Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle municipality, we work together with commitment to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trustworthy workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application!

Area of Operations: Digitalization

The area of operations Digitalization belongs to the IT and Development Department and consists of about 30 employees divided into three units: method support, business development, and digital services as well as web and production. We work together to harness the opportunities of digitalization and develop the municipality's operations — from digital services and automation to change management, project management, service design, and process development.

You will belong to the method support unit, located in the Administrative House where we offer a modern workplace, good commuting opportunities, and the possibility of some remote work.

With us, you will work on assignments that make a real difference, where technology and people collaborate for a more sustainable and efficient everyday life for citizens and employees. You will have both the responsibility and the freedom to influence, together with colleagues who have broad expertise and a supportive, positive attitude.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a project manager, you are responsible for leading projects through the entire lifecycle, from feasibility study and decision to implementation, commissioning, and follow-up of effects.

In your work, you will:

• lead projects according to established project methodology (XLPM)
• ensure that projects have clear goals, the right conditions, and create benefits
• establish and lead steering groups and project groups
• be responsible for planning, follow-up, and reporting
• drive anchoring and change management in affected operations
• coordinate internal competencies and external suppliers

The projects vary in scope, from smaller assignments to group-wide initiatives with multiple stakeholders and complex dependencies. You alternate between strategic work and operational implementation in close collaboration with the operations and act as a bridge between operations, technology, and suppliers. You lead working groups, manage stakeholders, and create engagement in change.

Assignments may include business development within schools, care, and community services, procurement and implementation of IT systems, as well as digitalization and change projects.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

• University education or other education that the employer deems relevant
• Experience in project management and knowledge of project methodologies such as XLPM
• Experience from the public sector and/or large and complex organizations
• Experience in leading change and creating anchoring in different parts of the organization
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience in assignments involving technology, organization, and business development
• Experience in procurement and supplier contacts
• Experience in implementation and rollout of IT systems
• Understanding of digitalization and how it can be used to create benefits
• Knowledge and/or experience of information security work

To thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you are:

• Structured: You plan and organize projects and assignments clearly, break down complex tasks into manageable parts, and ensure progress even when conditions change.
• Result-oriented: You focus on creating concrete benefits for the organization, follow up on the effects of projects, and ensure that goals are met both in the short and long term.
• Collaborative: You build good relationships with colleagues, operations, and external suppliers. You work selflessly and create engagement for common goals.
• Communicative: You can explain complex projects, digital solutions, and change initiatives clearly and pedagogically. You adapt your language to the audience, situation, and context.

OTHER

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee in Gävle municipality, you have:

• generous vacation terms, and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid vacation already during your first year of employment
• compensation for wellness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months
• various insurances through our collective agreements, for example, sick insurance and occupational injury insurance.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our Values

Quality, response, and cooperation are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base our actions on our jointly stated values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle municipality here: https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization: https://www.gavle.se/organisation (https://www.gavle.se/organisation)

Gävle municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you also speak Finnish in addition to our other competency requirements, it can be an asset.