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Welcome to the Municipal Executive Office. Here you work together with employees from departments for communication, HR, IT, finance, procurement and property, as well as the departments for quality and planning, safety and sustainability, and the administration. The Municipal Executive Office also houses the organizations for business and destination, as well as shared services. The Municipal Executive Office is the link between the decisions of our elected officials and all the municipality's operations. Our mandate includes coordinating and driving overarching issues within democracy, societal and business development, as well as ecological and social sustainability.

More information about what it is like to work in Uppsala Municipality can be found at https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/ (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/).

1 position.

Do you want to help shape today's and tomorrow's workplace, work environment, and culture at workplaces in Uppsala Municipality? We want our employees to look forward to work – and for our workplaces to create the best possible conditions for both people and operations. We are now looking for you who want to make a real difference in our employees' daily work life.

Within the Workplace and Service Department at the Municipal Executive Office, we meet residents, employees, and managers within the organization daily who visit and work in our city hall and at other addresses in Uppsala Municipality. We are responsible for the workplaces, and our mission is to develop, coordinate, and deliver physical workplaces and services that support the goals of operations and the needs of employees in a flexible and digital working life. Our goal is clear – we want our workplaces and our city hall to be an attractive workplace for employees and managers who want to grow, influence, and make a difference.

Your Mission

As a Business Developer, you play a key role in driving and supporting the development of our workplaces with new ways of working, technical opportunities, culture, and collaborations in a complex organization with many different operations, employees, and managers. The mission combines strategic thinking with operational execution – you both drive direction and get things done. This means working both independently and together with colleagues, management, and support functions:

• Proactively initiate, plan, and implement development efforts related to workplace and work environment, and coach managers in this work.
• Drive change and culture development that supports a modern and flexible working life.
• Translate strategies and goals into concrete activities and results.
• Work closely with operations to understand needs and create relevant solutions.
• Contribute to building a culture where clarity, responsibility, development, and security are central.

In your role, you work on assignment and report to the Head of the Workplace and Service Department. Your employment is at the Municipal Executive Office within the HR department.

What We Offer

With us, you get a meaningful and developmental assignment where you contribute to creating attractive workplaces and developmental ways of working for many employees. You become part of an organization with an important societal mission, where your competence and engagement make a real difference.

• A strategic and operational assignment with great scope for action.
• Close collaboration with engaged colleagues, employees, and managers.
• A work environment characterized by development, learning, and collaboration.
• Good opportunities for competence development.

Your Background

We are looking for you who have experience in driving the development of workplaces, ways of working, and work environment in organizations where the pace of change is high and where quality and participation are crucial. You have the ability to see the big picture while simultaneously translating ideas into practical execution. You have strong communication skills and make the complex simple. You thrive and feel confident giving presentations to larger audiences and have a natural pedagogical ability.

Requirements:

• Relevant university education or equivalent experience that the employer deems relevant for the position.
• Several years of experience in business and organizational development linked to the development and change of ways of working and behaviors.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and good knowledge of English, both spoken and written.
• Good digital competence and familiarity with digital ways of working.

Meritorious:

• Experience in organizational consulting, leadership development, or HR.
• Managerial experience or operational responsibility.
• Experience in public sector governance.
• Experience in project management and major change initiatives.

We see that you are confident in yourself and have good self-awareness. You are curious about challenges and sensitive to needs, with a natural ability to build trusting relationships and create good collaborations.

You contribute to a positive work climate where people thrive and develop together. With your engagement and structure, you create direction, participation, and momentum in development work.

You are unpretentious and generous with your knowledge, and see learning as something we create together. Through your way of working, you actively contribute to the development of both individuals and the organization.

We look forward to your application! With us, you get the opportunity to influence for real and contribute to creating workplaces where people thrive, develop, and make a difference every day.

Information

A first round of interviews will take place via Teams during weeks 26 and 27. If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, welcome to contact:

• Jonas Hurtigh Grabe, Head of Workplace and Service
• Åsa Virdhall, Area Manager for Manager and Leadership Development and Learning within HR
• Iréne Lavesson, HR Specialist, 018-727 12 91

Union Representatives:

• Akademikerförbundet SSR/Saco, Camilla Ahlsén Hoff, 018-727 24 34
• Akavia/Saco Council, Jonny Eliasson, 018-727 22 12
• Vision, Liselotte Ehn, 018-727 49 49

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala Municipality may involve being placed on the war establishment (krigsplacering).

Salary Form: Monthly salary.
Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.