Municipal Director to Lysekils Municipality

Description:

In Lysekils Municipality, we work to be a sustainable and attractive municipality year-round, characterized by creativity and confidence in the future. As someone working here, you make an important difference in people's daily lives and help build a society for everyone. Today we are approximately 1,400 colleagues developing our operations and providing 13,900 residents, 1,600 businesses and 100 associations with the best possible service and conditions to live, work and thrive in Lysekil. We are proud of this. Life in Lysekils Municipality is a life close to both the sea and the mountains – here you have the opportunity for both contemplation and adventure in one of Bohuslan's beautiful coastal municipalities. Learn more about Lysekil at Lysekils kommun - Lysekils kommun - Startsida. Film about life in Lysekil. Now we are looking for a Municipal Director to Lysekils Municipality! We are looking for someone who wants to lead and develop an attractive coastal municipality with high ambitions for the future. In Lysekil, strong local engagement is combined with a clear focus on development, sustainability and quality in welfare. The municipality works purposefully to be an attractive place to live, work and operate year-round. With the residents' best interests in focus, we develop operations that contribute to a vibrant society, good living environments and a strong business community. Collaboration, holistic perspective and responsibility characterize our approach. Now we are looking for a Municipal Director who, together with the political leadership and organization, wants to lead the municipality forward in a time that holds both change and new opportunities. Job Description As Municipal Director, you are the municipality's senior executive and report directly to the Municipal Executive Board. You are responsible for translating political decisions into operations and results, and you lead and coordinate the municipality's administrations. In your role, you are the manager of the municipality's administration heads, CEO of Lysekils Stadshus AB and head of the Municipal Executive Administration. In close collaboration with politics, the organization and external stakeholders, you lead the municipality's strategic development with a focus on quality, efficiency and long-term sustainability. You create clear conditions for governance and prioritization, balancing operations, finances and long-term needs. You drive work in line with Vision Lysekil 2030 and the Municipal Assembly's goals where collaboration and continuous development are guiding principles. The role also involves representing the municipality in various contexts and being a clear and outward-facing ambassador for Lysekils Municipality. You understand the value of regional collaboration, see its strategic importance and build trustful, long-term relationships both internally and externally. Lysekils Municipality collaborates with neighboring municipalities in Bohuslan in areas such as environment, IT, payroll administration, emergency services, and waste and recycling. The role requires a broad societal perspective and a good understanding of the municipality's overall mission. The role also includes handling crisis preparedness and civil defense matters, as well as contributing to good conditions for a strong business community and a continued attractive municipality. Qualifications You have an academic degree relevant to the role and several years of leadership experience at the strategic level. You have managed other managers and have had responsibility for operations, finances and personnel. To succeed in this role, you need experience in financial and operational management, as well as experience working in a politically controlled organization and collaborating with political representatives and union representatives. You have the ability to lead in complex situations, make well-founded and objective decisions and contribute with strong analytical ability, holistic perspective and excellent communication skills. As a leader, you are confident, clear and development-oriented, with the ability to create engagement and participation. You act with humility, respect and responsiveness and build trustful relationships both internally and externally. You contribute to creating fair and equitable processes. You create structure and stability even in times of change and foster a good collaborative climate where dialogue, collaboration and common direction are a natural part of the work. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. The role requires that you have excellent ability to express yourself both verbally and in writing in Swedish. The position is classified in security class and security clearance will be conducted before employment according to the security protection law. Driver's license category B is required. We look forward to receiving your application no later than August 9, 2026. Expression of Interest and Contact In the recruitment, Lysekils Municipality collaborates with Solum Search. For questions about the recruitment process and confidential expression of interest, you are warmly welcome to contact Chief Recruiter Ylva Dahl at Solum Search, mobile 0730–26 38 34, e-mail [email protected]. Read more at solumsearch.se What We Offer You We offer you a strategic and development-oriented role with great opportunity to make an impact. Here you get to work closely with the political leadership and contribute to Lysekils Municipality's long-term development. You will become part of an engaged management team and an organization with a desire for development, collaboration and improvement. You will experience a work environment where trust, cooperation and fairness are central in a municipality with a strong identity and confidence in the future. Welcome with your application! We actively work with diversity to utilize the qualities that applicants with different backgrounds have. Lysekils Municipality is a smoke-free workplace. To staffing and recruitment companies and to those who are sales representatives: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Lysekil

Address

Kungsgatan 44

GPS

58.348458, 11.8850876copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Views

2

Published

18. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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