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We are pleased about your interest in becoming a part of Luleå Municipality. With us, you will have the opportunity to work in a stimulating and developing environment, where we strive to provide you with a good employee experience. You will be part of an engaged, competent, and responsible organization that values you and your skills. With us, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow in your professional role. Read more about our employment benefits and what we can offer you - www.lulea.se/anstallning (http://www.lulea.se/anstallning)

The Resource Center consists of the units for child and student health, multilingualism/native language, the culture school, and meals, which contribute to the missions and goal fulfillment of the labor market and education administration based on their competencies. This is one of Luleå's most exciting and multicultural operations. The Resource Center enriches and strengthens the work with the education of children and students. We work with promoting and preventive measures, learning, and development through:

• Health and well-being
• Safety and sustainability
• Language and identity
• Culture and aesthetics
• Safe, nutritious meals

The Resource Center particularly monitors the rights of national minorities within the labor market and education administration as Luleå Municipality is an administrative area for Meänkieli, Sami, and Finnish.

Our current operations manager is moving on to a new assignment within the administration, and therefore we are looking for you who want to work in an organization characterized by a clear culture of collaboration and a trust-based approach.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As the operations manager for the Resource Center, you will lead a dynamic and diversified organization with many different competencies that support the labor market and education administration's activities. We are a modern workplace with an open work climate where employees have opportunities to develop their potential and the willingness for personal responsibility is encouraged.

You will lead unit managers within the various departments and develop the operations both together and individually, which places high demands on a trust-based, strategic, and present leadership. To give you the best opportunities to succeed in the role, you will be offered well-functioning support from our HR and finance functions as well as other specialists. The operations manager is directly subordinate to the director of labor market and education and is part of the management group within the administration.

Your main areas of responsibility:

• Overall responsibility for the organization's economy, including budget, follow-up, and resource allocation
• Strategic and overarching quality work to ensure goal fulfillment and equity
• Leadership through other managers focusing on clear goals, follow-up, and professional trust
• Extensive committee work as well as preparation and presentation of matters
• Union collaboration and employer responsibility
• Collaboration with other municipal and regional actors
• Drive renewal, development, and innovation

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have:

• University degree that the employer assesses as relevant for the position
• At least 3 years of leadership experience, with budget and personnel responsibility
• Experience of leadership from a politically governed organization
• Experience in school and cultural activities is an advantage

As a person, you are a secure leader who creates trusting relationships at all levels of the organization. Through a relationship-building and trust-based approach, you lead the operations through other leaders and create conditions for decisions to be made as close to the operations as possible. You are solution-oriented and have the ability to handle complex issues with a holistic perspective, while driving development and renewal with courage and clarity. With your good leadership skills, you create structure, direction, and engagement, even in change processes, and see learning as a natural part of both successes and challenges.

Welcome to be part of creating an operation where quality, courage, and trust go hand in hand - with the heart for every child.

The position is a permanent employment, where a probationary period may apply. If you become a candidate for the position, you will need to present a valid extract from the criminal record.

OTHER

Luleå Municipality is one of Norrbotten's largest employers with a strong belief in the future. We work to create a growing and viable municipality with room for 100,000 residents. Our goal is a sustainable society with quality of life for both today's and tomorrow's Luleå residents. Here, we all play an important role - every day, all year round, for Luleå.

We strive for gender equality and see diversity as a strength. We welcome employees with different backgrounds and work for an accessible work environment for all. Luleå Municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity.

Living in Luleå means a balance between work and leisure. Here you can enjoy northern winters, bright summers, and a safe, family-friendly environment. In Luleå, there is a rich cultural life, outdoor activities, and a strong community focused on innovation and sustainability.

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