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There is something special about Avesta! Here you will find not only Dala horses and roaring rapids. Here you also find willpower and courage, drive and hope for the future. It is the strength of the people that makes Avesta unique. Together we are building Avesta's future – do you want to be part of it?

The Care Administration works based on the core values that all people we meet have equal value and are unique. Within the administration, there are individual and family care, LSS operations, social psychiatry, health and medical care, home help services, special housing, as well as an employment and staffing unit. Together we are around 900 employees who work every day to make a difference for the people we exist to serve.

With us, you become part of an organization where collaboration, development, and collegial support are a natural part of everyday life. We believe in leadership based on trust, joy of responsibility, and the courage to develop together. Here you get the opportunity to influence, develop, and contribute to a social services department that makes a difference – every day.

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Do you want to lead the development of future social services? As the Head of Social Services in Avesta, you will have a strategic assignment with the opportunity to influence both operations, people, and societal development.

Social services is one of three result units within the Care Administration and includes individual and family care, work and employment, as well as LSS with day activities.

About the role

With the needs of individuals in focus, you plan, lead, and develop the operations based on legislation, political goals, and other governing documents. You have the overall responsibility for the result unit's economy, which means budget responsibility with planning, follow-up, and reporting. You are also ultimately responsible for personnel, working environment, and operational quality on an overarching level.

You are responsible for two management groups with a total of 10 unit managers. Through trust-based leadership, you create the conditions for your managers to lead and develop their operations. The assignment also includes driving development and change work, ensuring a legally secure operation, and contributing to a long-term sustainable social services. In the role, you have close support from an administration economist, business strategist, recruiter, and the specialist functions MAS, MAR, and SAS. As support in your managerial assignment, there is also an HR consultant.

You are part of the Care Administration's management group, where together with two other result unit managers and the rest of the administration leadership, you contribute to the development of the entire administration.

Who are you?

In Avesta, we know that the nicest team wins. For us, it is about building trust, creating participation, and taking responsibility together. We are looking for you who is a secure and clear leader with the ability to create direction in complex contexts. You lead through your managers and act with a leadership characterized by trust, structure, and a shared responsibility for the development of the operations. Through a communicative and relationship-building working method, you create engagement, good collaboration, and conditions for your managers and employees to succeed.

You have a strategic perspective and can at the same time translate overarching goals into concrete results. You thrive in change, make well-founded decisions, and see development as a natural part of the assignment.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a relevant higher education or university degree, as well as many years of experience in leadership within one or more of the operational areas included in the assignment. You have previous managerial experience within one or similar areas as the position concerns.

You have good knowledge of the social services' assignment, legislation, and authority exercise, as well as experience in leading operations with responsibility for economy, personnel, working environment, and quality development. You are accustomed to driving development and change work and have an understanding of how quality, working environment, and economy interact to create a sustainable operation.

Furthermore, you have experience working in a politically governed organization and a good understanding of the interplay between politics and administration. You have the ability to collaborate, both internally and externally, and express yourself well in Swedish, both in speech and writing. The role also requires good digital competence and habit of working with follow-up, analysis, and operational data.

It is meritorious if you have experience from several of the operational areas within social services, manager-of-managers responsibility, and strategic management group work.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.
Start date: According to agreement.