Unit Manager for Home Care Services at the Northern Inner City District Administration

Stockholm - our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now seeking you who want to think big, new, and differently with us - for the people of Stockholm. The Northern Inner City District Area consists of the central parts of Stockholm, Norrmalm and Östermalm. Here, we work to provide our 155,000 residents with the best services in areas such as preschool, social services, elderly care, and urban development. We welcome you who want to make a difference for the residents of the Northern Inner City. Welcome to Us The Elderly Care Department within the Northern Inner City District Administration consists of home care, nursing homes, needs assessment, and health-promoting units. In addition, the Elderly Care Department also has a department support with business developers, dietitians, occupational therapists, etc. The home care area is divided into six different teams based on geographical work areas. We are now seeking a secure and committed Unit Manager for Team Gärdet. Team Gärdet is a unit consisting of approximately 32 permanent employees. The unit is led by a unit manager who is supported by an administrator and a planner. We Offer We offer you an exciting and developmental job in Stockholm's largest district administration. Within the administration, we actively work to maintain high-quality operations, and there are many support functions for you as a manager. We work with continuous improvements to offer the best possible elderly care to our residents. As a home care unit manager, you will have a varied assignment where you can influence the future of elderly care by inspiring and motivating development and goal achievement. Please read more about our benefits here. Your Role As a unit manager, you are responsible for personnel, finances, and operations in your unit. You develop the operation together with your employees and create results in accordance with the assignment and operational goals. In your leadership, you are a role model for employees and a norm-setter for the administration's values by handling requirements and expectations from both management and employees in a professional manner. You are present and promote a good work environment while creating good conditions for employees to take responsibility, have influence, and participation based on their competence. You report to the area manager and are part of the management group for the home care area together with the other five unit managers. We expect you to actively participate in the entire area's development work and share your thoughts and experience. Your Competence and Experience We are seeking someone who has: - Academic education deemed relevant for the position - Current and multi-year management experience with personnel, budget, and operational responsibility in elderly care, preferably home care - Several years of experience from home care - High digital maturity and system proficiency It is meritorious if you have: - Experience from a politically governed organization, preferably the City of Stockholm - Experience in change management and business development The City of Stockholm has a management profile with five competencies that are important for the city's managers to possess. The management profile creates consensus within the city to ensure quality and efficiency in operations and a good work environment. The following competencies are part of the management profile and are seen as particularly important for the management assignment: • Holistic view • Development-oriented • Goal and result-oriented • Clear • Collaboration ability As a unit manager, you have a holistic view and take into account the broader perspective. You consider the entire operation and administration's best in actions and decisions. You are proactive and driving in innovation and development work, promoting new thinking and engaging your employees. You work systematically with quality work and involve employees in results, analysis, and improvements of methods and approaches. Together with your employees, you work to create value with a focus on Stockholm residents. You communicate in a clear way and are a role model for others by acting based on vision, policies, and decisions made. You collaborate well with others and communicate in a responsive manner. You are a leader who works from a trust-based approach towards your employees, colleagues, and customers. You are also aware of the importance of good collaboration and focus on finding common ground in your collaborative relationships and cooperation with support functions. During the interview, we will place great emphasis on the competencies in accordance with the city's management profile. Other We are recruiting without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences requested for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base it on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We wish for you to answer the questions concretely and concisely, with a clear connection between your answers and your CV.