{"id":14540,"date":"2021-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/starf-svidsstjora-stjornsyslusvids-laust-til-umsoknar\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:16:26","slug":"position-of-regional-director-regional-administration-vacant-for-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/starf-svidsstjora-stjornsyslusvids-laust-til-umsoknar\/","title":{"rendered":"Post of Head of the Administrative Department Vacant for Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Justice has appointed Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Kristinsd\u00f3ttir to the position of Constable for the Capital Region, effective from 1 January 2021.\u00a0 Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur has worked as the legal counsel for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur since 2015 and as Director of the Administration Department since 2016, in addition to serving as deputy mayor. Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur has left her position with the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and the position of Director of the Administration Department at the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is now open for applications.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> The application deadline is 20 January.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<h4>Director of the Administrative Department<\/h4>\n<p>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is seeking a strong individual for the position of Director of the Administration Department, who will have a leadership and coordination role in the city's administration and services.<\/p>\n<p>The Administration Department oversees the services provided by the City Offices of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to the residents of the municipality and others who seek their assistance, guided by high-quality case handling. The main responsibilities of the Administration Department are administration, legal matters and human resources. The following areas fall under the Administration Department: administration, legal affairs, records management, human resources and quality management.<\/p>\n<h4>Key responsibilities and duties<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Day-to-day management and operation of the administrative department<\/li>\n<li>Preparation for meetings of the Town Council and Borough Council<\/li>\n<li>Responsibility for ensuring that the policies and decisions of the Town Council are implemented through the provision of information to the council's professional departments and within budgetary authority.<\/li>\n<li>Responsibility for the effectiveness of the town's system of governance and oversight of central administration and support services.<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Mayor in his absence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Educational and competency requirements<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>University degree relevant to the role; postgraduate education an advantage.<\/li>\n<li>Proven experience in management and personnel management<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge and experience of public administration, policy-making, negotiation and management.<\/li>\n<li>Leadership skills and excellent teamwork and communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Vision, ambition, initiative and organisational skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to communicate knowledge, and present arguments and information in Icelandic and English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Information provided by Hlynur Atli Magn\u00fasson,  <a href=\"mailto:hlynur@hagvangur.is\" class=\"netfang\">hlynur@hagvangur.is<\/a>  and Katr\u00edn S. \u00d3lad\u00f3ttir,  <a href=\"mailto:katrin@hagvangur.is\" class=\"netfang\">katrin@hagvangur.is<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00f3msm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0herra hefur skipa\u00f0 Sigr\u00ed\u00f0i Kristinsd\u00f3ttur \u00ed emb\u00e6tti s\u00fdslumanns \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu fr\u00e1 og me\u00f0 1. jan\u00faar 2021.&nbsp; Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur hefur starfa\u00f0 sem b\u00e6jarl\u00f6gma\u00f0ur Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu&nbsp; 2015 og sem svi\u00f0sstj\u00f3ri stj\u00f3rns\u00fdslusvi\u00f0s fr\u00e1 2016 auk \u00feess a\u00f0 vera sta\u00f0gengill b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ra. Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur hefur l\u00e1ti\u00f0 af st\u00f6rfum hj\u00e1 Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6 og er sta\u00f0a svi\u00f0sstj\u00f3ra stj\u00f3rns\u00fdslusvi\u00f0s Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar n\u00fa laus til ums\u00f3knar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ums\u00f3knarfrestur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14540"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}