Vacant job

The Department of Culture and Leisure 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 life. The libraries in Södertälje consist of two units: the City Library with the target-group-specific library TIO14, and 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 Adult Services

We are looking for a librarian with operational management responsibility for the City Library's adult services. As an operations manager, you contribute to developing the library organization and coordinate adult services according to assignments and goals, in close collaboration with the unit manager.

Your responsibilities include:

• participating in meetings for planning and coordination with the head librarian and the operations manager for the adult department,
• acting as a link between the work group and management,
• leading and developing adult services together with colleagues,
• coordinating and initiating the distribution of tasks,
• preparing materials for, for example, applications, reports, and steering documents,
• performing common librarian tasks with some evening and weekend work 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 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 services and leading a work group.
• You are accustomed 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 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 the intended assignment.

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 work occurs.

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.

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