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Business Developer for Children and Youth and the Social Services Department, focusing on a new social services model and child and youth issues.

We have begun the exciting transition towards a new social services model focused on citizens' needs, offering a more accessible, equitable, and evidence-based social service. Do you want to strengthen the quality of social work through systematic, knowledge-driven development? As one of our current business developers goes on parental leave, we are now looking for an engaged and strategic Business Developer who can translate theory into practice across the entire Social Services Department.

About the role

As a Business Developer, you will play a central role in driving, coordinating, and supporting evidence-based work within the Social Services Department, together with other business developers across all our result areas and the support staff.

Your assignment involves, among other things, translating research, proven experience, and local knowledge into concrete development in daily operations. You will work closely with both managers and employees, contributing to creating a learning organization where systematic approaches, quality, and participation are central. You will support managers and employees in anchoring and implementing knowledge management, systematic improvement work, and methods aligned with the intentions of the new legislation.

Your responsibilities

As a Business Developer, you lead and support the organization in quality, improvement, and development work. This role includes, among other things:

• Leading and supporting development and improvement work in line with national guidelines and evidence-based methods
• Monitoring the external environment and summarizing new legislation, current research, national guidelines, and policy frameworks
• Facilitating workshops, training, and process support to enhance professional learning
• Working with the implementation and management of quality systems
• Monitoring and evaluating methods and approaches
• Implementing and de-implementing methods and approaches
• Collaborating with the joint development of the entire Social Services Department
• Developing common working methods across area boundaries, for example, family-oriented approaches
• Leading processes and working on process development

Who are you?

As a Business Developer, you need to have a relevant university degree as well as several years of experience working with children and youth within social services. The role involves close collaboration primarily with the leadership group of Children and Youth, but also with other business and quality developers within the Social Services Department. You must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively, and you need the ability to juggle multiple priorities.

Requirements

• Relevant university education, such as a social work degree or another education deemed relevant by the employer, for example, in behavioral science or political science
• Several years of experience in social services work with children and youth
• Excellent collaboration skills
• Independent with strong ability to drive processes, create structure, and build trust
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Merits

• Documented experience in development work within social services
• Knowledge of national work on knowledge management and the transition to the new Social Services Act
• Experienced in systematic quality and improvement work
• Thrives in supporting change work in complex environments
• Analytical skills

Personal qualities:

We are looking for someone who is stress-resistant and thrives working both independently and in teams. You should be able to take initiative and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone who is positive and approaches challenges and new tasks with a smile.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

What we offer you

Your primary workplace is at Holmfastvägen 31, where the Children and Youth department is located, sitting together with the area manager, local support staff, and other Children and Youth operations.

As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good terms of employment and working environment, competence development, and several benefits. Read more about us on our website and for more information about our benefits: https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/ (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

Welcome to us!

Other

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Södertälje Municipality works with competency-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.

We have many positions where we conduct register checks. A certificate of good conduct (criminal record and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a decision on employment is made.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security clearance with register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some of our security-class tasks, Swedish citizenship is required.