations
• Knowledge of contract and rental law (meritorious)

We place great importance on your personal qualities and competencies. To succeed in the role, it is required that you are a confident leader who is a good communicator and has an unpretentious approach. You should be able to weigh different perspectives, think and act long-term, and be skilled in communicating and building trusting relationships and networks. You have the courage to think outside the box and are receptive to how you best implement the issues you drive. We see that you are development-oriented, take initiative based on the needs you identify, and have good experience collaborating with trade unions. We also see that you have a good ability to create a holistic perspective and thrive in a complex operation with many stakeholders and politically governed processes. Additionally, you have experience in culture and values work, coaching and trust-based leadership, and goal- and results-oriented operations.

Welcome with your application!

Conditions

In this recruitment, we are collaborating with Jefferson Wells. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Anna Edemyr at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

We work with ongoing selection, so please submit your application promptly, but no later than March 22. We look forward to hearing from you!

Interviews with the employer are planned for week 14, April 1-2.

In this recruitment, we will not request a cover letter as an application document. Instead, you will be asked to answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area.

At Sports & Associations, we offer you a job where you have the opportunity to grow and develop. You will be part of an organization that works with positive issues such as health promotion and meaningful leisure. A good flexible working hours agreement allows both work and leisure to take place.

At the interview, you will need to present a passport/national ID/certificate of residence issued by the Tax Agency and possibly proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EES. This is to ensure your identity and that you have the right to work in Sweden.

When you apply for a job with us, we only accept applications via our recruitment system, in accordance with GDPR.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: We have already made decisions regarding the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment and kindly but firmly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.

About Us

Our vision is to make Gothenburg healthier. We provide Gothenburg residents with the conditions for a rich and active leisure time. We manage, build, and develop sports and health facilities and support Gothenburg's associations through grants and other support. We are currently in an exciting development phase with several new facilities, new working methods, and more digital solutions. For more information about the administration and Gothenburg City, you can find it here: https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/forvaltningar-och-namnder/idrotts--och-foreningsforvaltningen (https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/forvaltningar-och-namnder/idrotts--och-foreningsforvaltningen)