Gävle Municipality offers interesting and challenging jobs with great opportunities for personal growth. In the coastal city of Gävle, you'll be close to nature, culture, and experiences. Want to help shape Gävle's future? We're looking for those who want to make Gävle even better together with us!
Welfare Gävle's employees make Gävle safer for children, youth, and the elderly, persons with disabilities, and people in vulnerable situations. We also work to create the best conditions for adult learning and personal development. We offer future-oriented professions that challenge and develop, and you'll work on things that truly matter. Together, we make Gävle safer!
In Gävle Municipality, we work for a safe and sustainable society where people can live a good life – every day. Our Home Support services make a difference for the elderly and those needing care and service. We aim to create conditions for an independent life, with compassion, respect, and quality in every interaction.
We are now seeking three engaged unit managers for Home Care services in Andersberg, Hille, and Brynäs.
The position in Andersberg is a parental leave replacement, while the positions in Hille and Brynäs are permanent appointments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a home care unit manager, you have a central role in leading, developing, and inspiring your employees. You are responsible for personnel, finances, and work environment, and for creating conditions for care with both quality and heart.
The assignment includes:
• Leading and following up operations based on political goals and governing documents.
• Creating engagement and job satisfaction through a present and trust-based leadership.
• Driving development and actively participating in change work, including welfare technology and new working methods.
• Collaborating across professional boundaries between home care, home healthcare, and support services.
You will be part of a supportive management team where collegial learning, participation, and development are central. You will also have support from HR, finance, and planning functions.
QUALIFICATIONS
Who are you?
We are seeking a secure, communicative, and development-oriented leader. You have a holistic view of operations and thrive in a role that combines strategic thinking with present leadership.
You:
• See connections and logic in complex situations and make well-founded decisions.
• Lead with trust and clarity, explaining goals and decisions, providing space for initiative, and encouraging development.
• Dare to try new paths, handle change calmly, and see opportunities where others see obstacles.
Requirements:
• Higher education in social care, healthcare, or other education/experience deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience working in care and support services.
• Good knowledge of economics, personnel management, and development issues.
Meriting:
• Experience working in a politically governed organization.
We Offer
A meaningful and developing management assignment where you can contribute to a better daily life for Gävle's residents.
A strong collegial network with experienced leaders and supportive functions.
Good opportunities for skills development and internal mobility.
Permanent full-time employment (parental leave replacement for Andersberg).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Union representatives:
• Ever Alvarado Vision - Vision,
[email protected]
• Sara Lasell SSR Professionals' Association,
[email protected]
• Riita Juntunen - Municipal,
[email protected]
To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gävle Municipality and enable good communication with applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not by email or paper format. If you have a protected identity, please contact the recruiting manager and do not submit your application digitally.
Gävle Municipality has a decision on the right to full-time employment, meaning permanent employees can request the position to be full-time. This request should be met within six months, calculated from the first day of employment. To have the right to full-time employment fulfilled, you may need to perform tasks outside the normal scope of your position.
Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area. If you speak Finnish in addition to our other competency requirements, this can be a merit.
For recruitment purposes, Gävle Municipality has determined recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.