Are you a committed, goal-oriented and independent person who loves to plan, organize and direct things?
Are you good at seeing context and making things happen? Is sustainability important to you? Also, does your heart beat a little extra for the place (or a place) in the Umeå region? (Bjurholm, Nordmaling, Vindeln, Vännäs, Robertsfors and Umeå)
Then we want you to apply for the position as operations manager and work with us for development in the rural areas of the Umeå region.
Leader and the Kingdom of Ideas
Leader is a French abbreviation for locally led development. It is an EU initiative where 60 areas in Sweden receive funds to distribute for rural development. The projects will be implemented using the ”Leader method”, which involves private, public and non-profit sectors making joint development investments. Our Leader area is called Ideriket and includes the municipalities of Bjurholm, Nordmaling, Vindeln, Vännäs, Robertsfors and Umeå (excluding the city of Umeå).
The realm of ideas will conduct development work in the Umeå region during the EU program period 2023-2027 and has approximately 30 million SEK to distribute to various initiatives. The initiatives will support the implementation of the strategy that has been developed. In short, the strategy is about sustainably developing attractive places, an innovative business community, a strong idea-driven sector and driving sustainable change. The strategy identifies young people and other underrepresented groups as special target groups to work to reach. (Read more on the website)
The mission
Idériket is a newly formed association and the board includes representatives from the non-profit, private and public sectors. The role of operations manager reports to the board and is about building and running the leader office.
The office's mission is to:
- Act as the unifying link for the business.
- Inform about and market the area's strategy.
- Get committed citizens, associations, companies, etc. to run development projects that support the strategy. Information, sounding board, support, etc.
As an operations manager, your mission is to build and operate the office. This includes:
- Hire additional staff (probably one person)
- With the support of already developed material and other Leader areas, develop procedures and support for applicants
- Responsible for budget, both internal to the office and external to applicants
- Personnel responsibility
- Responsibility for communication towards the board, municipalities and applicants.
- Supporting function towards the board.
Who are we looking for?
We believe that you are a passionate person. A determined person who makes things happen. Someone who steps up and acts. Someone who likes to take responsibility and is good at seeing the big picture. We see that you are a person with good self-awareness who has or is happy to take leadership for other people. Who can practice self-leadership and prioritize when there are lots of alternatives. You can see what weaknesses you have and like to surround yourself with people who complement you. You are good at seeing common ground and like to be in a network context. You are communicative and can quickly present a concept or idea. You can see systems and processes and understand the importance of acting fairly and legally. We believe that you have been involved in some form of board before. (Non-profit, private or public) We are sure that you are interested in place development in some form. Sustainability is an important issue for you and you understand what it can mean in different types of development projects.
The position does not require formal training but involves being able to see the whole, structure, develop routines and processes and be able to express yourself well in speech and writing. However, the most important thing is to see and understand your own strengths and weaknesses in order to be able to recruit the right staff and get help from the board in the right places. You are far from alone in this assignment.
You must be able to transport yourself in the region, even to places without public transport. It is also important that you have access to a good internet connection. The location is the region and a possible physical office will be part of your assignment to find, budget for and build.
Process
Application deadline: 19/2
Next step:
22/2 We will announce who will move forward in the process.
23-25/2 If you have passed – contact with references
1/3 Recruitment day (book your calendar!). Approximately 5 candidates will be selected and invited to a recruitment day on February 28. A recruitment day is instead of a regular interview and is about testing different types of work tasks that you will encounter as a business manager. It is a way for you to try out the work and a way for us to assess which profile fits best in the new organization.
Access:
As soon as possible.
To apply:
Apply via this link: socialrecruiting.jobtip.se/verksamhetsledare-sokes
Or send your CV and answers to the questions below to stina@yourwill.se no later than 19/2.
You are welcome to answer the questions below in a short film clip, but text is also fine.
- Who are you and why are you interested in the position?
- When you saw the ad, what triggered you to apply?
- In what way would you say you are a committed person?
- What are your thoughts and experiences regarding social and ecological sustainability when it comes to development initiatives?
- What else do we need to know about you and your thoughts on the assignment?
- References, a boss, a friend and a collaborator