Strategic Development Manager for Social Services, Danderyd Municipality

Danderyds kommun · Full-time

Danderyd, Sweden

We are well on our way to becoming Danderyd Municipality's Social Services 2.0. We are looking for someone who is a professional at seeing the bigger picture and taking a holistic view. The Municipal Director is the project owner for the implementation of the new Social Services Act, which is ongoing, and you will report directly to the Social Services Director. You are offered a developmental key role where your ideas, initiatives, and strategies truly have room to make a difference. And on top of that, we make sure to have fun at work together! The Social Services Department consists of four divisions as well as care and elderly services managed in-house, and is Danderyd Municipality's second-largest department. We are a stable and modern department that is development-oriented with a focus on digital solutions. With continued work implementing the new Social Services Act, combined with development work and cultural transformation, we are taking further steps toward a social service at the forefront based on residents' needs. We are located in newly renovated fresh premises at Mörby Centrum together with several of the municipality's departments. Our previous Strategic Development Manager focused on Social Services 2.0 and is now passing the baton to you. Together we will continue the transformation work. Welcome to become part of us! 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES In your core position, you work with planning, leading, and implementing changes as well as carrying out various development projects. You actively contribute to improving the department's working methods and processes, analyze results, and produce reports. Your role also involves operational work where you engage with various issues. You collaborate closely with the Social Services Director, department heads, various key personnel, and employees, and participate in the Social Services Department's management group. Your first assignment as Strategic Development Manager involves leading and coordinating the department's ongoing transformation journey related to the new Social Services Act. The work also includes managing the transition from a cross-municipal perspective together with colleagues from all municipal departments. In this role, you will play a central role in ensuring that the Social Services Department's activities maintain high quality and that working methods evolve in line with the transition of the new Social Services Act. As a Strategic Development Manager in this assignment, you have a department-wide responsibility where you participate in the steering group and lead working groups. You identify needs and conditions, coordinate the transformation journey, document, follow up on results, share responsibility with the management group for skills development in the area, and report to relevant bodies. You represent the Social Services Department in various collaboration forums both internally and externally, and are responsible for monitoring the external environment, acquiring new knowledge, and suggesting improvements. An important part of the assignment is communicating with various stakeholders. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who has: • A degree in Social Work or other relevant higher education that the employer deems equivalent. • Documented experience leading and driving change work as a project manager. • Good understanding of and experience with the social services mandate in a municipality. • Several years of experience in authority work within social services. • Excellent ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing. It is meritorious if you have: • Experience working in a management role. • Training in project management. • Documented experience in project management related to change work with the new Social Services Act. We are looking for someone who is collaborative with a no-nonsense focus on the common goal—you work toward what is best for the whole. You are keen on building relationships in the workplace, value good communication, and are helpful. You thrive in a role with complex issues at an overarching level with the ability to drive change and create engagement both internally and externally. You need to be comfortable giving presentations, leading workshops, and facilitating dialogue meetings, and you feel at ease in changing environments. You are responsible with a structured working approach and clear work processes. You have the ability to step back and gain a holistic perspective. You have the ability to think long-term and consider the consequences of your decisions, and you adapt your actions accordingly. Salary Form: Monthly salary. Employment Form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement. Probationary employment may be applied. Do you want to help make Sweden's best municipality even better? Danderyd Municipality offers community, development, and participation at work. We make a difference and create value in everyday life through dialogue with everyone who lives, works, and operates here. Through proximity and short decision-making processes, you have the opportunity to take responsibility and work with both details and the whole in your profession. Here we grow together with engaged residents, businesses, and competent colleagues in the beautiful garden town environment. Take the step toward a developing and sustainable working life in a reasonably-sized municipality close to everything. Feel free to visit https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobba/ to learn more about the municipality's mission and future development. There you will also find information about, among other things, our benefits and our recruitment process. To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Danderyd Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally as indicated above. Educational certificates/documentation and other materials should be brought to any interview. We look forward to your application! We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this vacancy.