Hamar Municipality shall be a workplace where employees experience job satisfaction and mastery. We must be an organization that is able to attract new colleagues and further develop the organization. The municipal manager must be a unifying leader with integrity and a willingness to put the subject area's opportunities and challenges on the agenda, and contribute to strengthening the organization and building trust in the Hamar community.

Hamar invests in children and young people. The 12 primary schools in Hamar have delivered very good results over time. Hamar has a continuous intake of children with sufficient places in 17 municipal and 10 private kindergartens. In addition to schools and kindergartens, the municipal area Education and growth also includes child welfare, PPT, outdoor contact, health center and NAV. NAV Hamar provides municipal services such as financial social assistance and refugee services on behalf of the municipality. The municipal area has an operating budget of around NOK 1.1 billion and almost 900 employees. We are now looking for a manager who can help to further develop Hamar as a good place to grow up, live and work.

The municipal area is large and complex, and a unique opportunity for those who are strategic leaders and organizational and community builders, who want to leave their mark and help build a growing municipality. We have great ambitions for the further development of the Hamar community and so do you. The municipal manager is the head of the municipal area, and sits in the Municipal Director's management team.

Tasks

• Lead the municipal area with a clear direction, holistic perspective and visible presence
• Overall and comprehensive responsibility for subjects, personnel and finances
• Collaborate closely with the municipal director and the rest of the management team on Hamar's overall development
• Contribute to good service development within their own area, but also across the municipal areas
• Ensure proper and robust operation of the municipal area within applicable laws and regulations, municipal plans and budget
• Ensure good interaction between business and politics - prepare good decision-making bases for elected bodies
• Implement decisions and follow up that the organization delivers in line with political goals and frameworks
• Contribute to strategic social development and qualify the organization for innovation, restructuring and change
• Maintain and further develop trust and good relations with employees, elected officials and the municipality's citizens, including, but not limited to, the public, elected officials and the municipality's residents, also when it comes to the development of the area
• Represent the municipal area in relevant external councils, committees and networks

Qualifications

• Solid leadership experience with management of high-level managers from larger complex organizations with documented results
• Professional background from the municipal area, preferably primary school
• Good understanding and knowledge of other service areas - from kindergarten and school to child welfare, PPT, health centers and NAV
• Professionally updated, and with a good understanding of societal changes and the need to develop the services in a long-term perspective
• Very good knowledge of the municipal sector and municipal services
• Solid management skills, and the ability to lead closely to political processes and politically controlled businesses
• Very good financial understanding, able to document good financial results, and having created sustainable financial operating frameworks over time
• Knowledge of investment projects, experienced orderer and having demonstrated the ability to handle cost changes
• Experience from restructuring and development of complex organizations with documented results
• Good knowledge of digitization and ability to use it as a tool for streamlining and service development
• Experience from collaboration with employee organizations and party cooperation
• Very good written and oral presentation skills
• Higher relevant education, preferably at master's level
  

Personal qualities

• Clear, confident, robust and visible as a leader - sets direction and creates predictability and security in the organization
• Analytical and with a strategic perspective - sees connections across disciplines and makes well-founded decisions
• Solution and action-oriented with strong implementation power
• Committed and inclusive - creates motivation and commitment around him and develops employees
• Open and honest, good communicator who builds trust through good dialogue with employees, elected representatives, politicians and citizens
• Team builder with good collaboration skills - but also makes the necessary decisions when required
• General commitment to children and young people's upbringing, and for Hamar to continue to be one of Norway's best municipalities in this area

We offer

• A rare opportunity to make a lasting mark on one of Norway's leading service offerings in education and upbringing
• A municipal area with strong professional environments, committed employees and a solid value base
• A close and competent top management environment with interdisciplinary breadth
• Competitive salary and pension terms
  
  For more information about this unique opportunity, please contact our advisor Per Inge Hjertaker at Hjertaker Aaberg AS, tel. 91729682. Municipal Director Osmund Kaldheim can also be contacted on tel. 95154000.

Contact information

Kaldheim, Osmund, Municipal Director, 95154000

Place of work

Vangsvegen 51
2317 HAMAR

Key information:

Employer: Hamar Municipality

Reference no: 5116977585
Position percentage: 100%
Permanent
Application deadline: 17.05.2026