Operations Manager for Functional Support

Are you a person who values development, engagement, and consideration in your work life? Then we would be a great match – because we feel the same way. By working with us, you contribute to a better everyday life for thousands of people in Marks Municipality. Not least your own. With us, you have the opportunity to grow – both as a person and in your professional role, while what you work on helps an entire community to thrive. Regardless of your tasks, you will make life a little easier for everyone who lives and works here. And that is something we highly value. Our vision is to be a close-knit municipality with a focus on people. Close to each other, our surroundings, and the future. We want to be a present community that, with calm and warmth, supports our 35,000 residents, 3,600 employees, and thousands of entrepreneurs. This makes every employee with us significant. Together, we ensure that an entire community functions well. Within Functional Support, we work to enable people with disabilities to live active and meaningful lives in community with others and on equal terms. This can involve support in the form of guidance, daily activities, personal assistance, or housing in group and service accommodations. Functional Support is part of the social administration where development work is a high priority. Our biggest common challenge is to meet future needs with the right competencies – fewer hands need to do more, which requires smart solutions and strong collaborations. Therefore, we have already begun taking steps to utilize our expertise in the best way both within and outside the organization. JOB DESCRIPTION In the role of Operations Manager, you combine strategic leadership with the ability to inspire and coordinate to create quality and development. You lead the operations together with 12 unit managers and approximately 400 employees, with a budget responsibility of around 240 million SEK. You have overall responsibility for the development, quality, economy, employees, and work environment of the operations. You see connections, think long-term, and understand how different decisions impact both people and the organization. Since you will have many points of contact both internally and externally, it is important that you are communicative and value collaboration. You know that good relationships are the foundation for success, and you have the ability to create engagement and direction. QUALIFICATIONS • Relevant academic education, preferably in social work, behavioral science, leadership, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. • Documented experience in leadership with responsibility for employees, finances, and operations. • Documented experience in the field of functional support or equivalent, and an understanding of the mission, complexity, and conditions of the operations. • Experience in leading your own operations while also seeing the overall mission of the administration and municipality. • Documented experience in change and development work in public operations with the ability to create engagement, drive, and direction. • It is an advantage if you have been a manager of other managers and have experience working based on the leadership model of developing leadership. Important in this role is also that you: - Organize and plan your work well. - Are confident in both favorable and unfavorable conditions and can distinguish between issues and individuals. - Have high competence in collaborating at all levels, both internally and externally, and can build trusting relationships while creating structures that ensure user participation and collaboration with relatives and interest organizations. - Work to deliver good quality and solutions that are based on those we are here for, our community members. - Have the ability to balance between development and operations. OTHER We who work within Marks Municipality collectively develop our culture of togetherness by being engaged, considerate, and developmental, for the long-term benefit of individuals and society. In our services, we place great emphasis on your personal suitability. First interview: December 16 and 17 Final interview: January 13 and 14. The position requires a security clearance according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) to be conducted prior to employment. As an employer, we promote equal rights, obligations, and opportunities for all employees and value the qualities that diversity and a balanced gender distribution can bring to the organization. Marks Municipality offers various employee benefits such as an attractive wellness allowance, discounted annual passes for Västtrafik, rental bicycles, pension and vacation exchange, as well as the possibility of remote work and flexible working hours based on the needs and design of the operations. It is also easy to commute here from, for example, Gothenburg, Borås, and Varberg. We kindly but firmly decline contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.