Head of Department for Children and Education in Huddinge

Do you value proximity, growth, and creating the best conditions for everyone living and working in Huddinge Municipality? We offer numerous career opportunities in a well-functioning and growing municipality with both nature and big city pulse around the corner. Here, you'll feel secure, involved, and proud as we make a difference with strength every day. In Huddinge Municipality, we work to create a sustainable society where nature, technology, and excellent service work together. Huddinge is a large Stockholm municipality with approximately 6,400 employees and more than 110,000 inhabitants. The Children and Education Administration works on behalf of the Preschool Board and Primary School Board. The administration is responsible for preschool activities, school-age childcare, primary education, and adapted primary education. Our most important mission is to give all children and students in Huddinge the opportunity to develop to their full potential in a safe educational environment. All of our employees play a crucial role in achieving this. We are seeking a secure, relational, and result-oriented Section Manager for the Children and Education Administration in Huddinge Municipality. Job Responsibilities In your role, you will be responsible for a team consisting of social workers, special education teachers, special education specialists, and social pedagogues, with the following tasks: • Promote attendance in collaboration with other actors both within the municipality and with, for example, the region. • Drive initiatives related to the municipality's prevention work. • Support schools in complex student cases. As a section manager, you have budget, personnel, and work environment responsibilities. You will be part of the management group with section managers, with the department head as your direct supervisor. You are responsible for investigations/reports related to the assignment and contribute to developing educational initiatives based on identified needs in the operations. As a manager in Huddinge Municipality, you are a role model based on the municipality's shared values. As a manager, you actively drive change and development work, creating understanding and commitment for what needs to be implemented. Your leadership promotes an open collaborative climate, participation in work, and ensures that good ideas are utilized. As a leader, you follow up, provide feedback, and give your employees support and opportunities for development. Leadership for us means achieving results and bringing others along in the work. Qualification Requirements We are seeking someone with a social work degree and extensive experience with assignments in schools with students with various special support needs. You have a documented ability to collaborate, both within the municipality and with other actors, and have broad knowledge about children and students in need of support. You have experience working with students within the autism spectrum, ADHD, and other neuropsychiatric disabilities. You also have several years of experience independently leading and driving projects from start to finish and have an excellent ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. Furthermore, you have communication skills and create trusting contacts with employees, managers, union representatives, and politicians. You also have an analytical ability to identify, adapt, and develop based on challenges and needs in the operations. As a person, you are a relationship builder with excellent collaboration skills. You have the ability to initiate, adapt, and guide change and development work. Benefits To fulfill our mission, you as an employee in Huddinge Municipality are the most important asset we have. Therefore, we offer a range of benefits for a sustainable work life and to make your everyday life easier. Work in Huddinge Municipality (link) Inquiries For questions about the position, please contact Christina Dolke Andersson, Department Head, at telephone 08-535 338 61. Apply for the position by attaching your CV and answering some selection questions about how you match our requirements profile. The selection process will begin after the application deadline and will consist of a Teams interview, an on-site interview, possibly a work sample, and reference checking. Our recruitment system cannot handle anonymous applications or applicants with protected personal information. If you have protected personal information, please contact the contact person listed in the advertisement. Want to make a difference? Welcome with your application!