Business Strategist for IT Procurements

The Care Office is responsible for services to elderly and people with disabilities. We work on behalf of the Care Committee and the Elderly Care Committee. You will belong to the Digitalization Unit, which is part of the Care Office's staff. The workgroup consists of colleagues who are IT coordinators, system administrators, welfare technicians, telephone managers, and business strategists.

Your duties

As one of the business strategists within the Care Office's staff, you will support the organization in digitalization issues and work on a mission-driven basis. Through creativity and engagement, you participate in the work to ensure that the organization's services are delivered and provide value to users. The role has a particular focus on IT systems and project management. You will be responsible for leading procurements and implementations within the Care Office, for example, our next operational system. Over time, the focus of projects may change depending on the different needs of the operations, for example mapping systems in the operations, leading projects within welfare technology, or leading co-creation projects with other municipalities.

Who are you?

Do you dream of being part of the transition to future care for the elderly and people with disabilities? Where we work health-promoting and individually tailored. Where users experience safety, participation, and satisfaction. Where employees feel pride in their work. Where we together take responsibility for modern and sustainable development.

THEN you are the right person for us!

Requirements:

- We are looking for someone with relevant university education in the field such as social scientist, social worker, lawyer, political scientist, nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, or other academic education that the employer deems relevant for the position.

- Have knowledge and several years of experience in change and project management.

- Have documented experience in leading IT system procurements.

- You have knowledge of operations aimed at elderly and people with disabilities and have experience working in a politically governed organization.

Meritorious:

-Experience in business development.

-System knowledge

-Experience working with cost-benefit analyses

-Experience with projects spanning several years

Personal qualities:

- You are driven and proactive, see what needs to be done and act on it.

- You are responsible, have good collaboration skills, and have an open approach.

- You easily adapt to changing circumstances.

- You have good communication skills.

- You easily build relationships and trust.

- You are used to working independently and contribute to good innovative collaboration.

- You feel equally comfortable supporting colleagues in development issues as working on a mission-driven basis.

- You easily grasp new issues quickly both at the detailed and more overall level.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

We offer you

A job where you help create conditions for the municipality's residents who are elderly or have a disability. You as an employee are our most important asset. We offer you a workplace where you have great opportunities to influence your and our common future. Here we have an open culture and value the qualities that diversity brings to the organization. We take care of your creativity and commitment and encourage you to come up with ideas and challenge ingrained work methods, always with a focus on the citizen. Your participation in development work and changes is a given. In all operations, the ambition is to work sustainably through quality work, method development, digitalization, and skills development.

As an employee of Södertälje municipality, you are offered secure employment conditions, a generous wellness allowance, and the opportunity to exchange vacation supplement for extra days off. Some operations also offer a certain flexibility regarding working hours and work forms. We have a wide range of training and competence development efforts for you as an employee. For more detailed information about our benefits, please read more on our external website:

The Digitalization Unit is located in the town hall's modern premises close to the center and communications. We offer the possibility of remote work for part of the working hours. At our workplace, we do not have fixed workstations, but you as an employee choose your workstation based on the task. The work we do together is based on professional and respectful treatment. The image of our workplace is created in every meeting; as an employee with us, you are our face outward.

Welcome to us!

Other

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Södertälje municipality works with competency-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.

We have many positions where we conduct a background check. A display of a criminal record extract (conviction and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore be required from the candidate before a decision on employment.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security screening with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our duties in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.