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Join us in developing Verket – one of Sweden's most unique cultural environments

We are looking for an Operations Manager who wants to coordinate, develop, and bring together the operations at the industrial history museum Verket in Avesta. Here, you will have the opportunity to shape the next chapter in Verket's development together with dedicated employees, colleagues, and partners.

Verket is a place where industrial history, contemporary art, pedagogy, events, and visitor services meet. Here you will find the annual contemporary art exhibition Avesta Art – a regional assignment, school programs, tours, holiday activities, café, shop, and a vibrant public program. During the coming year, the operations will also be developed with a new football museum planned to open in 2027, as part of the museum organization at Verket.

As Operations Manager, a supervisory role, you will have a key role in creating structure, coordination, and good conditions for the operations. You work closely with employees in daily life and contribute to the operations functioning well for both visitors, colleagues, and partners.

With us, you become part of Culture Avesta – an operation that believes in the power of culture to create meetings, participation, and hope for the future.

About the role

As Operations Manager, you are responsible for leading, coordinating, and developing the daily museum operations at Verket. The role is supervisory and involves planning, prioritizing, and coordinating the operation's resources so that the operation functions efficiently and maintains high quality.

You work close to the operations and are available as support for employees in their daily work. By coordinating, prioritizing, and creating structure, you contribute to the operations functioning well and people succeeding in their assignments. You collaborate closely with the Cultural Director and become an important link between the different parts of the operation.

The role combines creative and strategic development work with close operational responsibility. One day you work with operational planning and development, budget monitoring, or occupational health and safety issues. The next day, you solve practical questions regarding staffing, hospitality, visitor service, or an upcoming event.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Supervise and coordinate the daily operations at Verket and the upcoming football museum.
• Be responsible for planning, staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Monitor operations, economy, and occupational health and safety within the framework of the assignment.
• Coordinate the operation's work with hospitality, café, shop, and visitor service.
• Ensure that routines, safety work, and quality work function in everyday life.
• Be the contact person in questions regarding operation, premises, and the practical function of the operation.
• Participate in operational development and implementation of Culture Avesta's goals and plans.
• Participate in Culture Avesta's management group and contribute to the development of the entire operation.

Who are you?

You have a genuine interest in museum operations and mediation. We are looking for you who like to get people, operations, and ideas to function together.

You are a secure and structured person who easily creates order, prioritizes, and keeps many parallel processes together. You thrive in a role where you need to see the big picture while keeping an eye on the details.

You are used to coordinating people and operations and have the ability to create engagement, participation, and good collaborative relationships. When something unexpected happens, you remain calm, find solutions, and help the operation move forward.

We also believe that you are development-oriented, used to monitoring the external environment, and see opportunities in new ways of working, collaborations, and digital solutions. You appreciate meeting people and understand the importance of professional hospitality in a public operation.

Formal qualifications

We are looking for you who have relevant university education within, for example, culture, museums, tourism, pedagogy, leadership, or other education and experience that the employer considers equivalent.

You have several years of experience in supervision, coordination, or project management within cultural operations, tourism, the museum sector, or other public operations.

It is important that you have experience in planning and coordinating operations with many different actors, activities, and needs. You also need to have experience in financial monitoring, administration, and work in digital operation systems.

A valid driver's license (Category B) is required.

It is meritorious if you have experience with:

• museums, cultural environments, or visitor attractions,
• public operations or politically governed organizations,
• occupational health and safety work and systematic occupational health and safety work,
• work with café, shop, or visitor service operations.

You express yourself well in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing, and have good digital competence.

Avesta Municipality works to create a sustainable working life and offers benefits that contribute to health, balance, and security in everyday life. On our website www.avesta.se/jobb (https://www.avesta.se/jobb), you can read more about what we offer you as an employee in Avesta Municipality.

We welcome your application!

Employment type: Permanent position.

Duration: Permanent.

Start date: 2026-10-01.