Ref: 20261597
Welcome to a multifaceted role where through your professional expertise you will have a central function at the City Office and Finance Department. As a Development Coordinator with focus on case preparation and coordination, you will be close to the political decisions that impact the development of Sweden's third largest city.
Work Tasks
As part of the core assignment at the City Office, you will prepare and draft cases for decision by the Municipal Executive Board. In 2025, Finance Department staff handled approximately 100 decision cases for the Municipal Executive Board. This included referrals, motions, proposals, policy documents, reports, and more.
We are seeking a new colleague for the Economic Governance unit who will have a central role in planning and coordinating cases for the Municipal Executive Board and Municipal Assembly. You will be qualified support to the Finance Department's managers and staff in the case process and you collaborate with the City Office's secretariat unit and the city's departments. You will also write some of the department's cases.
The department's ambition is to maintain high quality in both individual cases and in the process, and you will play an important role in contributing to learning and development to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of case handling. You will be part of a central case group at the City Office.
The position also includes other work tasks such as coordinating cross-departmental operational planning, conducting investigations, developing and monitoring timelines, and providing administrative support to the department's management group.
Qualifications
We are seeking someone with an academic degree/education in social sciences, political science, law, economics, or another field that the employer deems relevant.
You thrive navigating a politically governed operation with many stakeholders and enjoy bringing together many different perspectives into a functioning whole. You have several years of experience preparing and writing complex cases in a politically governed organization. This also requires good ability to package verbal and written information and knowledge into proposal and decision materials.
It is meritorious if you have experience working within public sector operations at an overarching strategic level. You have experience coordinating and quality assuring processes in collaboration with others.
The role requires you to be a skilled relationship builder who creates effective collaborations. You work independently and manage multiple parallel processes, sometimes with tight deadlines. You are well-organized and have strong analytical ability. The position requires excellent ability to communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish.
About the Workplace
The City Office's Finance Department has citywide responsibility for economic governance, financing, accounting, monitoring, business systems, and strategic procurement. The department's assignment is to support the Municipal Executive Board in leading, coordinating, and overseeing municipal operations. The Development Coordinator position is placed in the Economic Governance unit, which is responsible for the city's overall economic governance and strategic facility management.
The City Office directs, challenges, and strengthens the development force in the organization, in the city, and in the region. We are the Municipal Executive Board's department and work with a holistic perspective close to the city's leadership. The City Office consists of seven different departments and has approximately 300 employees in total. Our departments work across a broad spectrum of areas and the department has many employees with high specialist competence.
Malmö City's operations are organized in 14 departments. Our shared assignment is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with Malmö residents, we develop an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.
Read about Malmö City as an employer here http://www.malmo.se/jobb
Position Information
Employment Type: Permanent employment
Scope: Full-time
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: By agreement
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Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer being able to meet Malmö residents' needs.Ref: 20261597
Welcome to a multifaceted role where through your professional expertise you will have a central function at the City Office and Finance Department. As a Development Coordinator with focus on case preparation and coordination, you will be close to the political decisions that impact the development of Sweden's third largest city.
Work Tasks
As part of the core assignment at the City Office, you will prepare and draft cases for decision by the Municipal Executive Board. In 2025, Finance Department staff handled approximately 100 decision cases for the Municipal Executive Board.…