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Stockholm – our capital city filled with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. We are now looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Welcome to us

Are you a service-oriented and results-driven leader with the ability to develop structures, processes, and working methods? Do you thrive in a role where you can contribute to development, innovation, and long-term improvements? Then this might be the assignment for you.

The Staff Unit functions as a strategic support for the Administrative Director, the Administrative Leadership Team, and the divisions of the administration. The unit is responsible for several operationally critical areas and contributes to creating good conditions for an efficient, legally secure, and high-quality operation – always with the people of Stockholm in focus.

As Head of Unit, you lead a operation responsible for, among other things, committee administration, information management, communication, IT, and digitalization. Together with your employees and the administration's leadership, you drive development towards a modern, sustainable, and purposeful administration that creates value for the residents of Hässelby-Vällingby.

We offer

With us, you get:

• a developing and varied leadership assignment with great responsibility and the opportunity to influence
• a strategic role with good opportunities to contribute to the administration's development and digital transformation
• engaged and competent employees with broad specialist competence
• a large network within the City of Stockholm and good opportunities for experience exchange and collaboration
• flexible working hours and a wellness allowance
• a workplace where collaboration, competence, and professional treatment are the foundation for good results.

Your assignment as Head of Unit

As Head of Unit, you have a broad and responsible assignment where you work both strategically and operationally. You are responsible for the operation, personnel, working environment, and budget, and lead a group of employees from several different professions.

The unit consists of archivists/information security coordinators, archive assistants, registrars, committee secretaries, IT coordinators, IT strategists, pm3 coordinators, communicators, MR coordinators, as well as strategists/ILS coordinators.

An important part of the assignment is to provide qualified support to the Administrative Director and Administrative Leadership Team within the unit's areas of responsibility. You are also responsible for coordinating, developing, and following up on the unit's work, as well as driving the continued development of working methods, organization, and digitalization.

You are part of the administration's leadership group and report directly to the Administrative Director.

Your competence and experience

Our expectations of you:

To succeed in the role as Head of Unit, you are a confident and clear leader with good self-awareness. You have very good collaboration skills and create long-term relationships. Furthermore, you are service-oriented and look to the best interests of the operation. You have a strong focus on the assignment, create engagement and participation among employees to achieve set goals. You are self-reliant and accustomed to prioritizing and structuring your work. In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on your personal abilities and skills.

Do you recognize yourself in the above? We are looking for you who also have the following qualifications:

• a university degree in a field relevant to the assignment
• documented leadership experience with responsibility for operation, personnel, working environment, and budget
• good knowledge of and experience in working within municipal administration, as well as understanding of the municipal decision-making and committee process
• good digital competence
• good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish

It is meritorious to have experience working within the City of Stockholm in any of the unit's areas of responsibility, such as committee administration, information management, communication, or IT.

About the recruitment process

We are curious about who you are, what you can do, and what you want. Do you recognize yourself in the description above and are interested in a new challenge? You are warmly welcome to apply!

In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you describe your competence in the field instead of sending a cover letter. In the assessment of your application, we will base our evaluation on your CV and your answers to the selection questions.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at looking at each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.

Welcome to the Hässelby-Vällingby District Administration!

We are located in western Stockholm, close to beautiful natural areas and with good transport links. Around 1,700 proud and engaged employees work here, contributing high-quality service to the residents of the district every day. Our work environment is characterized by collaboration, courage, and participation. Our strength is that the diversity found among residents is also present among our employees. Together, we make a difference!

Read more about our administration here (#).