Chief Administrative Officer Wanted at Vimmerby Municipality

Vimmerby is the small municipality in Småland that has much to offer; in addition to the rich cultural heritage from Astrid Lindgren, the municipality is also characterized by a diverse business life, strong local engagement, active association life, beautiful nature, and a peaceful environment.

Through our core values; Responsibility, courage, and imagination, we work to provide the best possible service and care to Vimmerby Municipality's approx. 15,800 residents, businesses, and all who visit the municipality. These values permeate the municipality's conduct and work methods and are something everyone carries with them in their daily work.

As a manager at Vimmerby Municipality, you are a role model and lead from a developmental leadership perspective. You create participation, promote an open collaborative climate, and leverage employees' competence and ideas. Vimmerby Municipality actively works to support and develop leadership.

We are now looking for a Chief Administrative Officer – a secure and development-oriented leader who wants to take a key role in the municipality's continued organization and development.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

The position is located under the Municipal Executive Board Administration. As Chief Administrative Officer, you have a varied, meaningful, and strategically important assignment where you get the opportunity to make a real difference for the entire municipal group. You are responsible for leading, developing, and following up on the administration department's operations, with a focus on quality, legal certainty, efficiency, and service. You are part of the administration's management group and work in close collaboration with the Municipal Manager and other managers for overall and long-term development.

The assignment includes operational, personnel, work environment, and budget responsibility for the department, which consists of 12 employees with different functions and assignments. Initially, there will be a clear focus on creating structure, ensuring that routines and decision-making processes follow legislation and regulations, and contributing to increased internal competence regarding the Municipal Act, administrative law, and legal processes. You are also expected to drive digitalization and efficiency improvements in working methods, always with legal certainty and quality at the center.

The tasks encompass a broad responsibility where you lead the work with committee and council administration, case preparation, registry, archives, communication, and contact center. You ensure professional support to political committees, administration management, and managers, and provide legal support primarily to the Municipal Executive Board Administration, but also to other committees and companies in the municipal group. The role also involves leading the municipality's work within election administration, information security, data protection/GDPR, and crisis communication. A central part is driving the continued development of the municipality's contact center as a common service function for the entire municipality, while also contributing to the municipality's overall development and strengthening structures in an organization undergoing change.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who are a secure, clear, and communicative leader with strong integrity and the ability to create structure in complex contexts. You are solution-oriented, present, and build trust through collaboration and participation. You thrive in a politically governed organization and have a strong interest in how good administration and legal quality create value for operations and citizens. You work from a holistic perspective and act in accordance with laws, guidelines, and political decisions.

We see that you have:

• Relevant university education, e.g., law degree, urban studies degree, or public administration, or alternatively other education combined with experience assessed as equivalent.
• Good knowledge of public law, the Municipal Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, public access and secrecy legislation, and GDPR.
• Good ability and experience in working with political bodies such as the Municipal Executive Board and the Council.
• Ability to lead and develop both legal and administrative processes, as well as experience with media and communication processes.
• Several years of leadership experience with responsibility for personnel, work environment, economy, and operational development.
• Experience in leading, developing, and working in structured case processes, with a focus on ensuring secure, efficient, and traceable handling.
• A secure leadership style with experience in change management and group development.
• Excellent communication skills and express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Category B driver's license.

Meritorious experience includes:

• Leadership of an administration or support function in a municipal organization.
• Legal work - for example as a municipal lawyer, administrative lawyer, or case handler.
• Driving the digitalization of administrative and legal processes and working methods.
• Leadership training, preferably in Developmental Leadership (UL).

We offer:

With us, you get a role where you make a difference every day.

• You do not lead alone: Vimmerby Municipality invests in managerial support, leadership development, mentoring, and professional networks.
• Real development: We are an organization that wants to move forward. Here you get the mandate and space to drive improvements and set direction.
• Closeness and community: In a smaller municipality, you are close to the decisions, close to the residents, and close to the results of your work.

As an employee at Vimmerby Municipality, you get secure conditions, wellness benefits, benefits according to collective agreements, and good opportunities for competence development. The municipality works long-term for a sustainable work environment and trust-based leadership.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent, start: According to agreement.

Vimmerby Municipality works with competence-based recruitment to ensure a fair and inclusive process where each candidate's competence is in focus. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences and place great importance on personal suitability based on the competencies described in the advertisement.

The position is filled on the condition that no employee with priority rights makes a claim to it.

To maintain quality and security in our recruitment, certain checks may become relevant prior to employment. Which checks apply to this specific position, we will inform you of during the interview.

Before employment, you as a candidate must be able to show a valid ID document and personal certificate.

Before the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on advertising channels and marketing. We therefore decline further contact with media/advertising sales, recruitment sites, and similar.

Apply now!