Do you want to lead and implement the transition to the social services of the future?

The Social Services Administration in Järfälla Municipality is facing a comprehensive and exciting transition – towards a more preventive, knowledge-based, and accessible social service that aligns with the municipality's vision, Järfälla – a place for everyone. We are now looking for a Development Director who wants to take overall responsibility for leading and driving this change together with us.

As Development Director, you will have a key role in the administration's strategic leadership, where you, together with colleagues in the administrative leadership, set the direction and ensure the practical implementation of our transition.

The Social Services Administration in Järfälla is responsible for elderly care, disability services, individual and family care (IFO), and labor market issues. We work with courage, trust, and participation – and we do it together.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your assignment

As Development Director, you have a dual assignment – strategic and operational.

You:

• Are part of the administrative leadership group and report directly to the Social Director
• Lead and develop the administration's collective work within quality, development, and digitalization
• Have managerial responsibility for:

• Manager of the Quality and Development Unit
• Manager of the Digitalization Unit
• MAS and MAR
• Business Controllers
• IFO Strategist

At the same time, you play a central role as the process leader for the entire administration's transition related to the new Social Services Act and good and close care.

You are responsible for:

• Driving and coordinating the administration's overarching development and change work
• Leading the transition towards a more preventive, cohesive, and knowledge-based social service
• Ensuring that development efforts are translated into operations and provide actual benefit for residents and employees
• Creating structure for analysis, follow-up, and learning at the administration level
• Leading strategic development initiatives and major change processes
• Ensuring efficient and high-quality processes within the development area
• Overseeing that cases submitted to the committee are of high quality, well-founded, and support political decisions
• Strengthening collaboration internally and externally

The assignment requires that you can switch between setting direction at a high level and stepping in operationally to lead the process forward.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who:

• Have a relevant university degree, for example in social work or another education considered equivalent
• Have broad and substantial experience from various areas of social services
• Have several years of experience leading managers or qualified employees
• Have documented experience driving major development or change projects in a complex organization
• Have good knowledge of legislation, governance, and follow-up within the public sector
• Are well-versed in the development of social services, including upcoming legislation and the transition to good and close care

It is an advantage if you:

• Have experience working with preventive measures and knowledge-based practice
• Have worked in close collaboration with the region or civil society
• Have experience integrating digitalization into business development

Your personal qualities

To succeed in the role, you need to be a clear and secure leader who combines strategic height with execution power.

You:

• Have the ability to lead change and create engagement in the organization
• Are analytical and see connections between different operational areas
• Have a strong holistic view and make decisions that benefit the entire organization
• Can switch between strategic work and operational process leadership
• Are unpretentious and collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries
• Lead through a trust-based approach

You are a leader who can both point out the direction and walk alongside in the implementation.

We offer

We offer you a meaningful and developmental assignment where you get the opportunity to:

• Help shape the social services of the future
• Work together with the administrative leadership and political level
• Lead an organization with high competence and a strong desire to develop
• Make a real difference for residents and employees

Do you want to take a key role in one of the most important transitions in the welfare sector?

Apply now!

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.

Järfälla has the most exciting geographical location in northern Stockholm and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variety, good development opportunities, and we work according to the vision Järfälla for everyone forward. Read more about what it is like to work with us at the link below!

Järfälla Municipality works with a competence-based recruitment process for prejudice-free recruitment. We at the Social Services Administration work together regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, and age. Differences enrich and enable development for everyone forward!

We conduct background checks for final candidates in this recruitment procedure. Background checks are only conducted to the extent relevant to the current position. In cases where extracts from the criminal record are required by law, you will also need to present such an extract. We collect oral and written consent. For more information on how we work with background checks, see www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller

Ongoing interviews and appointment of the position before the application period has ended may take place. We work based on the needs of the operations and appoint thereafter. We have both digital and physical interviews and contact candidates via the provided email/phone.

We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.