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Development Manager

Do you want to help develop quality in an educational organization with high ambitions?

Edukatus Alliance is where learning happens – from the first steps in preschool to future dreams at the University College of Vocational Education. With operations from Kiruna to Malmö, we are one of Sweden's larger education companies. Every day, we work to create safe learning environments where children, students, and employees are given the conditions to develop and succeed.

We are now looking for a Development Manager for the principal's quality and development organization. This is a role for you who wants to combine strategic development work with close operational support and is motivated by turning analysis, research, and proven experience into concrete development.

About the Role

As a Development Manager, you are part of the principal's quality organization and work both strategically and operationally to develop the quality of our educational activities.

Your main task is to lead quality-improving processes that strengthen the organization's analytical capacity, learning, and results. Through quality dialogues, educational initiatives, follow-up, and analysis, you contribute to developing the quality of teaching, strengthening equity, and increasing goal fulfillment for our children, students, and learners.

In the role, you are also responsible for coordinating the group's lead teachers, supporting the development organizations of the operations, and developing and ensuring the quality of the principal's guidelines, routines, and processes within the student health area.

You will:

• Lead and develop quality-improving processes within the framework of the principal's systematic quality work.
• Plan, implement, and further develop the principal's quality dialogues.
• Coordinate and develop the group's work with lead teachers as a strategic resource for teaching development.
• Evaluate, develop, and ensure the quality of guidelines, routines, and support materials within the student health area.
• Ensure regulatory compliance within the areas of responsibility of the assignment.
• Plan, lead, and conduct major development and learning processes in both physical and digital formats.
• Compile, analyze, and present quality materials and decision support to management.

We are looking for you who

Have a pedagogical university degree and experience of leading and developing teaching and student health work as a principal and/or special needs educator. You have good knowledge of the regulations and tasks of upper secondary school, systematic quality work, and the School Act's provisions on student health, special support, and the principal's responsibility.

You have several years of experience in planning and leading educational and learning processes in larger organizations and are well acquainted with current research in school development, improvement, and change management. Your administrative and digital skills are high, and you are accustomed to working systematically with the analysis, follow-up, and documentation of complex information.

To thrive with us, you need to appreciate working in a well-structured management system with clear expectations and a high pace of development. You are analytical, structured, deliver with high quality, and have the ability to switch between strategic thinking and operational implementation.

We also believe that you are a person who sees the value of collaboration, shares your competence, and contributes to a non-hierarchical work climate where function comes before personality.

We offer

You become part of a staff department with high specialist competence and a common mission to strengthen quality, equity, and goal fulfillment throughout the organization.

Our work is characterized by high professionalism, clear structures, efficient coordination, and a strong focus on quality and results. Here, specialists in quality, student health, school law, and administration work closely together with a shared belief that the best results are created together.

You get the opportunity to work with school development at the principal level and influence the development for over 10,200 children, students, and learners. The role offers great opportunities to contribute, influence, and develop together with experienced and engaged colleagues. Here, you are expected to take responsibility for your assignment while actively contributing to the whole and working in line with common goals, priorities, and ways of working.

Location and Scope

The position has a hybrid setup; you can be based in any location in Sweden but are expected to work from one of our offices in Malmö or Stockholm about one to two days per week. The rest of the time, the work can be performed remotely.

The work involves regular travel within the country, both with and without overnight stays.

A driver's license (Category B) is a requirement.

Application

For questions about the role, contact Quality Manager Nathalie Bredvad Jensen at [email protected].

We interview continuously, so the position may be filled before the application deadline.

For final employment, we apply a written procedure where the employment contract is signed digitally by both parties.

The employment is subject to requirements according to the School Act, which means that the person offered the position must present an extract from the criminal record register before employment can be entered into.

We kindly but firmly decline contact from recruitment agencies and advertising intermediaries.