Unit Manager for Elder Care

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Jokkmokk is a municipality with its sights set on the future! We are a place where community and responsibility are at the center, where your expertise and ideas can help shape the way forward. If you value a high quality of life with close access to both nature and community, Jokkmokk offers a rich cultural life and affordable recreational opportunities to enjoy. Welcome to a municipality that combines efficiency and helpfulness – here you can be part of creating something new. We want to make use of our employees' expertise and create conditions for development, engagement, and job satisfaction. With us, employees at all levels should feel meaning in their work and have the opportunity to grow within their profession. We know this contributes to development for both the individual and the organization. Jokkmokk Municipality is a workplace for curious, engaged, and competent people. Together we do great work and we do it well. We are now seeking a unit manager for the municipality's largest nursing home, Kaitumgården. The nursing home has 46 care places, and the position involves responsibility for two departments as well as the night shift team. 1 position(s). WORK DUTIES As a unit manager, you will be part of the operations manager's management group together with four other unit managers. You work closely together and collectively contribute to developing the operations. You share management responsibility for Kaitumgården with a unit manager colleague and are responsible for operations, personnel, work environment, and finances within your area of responsibility. In this role, you collaborate with employees, colleagues, union representatives, and other professionals to ensure high-quality operations. The assignment requires commitment, drive, and clear leadership to lead and develop the operations. Together with your employees, you create conditions for residents to receive support, care, and healthcare based on their individual needs and wishes, in accordance with the Social Services Act and the Health and Medical Care Act. Our values are based on treating all people with respect and recognizing that every individual has equal worth. We offer an interesting and stimulating assignment with great opportunity to influence and develop the operations. You will have autonomous work with significant personal responsibility and scope to turn ideas into reality. With us, decision paths are short and collaboration is close. We value open, straightforward, and clear communication and work together to create the best conditions for our employees and residents. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with education in healthcare and elderly care, preferably as a nursing assistant, and with experience in leadership within healthcare and elderly care operations. Previous experience in management roles is an advantage. You are quality-conscious and work systematically to ensure that operations meet set goals and quality requirements. You have good administrative skills and experience with personnel planning. Experience with the Time Care scheduling system is an advantage. You have good digital competence and feel confident using and developing digital work methods. You are curious about new technology and enjoy contributing to operational development by both learning new things and sharing your knowledge with others. As a leader, you are confident in making decisions and can act even when circumstances are complex or information is limited. You have good analytical skills, see connections, and can prioritize the right issues at the right time. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. You are engaged, positive, and relationship-building, with a strong ability to collaborate and create trusting relationships. Through your leadership, you contribute to a good working climate both in your unit and in the management group. You have a solution-oriented approach and see opportunities rather than obstacles. A category B driver's license is required. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: According to agreement. Probation may be applied. Jokkmokk Municipality strives for equal gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity in our operations. Knowledge of the Sámi language and Sámi culture is viewed as an asset. Our values aim to establish the principles that should permeate all operations in Jokkmokk Municipality, where our guiding principles are respect and equal worth. To ensure quality in our recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the "Apply here" link and not via email or paper format. To staffing, placement, and recruitment agencies and to you as a sales representative: We kindly but firmly decline contact from staffing and recruitment agencies and other external parties and sellers of additional job advertisements. For this position, you must provide a current extract from the criminal records register before employment. You as an applicant order the extract and submit it unopened upon request. Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period. The position may therefore be filled before the final application deadline. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. The salary range for this position is between 41,000 - 44,000 kr/month for full-time employment. We apply individual salary setting based on your experience and competence. Welcome to apply!Jokkmokk is a municipality with its sights set on the future! We are a place where community and responsibility are at the center, where your expertise and ideas can help shape the way forward. If you value a high quality of life with close access to both nature and community, Jokkmokk offers a rich cultural life and affordable recreational opportunities to enjoy. Welcome to a municipality that combines efficiency and helpfulness – here you can be part of creating something new. We want to make use of our employees' expertise and create conditions for development, engagement, and job…

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Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

Price

41 000 SEK /month

City

Jokkmokk

Address

96285 Jokkmokk

GPS

66.6054375, 19.8317392copyopen in

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Published

29. 6. 2026

Edited

25. 7. 2026

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