Unit Manager for Family Support, Volunteer Activities, and Daycare

Are you someone who values development, commitment, and care in your work life? Then we could be a great match – because we do too. By working with us, you contribute to a better everyday life for thousands of people in Marks Municipality. Not least your own. With us, you have the opportunity to grow – both as a person and in your professional role, while the work you do helps an entire community grow. Regardless of your specific tasks, you will make life easier for everyone who lives and works here. And that is something we value highly. Our vision is to be a close-knit municipality with people at the center. Close to each other, our surroundings, and the future. We want to be a present society that with calm and warmth supports and welcomes our 35,000 residents, 3,600 employees, and thousands of business owners. That makes every single employee with us meaningful. Together, we ensure that an entire community functions. 1 position(s). RESPONSIBILITIES You are responsible for leading and supporting our operations, which we conduct based on research and proven experience. You develop the work together with your employees, which consists of volunteer coordinators, family support coordinators, and daycare workers – a well-functioning team that with great enthusiasm jointly tackles their assignments. For us, hands-on leadership is important, where you and the work group drive and develop the operations forward. As unit manager, you will report directly to the operations manager. Your primary tasks are to engage, support, and inspire employees to achieve the operation's goals and to drive the operation forward. Your responsibilities include personnel, budget, and work environment responsibility for approximately 10 employees, as well as operations and staff development in the field. Part of your position will involve operations development within preventive care. Here you initiate and drive new development areas based on the new Social Services Act and the department's needs. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with an academic degree as a social worker, behavioral scientist, nurse, or other higher education that the employer deems equivalent. You should have experience working in municipal operations, preferably in volunteer activities and family support. You should have experience in leadership with personnel, financial, and work environment responsibility, with good knowledge of the Social Services Act (SoL) as well as legislation and guidelines related to elder care. You are accustomed to working according to clear processes, organize and plan your work well, complete what you start, and meet deadlines. It is important to us that you are attentive and find it easy to understand others' situations, listen, understand, and show consideration. You want to work together with the work group and find win-win solutions through a humble focus on the common goal, while also being good at observing the external environment and coming up with solutions to emerging problems. Employment Type: Permanent position. Duration: Start date: 2026-12-14. Start date by agreement. We who work in Marks Municipality jointly develop our together-culture by being engaged, considerate, and developmental, for long-term benefit to the individual and society. In our positions, we place great emphasis on your personal suitability. For certain positions in Marks Municipality, special requirements apply based on legislation and operational needs. This may mean that a security vetting is conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585), that Swedish citizenship is required, and/or that a register check is conducted according to applicable legislation on register checks. Information about what applies to the specific position will be provided in connection with the recruitment process. As an employer, we promote equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for all employees and value the qualities that diversity and a balanced gender distribution can contribute to the operations. Marks Municipality offers various employee benefits such as an attractive wellness allowance, discounted annual pass on Västtrafik, pension and vacation conversion, and the possibility of remote work and flexible working hours based on operational needs and arrangement. It is also easy to commute here from, for example, Gothenburg, Borås, and Varberg. We kindly but firmly decline contact from staffing and recruitment agencies and sellers of additional job postings.

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