Development Manager with Focus on Governance and Monitoring

Falkenbergs kommun · Full-time

Falkenberg, Sweden

Here in Falkenbergs Municipality, you can make a significant difference. Our mission is to provide quality municipal services throughout all stages of life. We also contribute to developing Falkenberg as a place. Our vision is to grow for a sustainable future. Would you like to work with municipal-wide governance and development, and help create favorable conditions for management and operations to achieve their goals? Are you analytical, able to see the big picture, and comfortable in a role where you provide strategic support and drive development together with others? Then you might be the person we're looking for. We are now seeking a substitute development manager for the development department at the municipal executive office. The role has a special focus on governance and monitoring and involves close collaboration with municipal leadership, departments, and other parts of the organization. About the Workplace The Development Department is part of the Municipal Executive Office and has a municipality-wide mandate. We aim to be at the forefront within our areas of expertise and contribute to the municipality's development and transformation capacity. We work closely with the municipality's operations and combine a strategic perspective with practical development work. With us, different expertise and perspectives meet with a common goal – to contribute to sustainable development of Falkenbergs Municipality. 1 position(s). DUTIES The Development Department is a strategic resource for the entire municipality. We drive and support development and change in areas such as governance and quality, sustainable development, digitalization, and innovation. In this role, you will work to develop and maintain the municipality's governance and monitoring efforts. You contribute to ensuring that governance provides the organization with favorable conditions to prioritize, monitor results, and develop operations. You will, among other things: develop and support the municipality's work with governance, monitoring, and quality management provide qualified strategic support to municipal leadership conduct analyses and prepare materials for management and decision-making lead and coordinate municipality-wide development and change processes develop working methods and approaches together with operations The role involves moving between strategic perspectives and concrete development work. You need to be able to understand complex contexts, identify what is important, and translate it into materials, structures, and working methods that create value for the organization. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with academic education in, for example, social sciences, political science, public administration, organization and management, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. For this position, you must have: experience with strategic work on governance and monitoring, such as objective and results-based management, operational planning, analysis, and monitoring experience leading development processes and developing working methods and approaches in organizations It is an advantage if you have experience working in a politically governed organization, providing qualified strategic support to managers or management groups, and change management. Knowledge of innovation processes, service design, or other structured methods for development work is also an advantage. You communicate very well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. Who Are You? To succeed in this role, you need to be analytical and have a very strong ability to see the big picture. You can engage with complex issues, discern what is important, and translate analysis into relevant conclusions and decisions. Since you will work closely with municipal leadership, you need to be secure in your professional role and have the ability to make well-founded judgments even in complex matters. You build trust, can challenge constructively, and adapt your communication to the situation and audience. You work in a structured and independent manner while also having an easy time collaborating and creating progress together with others. We place great importance on personal suitability. Employment Type: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: 2026-12-01 or by agreement, end date: 2028-01-31. To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Falkenbergs Municipality, we use the recruitment tool Visma Recruit. We therefore ask you to submit your application via Visma Recruit by clicking the application link in the announcement. If you are a job applicant with protected personal information, please contact the recruiting manager mentioned in the announcement who will guide you further for a secure application process. You should not apply digitally via the application link. In connection with this recruitment, we decline contact from recruitment firms and other advertisers.