Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions.

We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Through us at the Sports Administration, we create conditions for all Stockholmers to be physically active. We open the city as an arena and offer Stockholmers a wide variety of sports and exercise opportunities for a more active lifestyle. All work at the Sports Administration is based on our three core values: welcoming – trustworthy – forward-thinking. Please read more about the Sports Administration's mission and activities at motionera.stockholm (https://motionera.stockholm).

Welcome to an active and versatile workplace!

Welcome to us

The Sports Administration is led by the sports director with an associated team and departments.

After a recent organizational review, we are now looking for a new unit manager for the unit of sports strategy and development, which is part of the department for operational support and development. We are looking for an engaged and strategic manager for the unit, who combines leadership with specialist knowledge and the drive to develop working methods and processes. The unit currently consists of fourteen employees responsible for;

• sports strategic issues
• the administration's communication
• event coordination
• social sustainability, which includes driving issues that strengthen inclusion, safety, human rights issues, and prioritized target groups
• process and quality development, which includes leading the administration's work with planning, follow-up, and leading the administration's quality and development work

We work, among other things, to;

• coordinate and prepare needs and decision-making documentation in collaboration with relevant parties and draft matters for the sports committee
• collaborate internally, regionally, and nationally
• develop programs, guidelines, and application instructions
• educate and support operations in various issues
• conduct surveys, investigations, and analyses, as well as work with strategies in a complex organization.

Within the unit, there are employees who have special functional responsibilities to coordinate and drive issues in various areas.

Your role

The role involves a combination of leadership and practical development work. As the manager of the unit, you have full personnel, budget, and operational responsibility where you lead and develop the unit while also being actively involved in the administration's development work.

This means that you:

• lead strategically as you are responsible for setting direction, prioritizing, and ensuring that the unit achieves its goals
• work operationally to develop processes, routines, and working methods for effective governance, coordination, and follow-up of the administration's work, ensuring alignment with the city's governance and follow-up routines
• drive improvements by identifying needs, testing new solutions, and following up on results to ensure that governance, coordination, and follow-up work optimally.

In short, you are both a manager and a developer in a role where you lead others and also contribute to concrete improvements.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for an experienced and goal-oriented leader with:

• relevant academic degree, for example in behavioral science, social science, communication
• managerial experience including personnel, budget, and operational responsibility
• solid and documented experience in leading change and implementing improvement and development work.

It is an advantage if you have experience working within public administration.

To succeed in the role of unit manager, we see that you:

• have a holistic view, which means you see the big picture and make decisions that benefit the entire organization
• are development-oriented, which means you are proactive, promote innovative thinking, and engage in change
• are goal- and results-oriented, which means you work systematically towards set goals, are guided by goal- and result-oriented thinking in prioritization, planning, and actions, and adapt when circumstances change
• are clear, which means you communicate clearly and ensure that messages are understood and that everyone understands their assignments and roles
• have good collaboration skills, which means you build relationships, see the benefits of working with others, and communicate with others in a responsive and smooth manner.

Do you recognize yourself in the above description? Do you want to contribute to our development? Then we want to know more about you, welcome with your application!

We offer

With us, you will have the opportunity to help develop an administration that is both efficient and future-oriented. Additionally, we offer:

• a fun workplace focused on creating a Stockholm where everyone wants and can move
• great opportunities to develop the administration's working methods for operational development, change management, and process management
• a team of engaged employees and a work environment characterized by trust and collaboration
• development and experience exchange through the city's management network
• wellness allowance of 2,500 SEK and wellness hour
• the opportunity to exchange vacation day supplements for extra leave
• flexible working hours as well as winter and summer working hours.

Other

We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will base it on your CV and a number of questions you will need to answer when applying for the position. Applications should be in Swedish. The recruitment process will consist of interviews, psychological tests, and reference checks.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thus combating discrimination.