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Do you want to contribute to creating and developing high quality in a business characterized by quality at every level?

We are looking for you who want to take an active role in ensuring that the Disability Sector lives up to the quality requirements set in different parts of our sector. As Quality Manager, you are part of the sector management and are organizationally placed directly under the Sector Manager. You will become part of a competent team consisting of Quality Managers, Business Developers, Business Managers, Method Developers, Researchers, and the Sector Manager. In this role, you will become a key person in our systematic quality work where you, together with your colleagues, work to develop, strengthen, follow up, and improve the business in a long-term and sustainable way.

To thrive in the role, you need to be self-reliant and take responsibility for your work, while also having a good ability to collaborate and cooperate with others. We value engagement, structure, and a desire to make a difference every day.

Your placement is at Krondikesvägen 60, but you will also work at our other workplaces in central Östersund. The work covers office hours, weekdays 08:00–17:00 with the possibility of flexible working hours.

The position is a one-year fixed-term contract, and the start date is by agreement.

Your new job

In our municipality, we work according to the motto "Forward with heart," where we together create the best possible results for our citizens. This permeates our entire quality work and is an important foundation for the role.

As the Quality Manager, you will be a close support to the Sector Manager and work based on the administration's quality management system. Your task is to ensure that the business meets legal requirements, political goals, and quality requirements, as well as systematically following up, analyzing, and developing quality within the sector.

You work with following up and analyzing comments and deviations and ensuring that these lead to improvement measures. The role also includes designing and updating routines, developing self-control, and ensuring compliance with laws and quality requirements. You act as a process leader in the sector's work, which covers all interventions within LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) and social psychiatry.

Furthermore, you support the Sector Manager and business managers in ensuring that processes are current and used in the businesses, as well as in the work with risk analyses and business planning. You lead and develop the sector's processes and collaborate with other actors to create and improve collaboration routines.

The assignment also includes training managers in the business system Stratsys, conducting environmental scanning, and contributing material to reports such as quality reports, patient safety stories, and annual reports. You also collect data for various follow-ups and participate in administration-wide forums where you contribute your competence in quality work.

Common tasks

• Responsible for ongoing quality work.
• Ensure compliance with routines, policies, and regulations.
• Plan and conduct internal controls and follow-ups.
• Handle deviations and improvement measures.
• Prepare and conduct presentations in various forums.
• Document and report quality-related results.
• Plan work meetings with the purpose of informing and training unit managers.
• Support unit managers in certain business and quality-related issues.
• Support the business in issues regarding quality and development.

Your competence

Requirements

• University degree that the employer finds relevant for the position.
• Good communication skills in speech and writing.
• Good computer skills.
• Category B driver's license.

Merits

• Experience of quality work.
• Good ability to work independently and take responsibility for your work.
• Good ability to collaborate and cooperate.
• Good familiarity with working in our digital systems Stratsys, Canea, and Viva.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

We are looking for you

We are looking for you who want to contribute to high quality and continuous development in the business. You are flexible and have an easy time adapting to changes, while maintaining focus on the big picture and making decisions with the best interests of the business in mind.

You take initiative, drive the work forward, work independently and structured to achieve good results. With a strong quality focus, you are meticulous and confident in working based on goals and standards.

You communicate clearly and listen well, build good collaborations, and contribute to an open and trusting climate.

We look forward to your application!

How the recruitment process works

Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. We would like you to attach a CV and cover letter to your application. Grades/certificates do not need to be sent with it. We ask you to complete this if an interview becomes relevant.

Östersund Municipality has considered the choice of advertising channels prior to advertising and therefore declines calls from recruitment firms and advertising salespeople.

What do we offer?

Östersund Municipality offers you benefits such as paid vacation from the first year of employment, vacation exchange, fitness allowance, or fitness hour. Through our benefits portal, you can take part in independent pension advice and a range of discounts and offers. You can also get fast and professional support from various specialists, such as psychologists, lawyers, and economists, through the Personal Support service. You can read more about our benefits on our website: https://www.ostersund.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/sa-har-jobbar-vi/lon-och-formaner.html (https://www.ostersund.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/sa-har-jobbar-vi/lon-och-formaner.html)

About the Care and Social Services Administration

Within the Care and Social Services Administration, we apply optional employment degree for permanent employees. This means that as an employee, you have the right to work up to full-time in other businesses within your sector. This gives you a chance for variation, new experiences, and a broader network. We value creating a flexible work environment where your wishes and the business's needs meet. Working with heart with us at the Care and Social Services Administration means that you contribute to creating simpler, richer, and safer lives for the residents of Östersund. We work with people of all ages and strive to always make a difference in everyday life. It is important. Really.