School Library Developer

Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents but expects to grow significantly in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality is working to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate. Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large urban municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business environment, and future factors like digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality! The Unit for Student Health and Development (EEU) provides support to individual units and works on jointly prioritized development areas identified within the Education Sector, as well as other initiatives initiated at the municipal and national levels. The unit's mission is primarily to support the operational forms of preschools, preschool classes, after-school care, primary schools, and adapted primary schools. In certain matters, the unit also supports upper secondary schools and adult education. The unit employs development leaders and central student health functions. Additionally, study and career counselors for primary and adapted primary schools are organized within the unit. The unit consists of 16 employees and a unit manager. JOB DESCRIPTION As a School Library Developer, you will have a strategic and coordinating responsibility for the development of school library operations in Lerum's primary schools. This is a new position that offers a unique opportunity to shape and develop the school libraries, both centrally and at the unit level. Since this position is new, you will have significant freedom and the opportunity to influence its direction, but your main responsibilities will involve ensuring that the school libraries meet national guidelines and actively contribute to students' goal achievement and the development of Media and Information Literacy (MIK). There are 18 primary schools in the municipality, each with a school library. A recent survey conducted within the municipality shows a variation among the school libraries of the different primary schools. Your assignment includes supporting the various schools based on their specific needs. You will thus work in a varied manner, both operationally, staffing school libraries, meeting school staff and students, as well as more strategically by developing the school library plan and offering support to principals, teachers, and library staff. You will participate in and contribute to networks for knowledge exchange and professional development. The position includes close collaboration with the municipality's 18 primary schools, other library functions, and external stakeholders. This is a project position for the year 2026. There is a possibility for extension or transition to a permanent position, depending on the needs of the operations and the progress of the project. QUALIFICATIONS You have a degree in library and information science. You have solid experience in strategic development work within school libraries or similar educational activities. You are accustomed to leading projects and driving processes in a complex organization, preferably within a politically governed environment. You possess strong communication skills, the ability to inspire, and build trusting relationships with management, teachers, library staff, and students. You are development-oriented and proactive. You should have the ability to drive work forward independently and be accustomed to working goal-oriented as well as with flexibility. The work involves both independent tasks and collaboration in various partnerships. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030. We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and degrading treatment. We value a good working environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee with us, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as wellness grants and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be a requirement to use personal Bank-ID in your role for authentication in systems logins or other verifications. To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we kindly ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format. We warmly welcome your application! For this recruitment, we have already determined the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly decline to be contacted for further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.