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The Culture and Leisure Department is responsible for a vibrant cultural and leisure life in Södertälje Municipality. The department manages libraries, a cultural school, an art hall, youth leisure activities, sports facilities, Torekällberget, and outdoor recreation. The libraries in Södertälje consist of two units: the City Library with the target-group-specific library TIO14, and the Area Libraries, which include branch libraries, district libraries, and a book bus. For us, the libraries are a place for literature and culture and should be an open and safe meeting place for all citizens.

Operations Manager/Librarian for Children and Young People

We are looking for a librarian with operational management responsibility for the City Library's children's and youth activities, which includes the target-group-specific activity TIO14. As an operations manager, you will contribute to developing the library organization and coordinate the children's and youth activities according to assignments and goals, in close collaboration with the Unit Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• participating in meetings for planning and coordination with the Unit Manager and the Operations Manager for the adult section,
• acting as a link between the work group and management,
• leading and developing children's and youth activities together with colleagues,
• coordinating and initiating the distribution of tasks,
• preparing materials for, for example, applications, reports, and governing documents,
• performing common librarian tasks with some evening and weekend shifts according to schedule.

Who are you?

We are looking for you who want to have a developing and creative job together with competent and inspiring colleagues.

Requirements:

• Education in library and information science or other relevant education that the employer considers equivalent.
• Experience as a librarian with a focus on children and young people, at a public library.
• Good IT skills.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English.

Merits:

• Experience in coordinating and leading colleagues.
• Experience in strategic operational development.
• Experience in working with a diversity perspective.
• Multilingualism.

Personal qualities:

• You are motivated by developing library activities and leading a work group.
• You are used to taking initiative and, with sensitivity, engaging and leading a group, but also working independently.
• You have a holistic perspective and a great interest in library issues.
• You have a strong commitment to the target group of children and young people and reading promotion.
• You enjoy meeting different kinds of people and creating good relationships. Good treatment and a high service level are a matter of course.
• You are communicative and take advantage of the initiative and competence of the employees in the work group.
• You are structured and clear in your communication.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities and look forward to a cover letter where you tell more about yourself, but also your thoughts on working with reading promotion.

We offer you

As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good employment conditions and working environment, competence development, and several benefits. Please read more about us on our website and for more information about our benefits: https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/ (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

You are part of the City Library unit. Your workplace is at the City Library, located in Lunagallerian, centrally in Södertälje. In total, approximately 45 people work at the libraries, and about half of them work at the City Library. It is an open office landscape.

Weekend and evening shifts occur.

Welcome to us!

Other

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Södertälje Municipality works with competency-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.

We have many positions where we conduct a register check. A certificate of good conduct (criminal record and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a decision on employment.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security investigation with a register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our security-class tasks, Swedish citizenship is required.