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Description

Do you want to help shape the future of Lysekil? Lysekil Municipality is now seeking a Division Manager for Business and Communications who wants to lead the work of strengthening the municipality's attractiveness, creating good conditions for business, and building strong relationships with residents, companies, and visitors. Here you have the opportunity to combine strategic leadership with societal development in a unique coastal municipality where engagement, collaboration, and optimism for the future are at the center.

About the Role

As Division Manager for Business and Communications, you will have a central role in the municipality's development and a unique opportunity to influence how Lysekil grows, develops, and is perceived by residents, companies, visitors, and other stakeholders. You will lead a division responsible for business development, communications, and the contact center, three areas that together are crucial for creating an attractive municipality with good service, a strong business climate, and high trust in municipal operations.

In this role, you have overall responsibility for operations, economy, working environment, and employees. You drive the division's development in close collaboration with the Municipal Director, municipal leadership, political representatives, other managers, and external actors. As part of the municipality's leadership, you are expected to contribute a strategic holistic perspective and be a driving force in the municipality's long-term development work.

With us, you will have the opportunity to work on issues of great significance for the municipality's future. You will become part of the Municipal Executive Board Administration and play a central role in the work to develop Lysekil as an attractive place to live, work, visit, and invest in.

The role includes:

• Leading, coaching, and developing the division's employees and operations towards set goals
• Having overall responsibility for operations, budget, follow-up, and results
• Initiating and driving strategic development and change processes that contribute to the municipality's long-term development
• Strengthening and developing the municipality's collaboration with the business community to promote growth, establishment, and a good business climate
• Developing and coordinating the municipality's internal and external communications
• Representing Lysekil Municipality in networks, projects, and collaboration forums
• Actively contributing to the municipality's management groups and strategic development work
• Providing qualified support to municipal leadership and political representatives within the area of responsibility

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a secure, engaging, and development-oriented leader with the ability to create trust, build strong relationships, and turn visions into concrete results. You have a strategic perspective and good collaboration skills. You thrive in a politically governed organization and have a genuine interest in societal development and public service. We are looking for you with:

• An academic education in communications, social sciences, marketing, or another area that the employer deems equivalent
• Documented experience of management and leadership with responsibility for operations, personnel, and budget
• Experience in strategic development work and change management
• Experience working in one or more of the areas: business development, communications, citizen services, or digital development
• Good understanding of governance, management, and operational follow-up
• Very good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have experience working in a politically governed organization, preferably municipal operations.

To succeed in the role, you have a strategic perspective and the ability to see the big picture, long-term connections, and opportunities for future development. You are proactive, self-initiating, and have a clear focus on results while enabling people around you to grow and contribute. Through trust-based and clear leadership, you create engagement, participation, and good conditions for collaboration. You build strong relationships and collaborate successfully with both internal and external actors. We also see that you are creative and development-oriented, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities and turn ideas into concrete results. With good judgment and a positive attitude, you drive the work and contribute to Lysekil Municipality's long-term development.

We place great importance on personal suitability.

Conditions

• Permanent position
• Full-time
• Start date by agreement
• Valid driver's license (Category B) required

The position is security-classified, and a security check will be conducted prior to employment.

Contact

In this recruitment, we collaborate with Human Capital. For more information and initial contact, you are welcome to reach out to Human Capital's consultants Anna Ekedorff ([email protected], 0709-52 53 68) or Josefin Pihlqvist ([email protected], 070-280 87 47).

Apply for the role via the "apply for job" link at the bottom of the page by August 23rd. We look forward to receiving your application!

During the summer months, response times may be slightly longer. We appreciate your understanding. Interviews will take place in August-September.

About Lysekil Municipality

Located at the far end of the Bohuslän coast, where the Gullmarsfjord meets the open sea, lies Lysekil – a vibrant coastal city with magnificent nature, salty baths, and a rich offering of experiences year-round. Here, the sea, cliffs, and archipelago life meet activities such as world-class climbing and diving in one of Sweden's most species-rich marine areas.

Lysekil is also a municipality that develops with quality and care, where we have been noted for our city park and attractive living environments.

Please read more about life and opportunities in Lysekil on the municipality's website and in the film "About life in Lysekil".

We work actively with diversity to utilize the different qualities of applicants.

Lysekil Municipality is a smoke-free workplace.

To staffing and recruitment agencies and to you who are salespeople: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.