Chief Executive Officer for the Municipal Board Administration (Chief Clerk) at Staffanstorp Municipality

Staffanstorp is a young and expanding municipality with just over 27,000 inhabitants, one of Sweden's best business climates, attractive living environments, and schools in the absolute top tier. Our approximately 1,200 employees work to create high-quality service, security, and quality of life for our residents. Whether you teach children to read and count, offer culture and music, provide safety and care, or develop the municipality's streets and squares, you contribute to creating good days for those who live and work in Staffanstorp.

As an employee in the municipality, you are part of an organization with high participation and fast decision-making paths. You will have extensive collegial support where we work together to realize ideas and thoughts. Our operations are characterized by mutual trust and present leadership. Do you want meaningful work where you make a difference? Welcome to us!

MUNICIPAL BOARD ADMINISTRATION

The Municipal Board Administration consists of several central support functions including communication, administration, staff, HR, finance, catering, IT, security, as well as investigation and analysis.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Chief Clerk (Kanslichef), you report to the Municipal Director and become a key person in the leadership group of the Municipal Board Administration. The role involves, together with other managers in the municipality and political representatives, contributing to the continuous development of the municipality to achieve high quality, good efficiency, and the best possible results regarding the municipality's welfare mission. Today, the role also includes serving as the secretary for the Municipal Board and its executive committee, as well as a council specialist in the Election Committee.

The Chief Clerk leads the administration's operations, consisting of a centralized registry and municipal archives. In election years, the administration also serves as the election office. The role involves leading a department of a total of 8 people with the professions of council secretary, registrars, archivist, and archive assistant.

The municipality is a member of the municipal association Sydarkivera, and an important task is to develop e-archiving.

One of your primary tasks is to continue the work on streamlining the administration's basic duties, including digitization. To succeed in the role, you nurture and develop good cooperation internally within the department as well as externally with other parts of the municipality. As Chief Clerk, you have close cooperation with the Chairman of the Municipal Board, where additional tasks from politics may be added.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a confident leader with experience in driving efficiency, digitization, and development work in a legally secure manner, keeping the best interests of the municipality's residents in mind. Structure and innovative thinking are key words in this role, as you, as Chief Clerk, work with clarity in various processes.

We are looking for you who are motivated by leading towards results and have a strong drive to contribute to developing people and the organization towards set goals, as well as working in a politically governed organization.

Cooperation, leadership, and communication, as well as the ability to create a good working climate, are key factors for the role. Important personal skills are sensitivity and tact.

We assume that you have a strong commitment to democracy and the municipality's societal mission. You have the ability to work strategically and consider the best interests of the entire organization. To succeed in the role, you have very good ability to collaborate with different internal and external business representatives and express yourself well – both orally and in writing.

We see that you have:

• A university education relevant to the field, such as political science, law, or equivalent.
• Experience from a similar role.
• Very good knowledge of administrative law and the Local Government Act.
• Leadership experience from a politically governed organization is a requirement.

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

Please note that in this recruitment, we have chosen to remove the PERSONAL COVER LETTER from the application process and replaced it with selection questions. This is for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you who are applying for a job with us. Your answers will become an important part of our selection work.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Municipal Director Per Almström during week 27-30.

Interviews will be held during week 36 and 37.

If you want to know more about what it is like to work at Staffanstorp Municipality, go to:
www.staffanstorp.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobbahososs/ (http://www.staffanstorp.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobbahososs/)

Staffanstorp Municipality applies smoke-free working hours.

In connection with the recruitment work, Staffanstorp Municipality has carefully taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Those who live and work in Staffanstorp Municipality have the opportunity to also work as a part-time firefighter. Contact us at the Rescue Service via the municipality's switchboard if you are interested in this.

We warmly welcome your application!