Unit Manager at Skoga Seniorcentrum, Solna Municipality

Solna kommun · Full-time

Stadshusgången 2, Solna, Sweden

Do you have management and leadership experience and want to work in a team with engaged and development-focused colleagues who share a strong sense of community at a pleasant workplace? If so, we hope you are our new unit manager! About Us Humaniora Care and Services is one of Solna Municipality's largest departments with operations in elder care, home services, functional support, preventive activities, and health and medical care. The department works to create security, participation, and good quality of life for Solna residents through high-quality operations and a strong focus on development. Part of our operations is Skoga Seniorcentrum, a care and residential facility with 100 apartments and approximately 90 employees. We offer both somatic care and dementia care as well as day activities. Skoga is beautifully situated in Huvudsta and has a profile with a focus on gardening, nature, and outdoor activities. Through engaged employees and a values-based approach, we create a meaningful and secure everyday life for our residents—our core values are Professionalism, Compassion, Trust, and Security. Our Offer We offer you a workplace with excellent development opportunities. With close leadership, there are opportunities for remote work with flexible working hours. A great team and good introduction. Read more about Solna Municipality as an employer here. What Does the Work Involve? In this role, you are responsible for inspiring, supporting, and developing your employees so they can work goal-oriented and with high quality. You promote a work environment characterized by collaboration, engagement, and participation. An important part of the assignment is also to build and maintain good relationships with residents and relatives to ensure that operations focus on individual needs. You become part of Skoga's management team where, together with the operations manager and colleague unit managers, you contribute to the strategic development of the operations. In matters concerning staffing, you receive close support from the operations assistant, which gives you good conditions to focus on leadership, quality, and operations development. As a present unit manager at Skoga, you are responsible for planning, developing, and following up the quality of operations together with the operations manager. You are expected to drive change initiatives aimed at promoting quality in care and services and competence development among staff. Through close collaboration with your management colleagues, you together drive development and improvements with care staff, nurses, and paramedics. Who Are We Looking For? We are looking for you who have education as a social worker, health pedagogue, elder pedagogue, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, behavioral scientist, registered nurse, or other equivalent education. previous experience as a manager at a care and residential facility good administrative skills with strong knowledge of Swedish in both speech and writing. We consider it a merit if you have a leadership education have worked in complex organizations within care and services have good knowledge of work environment have good knowledge of staffing economics. We are looking for you who are a good communicator and who can plan and organize your own work and that of your employees. You lead and develop operations based on established goals and are also involved in operational work. As a manager, you create conditions for collaboration, work joy and motivation, participation, engagement, and good quality. In the role of unit manager, you work independently and take own initiatives to drive processes forward with a strong focus on development and improvement. You are a present leader and highly involved in your employees' daily work. You are responsive and inspire trust, are good at building relationships, and can adapt your approach to different people. We place great emphasis on personal qualities. More Information About the Application The position is a permanent employment at 100% with start date according to agreement. Warmly welcome to apply by September 25, 2026 For questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact recruiting manager Johanna Fahlander Fallgren [email protected] NOTE! If you do not have a current extract from the criminal records register, we recommend that you order one as soon as possible since we need to see this before you can start your employment with us. We will also conduct a background check as part of this recruitment. We only accept applications through our recruitment system. Solna Municipality has entered into agreements for all recruitments, so we therefore ask that you refrain from contacting us from advertisement sales or recruitment service sales. Do you have protected personal information? Do not register your application on the website/Varbi, but contact the recruiting manager to find out how to submit your application. You should be careful about what information you share in your application. Therefore, only provide information relevant to the current position. For the trade union contact person for the position, see www.solna.se/jobba-hos-oss/fackliga-kontaktpersoner