Project Manager – Mental Health for Children and Young People, for a Better Future!

At Mölndal Municipality, we are proud to have Sweden's most important jobs, where we together create the best possible everyday life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage, and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives! At Mölndal Municipality's School Administration, we work every day to create the best conditions for children and students' development and lifelong learning. With approximately 2,000 engaged employees and 12,000 children and students in our operations, we are Mölndal's largest administration – and a hub for future education. Here you will be part of a curious, courageous, and solution-focused organization where innovative thinking is encouraged and the child's best interests always come first. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES How do we create a city where children and young people receive the right support at the right time? That is the question that Mölndal Municipality and the Tim Bergling Foundation want to explore together through a unique initiative for children and young people's mental health. By developing new creative working methods together with the city's administrations and young people in the city, strengthening collaboration, and creating better conditions to early meet the needs of children and young people. The role involves leading and driving a joint initiative between Mölndal Municipality and the Tim Bergling Foundation with the aim of promoting children and young people's mental health and early prevention of mental illness. The initiative includes the School Administration, the Education Administration, the Social Services and Employment Administration, the Healthcare and Care Administration, and the Culture and Recreation Administration. As project manager, you are responsible for creating structure, coordinating efforts, and driving the work forward in close collaboration with the affected operations. The assignment includes: • Lead and coordinate work between the participating administrations. • Plan and develop meeting structures, collaboration forums, and common working methods. • Support the management group in formulating goals, priorities, and expected effects. • Drive the work of integrating the initiative into ordinary operations and create long-term sustainability. • Organize training, competence-building initiatives, and dissemination of knowledge and methods. • Ensure that children and young people are given the opportunity to participate and have influence in the development work. • Coordinate a network of ambassadors from participating operations. • Follow up, document, and communicate the project's development and results. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who has: • Relevant university education in pedagogy, behavioral science, public health, social work, or another area that the employer deems equivalent. • Experience leading projects, development work, or change initiatives. • Experience collaborating between different operations and professions. • Very strong ability to create engagement, build relationships, and drive work forward. • Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing. Meritorious: • Experience from the school system. • Experience working with children and young people. • Experience of cross-sectoral collaboration in public operations. • Experience working with mental health or preventive initiatives. • Experience working in a politically governed organization. Employment form: Permanent employment. Organizational Placement The position is organizationally placed within the School Administration of Mölndal Municipality. The assignment is carried out in close collaboration with several administrations and external actors, which means you will work cross-sectorally and have many contact points both within and outside the organization. The assignment is linked to the joint initiative between Mölndal Municipality and the Tim Bergling Foundation running for approximately 2.5 years, provided that the position is filled. The goal is to create sustainable structures and working methods that long-term strengthen work with children and young people's mental health and help children and young people more easily receive the right support at the right time. The project also includes a project group with representatives and ambassadors from the different operations. Depending on the project's different phases, collaboration will take place with, for example, student health services, cultural educators, public health coordinators, leisure leaders, social workers, and other key functions. We want to inform you that your application is a public document according to the public access principle. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but instead contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling of your application. Contact information can be found in the job posting. According to the School Act (2010:800), anyone offered this position must present a criminal record certificate before employment. The requirement applies to persons who will work or otherwise participate in activities where children and students are present. The criminal record certificate must not be older than six months when presented. We recommend ordering the certificate at the same time as you submit your application, so it is available if you are offered the position: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ Background checks may be conducted before employment. Before any employment, we will check citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In certain positions, digital identification (e.g., BankID) is required to perform work tasks. The identification is used only to confirm your identity in the systems. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly decline contact with media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar.

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