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Office Manager

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Employment type
Permanent

Description:

Närhälsan offers high-quality primary care close to home. With hundreds of clinics throughout Västra Götaland, we are present in people's lives and make a difference in their health. We support you and offer development throughout your career. About Us Närhälsan operates primary care centers and rehabilitation clinics in competition with other providers in the Västra Götaland region. We currently operate 105 primary care centers and 60 rehabilitation clinics, with representation in all municipalities in the region. The Office Division oversees case management and case preparation for the political level, board administration, legal matters, records and document management, information security, security and preparedness issues, as well as administrative services. The division is a central part of Närhälsan's governance and contributes to ensuring that operations are conducted with legal certainty, efficiency, and security. Following a retirement, we are now seeking you to take on the role of Office Manager and, together with your team, further develop the division in a socially important organization in constant change. About the Role As Office Manager, you have overall responsibility for the Office Division's mission and development. You lead and develop the division's staff and are responsible for personnel, budget, and operational matters. The role involves ensuring effective, modern, and legally sound processes in case preparation, document and information management, legal affairs, and security and preparedness work. The Office Division is Närhälsan's centralized expertise function for security matters, crisis preparedness, coordination of decision-making processes, and quality assurance of documents for the political level. You create conditions for management to make well-founded decisions and serve as a strategic support in complex and operationally critical matters. The role entails a strategic overall responsibility for security, preparedness, and information security work within Närhälsan. In this role, you represent Närhälsan in regional coordination and functional groups and ensure that security and preparedness work is integrated into the organization's governance and leadership. You report directly to the Primary Care Director, are part of the management group, serve in the region's functional group for office managers, and in the region's functional group for security and civil preparedness. The role involves extensive contact with the region's decision-makers and other internal and external partners. The position also includes responsibility for the archive function and operation of Närhälsan's local office. About You We seek someone with relevant higher education and several years of experience in qualified work in the public sector, preferably in a leadership role. You have strong knowledge of public law, such as administrative law, municipal law, and meeting procedures, as well as documented experience working closely with political leadership or in a politically governed organization, and a strong understanding of political decision-making processes. Experience with security, preparedness, and information security work, quality assurance, and development of administrative processes is a plus, as is experience representing an organization in strategic cooperation forums. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and are confident in handling complex matters where accuracy, judgment, and prioritization are crucial. You have an interest in document management, information handling, and digital working methods. As a leader, you are unpretentious, clear, and trustworthy, with the ability to create engagement and participation. You have a holistic perspective, enjoy collaborating across organizational boundaries, and develop both operations and staff based on their different circumstances. We see that you share Närhälsan's core values: Reliable, Thoughtful, and Innovative. Other Information Selection is ongoing during the application period, and we plan interviews at the Region's House in Gothenburg on 9/9 and 10/9. Chief recruitment within Närhälsan follows the chief recruitment process in Västra Götaland region and is based on our four chief criteria. As part of the selection process, an in-depth interview and assessment will also take place with the Center for Chief Recruitment in Gothenburg on 22/9, where you are expected to be available. About Västra Götaland Region With us, you become part of something larger. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day. You contribute to safe and equitable care and to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communication create quality of life. We are in the midst of digital development where you can help shape future working methods to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and organizations. As a permanent employee, you will be placed on a civil preparedness roster as part of our collective responsibility to ensure that socially critical functions continue to operate even during a crisis. Want to learn more about us? On our website you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ Application Västra Götaland Region prefers that you submit your application through the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special and specific reasons cannot register your information in a public system, please contact the contact person for the respective announcement. To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you who are salespeople: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and other external parties and sellers of additional job postings. Västra Götaland Region has established contracts.Närhälsan offers high-quality primary care close to home. With hundreds of clinics throughout Västra Götaland, we are present in people's lives and make a difference in their health. We support you and offer development throughout your career. About Us Närhälsan operates primary care centers and rehabilitation clinics in competition with other providers in the Västra Götaland region. We currently operate 105 primary care centers and 60 rehabilitation clinics, with representation in all municipalities in the region. The Office Division oversees case management and case preparation for the…

Overview

Type
job
Status
active
Visibility
public
City
Göteborg
Address
Bergslagsgatan 2
GPS
57.712316990632, 11.973775535883
Email
Phone
Views
4
Published
3. 8. 2026
Edited
5. 8. 2026

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Specifications

Region
Västra Götalands län
Duration
Ongoing
Employer
VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN
Postcode
41104
Open positions
1
Profession
Kanslichef, statlig
Salary Type
Fixed monthly, weekly or hourly pay
Scope Of Work
100–100 %
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