Vacant job

Do you want to help develop a modern and service-oriented property organization? Sala Municipality is looking for a driven and confident Administrative Manager for the Property Operations department. Here you will have a key role in ensuring the department's results while ensuring that premises and properties support the municipality's operations in the best possible way.

About the workplace

The position of Administrative Manager is located within the Technical Office at Property Operations, which is responsible for ensuring that the municipality's operations have functional, sustainable, and well-functioning premises. The Property department manages municipally owned properties, rents in residential and commercial spaces, and carries out new construction and renovations based on municipal operational needs.

The Property department consists of approximately 30 employees located in central Sala. As Administrative Manager, you report to the Operations Manager, participate in the management group, and are a member of the strategic property group.

Assignment and purpose of the role

The role of head of the administrative unit includes responsibility for operations, personnel, and economy. You lead five employees and ensure that you together contribute to the achievement of the department's goals.

As Administrative Manager, you have a central and strategically important role in the operations. You are responsible for economic delivery, including forecasting, budgeting, and annual accounts. You are also responsible for structure, documentation, and coordination regarding lease agreements, premises supply, and property-related issues, with a focus on long-term management, structure, quality, documentation, analysis, and reporting.

The role involves overall economic assurance and follow-up both within operational and investment projects, as well as within procurement, working environment, quality, fire safety, and regulatory requirements. You actively contribute to creating a sustainable, efficient, and long-term property management. The role also includes collaborating with the municipality's premises strategist, based on long-term premises supply work.

Your main tasks:

You are responsible for the leadership and steering of administrative functions such as economy, contracts, system administration, document management, and customer service. You ensure and are responsible for all parts of economic delivery and follow-up. You prepare, follow up on, and renegotiate contracts, both external and internal. You work with long-term premises supply work and property holdings.

The role is responsible for ensuring order, structure, and quality in all documentation and internal processes, as well as driving development work.

Competency requirements / Education

We are looking for you who

• Have a university degree in administration, economics, law, leadership, property, systems science, or public administration.
• Alternatively, other relevant education with documented experience in similar roles and leadership training
• Several years of documented leadership experience
• Valid driver's license (Category B).
• Basic understanding of property management, operations, and maintenance
• Knowledge of rental law and contract administration
• Knowledge of procurement and contracting models
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements (SBA, environment, working environment)
• Familiarity with the Public Procurement Act (LOU)
• Familiarity with the Principle of Public Access and secrecy legislation
• Experience in premises supply work

Merits

• Experience with Municipal administration and case processing
• Experience with economic system Visma
• Experience with property systems such as Pythagoras or similar

Personal qualities

You are confident in your role, structured, take responsibility, and work independently with high quality. You are proactive, communicative, and thrive with freedom under responsibility. You have the ability to see both the big picture and details simultaneously with an analytical focus. You are service-oriented with a diplomatic approach in a politically governed organization. You need to be stable in change to handle constant adjustments, development, and changing legal requirements.

You find it easy to collaborate, contribute to a good working environment, and want to develop the operations together with your colleagues.

Personal suitability is given great weight!

Other

The position may start with a 6-month probationary period. Work trials may be applied. We offer our employees a 2000 SEK wellness allowance and the possibility of holiday exchange.

Terms of employment

Permanent position, full time/daytime

Start date according to agreement

Individual salary setting applies

Application

Apply no later than 2026-06-14

Apply via http://www.sala.se/ledigajobb. We do not accept applications via email.

Selection and contact are made on an ongoing basis, so do not hesitate to submit your application!

Information

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact:

Acting Administrative Manager, Inger Fredriksson, 0766 - 07 77 81

Operations Manager Property, Åsa Agemalm, 0224 - 74 74 06

Union contact person: Vision, Stefan Blomkvist, 0224-74 79 32

About Sala Municipality

Sala is a pleasant small town with a vibrant countryside and proximity to several major cities. Almost 23,000 people live in the municipality, of which about 13,000 in Sala town. Thanks to short distances, free public transport, and good service throughout the municipality, there is an opportunity for quality of life and a simpler everyday life. The municipality has a strong business life, a rich association life, and beautiful natural areas that invite to activity and recreation. When the longing for the big city takes over, you can easily take the train. You reach Västerås and Uppsala in about 30 minutes and Stockholm in about 75 minutes. If you are not ready to leave the big city for Sala yet, it is of course fine to commute, which several of our 2000 employees do.

Read more about Sala at www.sala.se

Welcome with your application!

Sala Municipality is looking for you who have the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic affiliation, religion or other belief, disability, and age.

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