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Överkalix Municipality is located in the heart of Norrbotten and is crossed by the Arctic Circle, giving us bright summers and snowy winters. We are at the center of the green transition and have a clearly stated ambition to be part of the growth train and together create a sustainable Norrbotten.

Project Manager for Health Överkalix – Step by Step

Job Description

Do you want to be part of building something that can make a real difference to people's health, working environment, and quality of life?

Överkalix Municipality has been granted funding for the project Health Överkalix – Step by Step, a long-term initiative to strengthen employee health, reduce sickness absence, and create conditions for a sustainable working life. The project will run from 2026 to 2029 and covers all employees in the municipality.

We are now looking for a Project Manager who wants to take overall responsibility for leading, coordinating, and developing the project. As the Project Manager, you are responsible for the implementation, follow-up, and reporting of the project. You will be the connecting link between the various actors in the project and work closely with health guides, managers, employees, steering groups, trade unions, and external partners.

The role involves both strategic and operational work. You are expected to drive the project forward, ensure that goals are met, and create conditions for the project's results to continue after the project period ends.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of the project.
• Responsible for project planning, follow-up, and quality assurance.
• Responsible for reporting, economy, and administration related to project funders.
• Coordinate steering groups, reference groups, and external partners.
• Plan and carry out internal and external communication efforts.
• Contribute to the development of long-term structures for health-promoting work within the municipality.
• Follow up on project results and analyze effects.
• Ensure that gender equality, accessibility, and equal treatment are integrated into the project's work.
• Coordinate the dissemination of experiences regionally and nationally.

The responsibilities may develop during the course of the project.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Documented experience in leading development projects.
• Experience in project follow-up, budgeting, and reporting.
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish.
• Good digital competence.
• Valid driver's license (Category B).

The following are meritorious:

• Relevant university education in fields such as social sciences, public health, project management, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience with projects funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) or other structural funds.
• Experience in public sector operations.
• Experience in collaboration work between different actors and operations.
• Experience in strategic communication and communication planning.
• Knowledge in occupational health and safety, public health, or competence supply.

Personal Qualities

• Communicative and confident in representing the project both internally and externally.
• Structured and has good ability to plan, prioritize, and follow up.
• Easy to build trust and establish relationships.
• Self-initiative and takes responsibility for driving the work forward.
• Good teamwork skills and thrives in a coordinating role.
• Good analytical ability and sees connections between individual, operational, and organizational levels.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Duration and Working Hours

The position is a project employment at 50% until 2029-06-30.

Salary

Monthly salary.

Application

We want your application no later than 2026-08-02. Any questions about the position will be answered from week 29 onwards until the application deadline.

Submit your application via the form in this advertisement.

Contact Persons

Future Director Jessica Wennberg, phone 0926-740 09 (July 13–17)

Public Health Coordinator Erik Nilsson, phone 0926-740 10 (July 13–31)

Union representatives can be reached via the municipality's switchboard, phone 0926-740 00.

Our task as a municipality is to offer good service with high quality to the inhabitants and to work for Överkalix to be an attractive municipality to grow up, study, live, work, and age in. We want you to become part of it!

To thrive here, you should share Överkalix Municipality's common value base, where the key words are: engaged, respectful, responsible, and professional. We offer a pleasant working environment, varied tasks, and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure.

As an employee of Överkalix Municipality, you have the opportunity for wellness benefits. Some of our workplaces have flexible hours and there may be possibilities for remote work, depending on the workplace and tasks. We apply smoke-free working hours.

The personal data in your application will be stored for 24 months. If you are hired, your details will be saved in the personnel file; otherwise, they will be deleted after two years.

Advertising salespeople, recruitment agencies, and others are asked not to contact us in this recruitment. We have decided which recruitment channels we want to use. Please respect this.

Open to all
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace according to your needs.