Library Unit Manager, Central Library Oodi - Helsingin kaupunki - Helsinki, Finland

We are looking for a substitute for the head of the media culture unit at the Central Library Oodi. Oodi is a lively and eventful modern library, one of Helsinki City Library's 38 branches. Oodi has 68 employees in six different teams. We operate with a flat hierarchy and community-driven approach. The media culture unit maintains Oodi's city workshop and studios and provides related services. As the unit head, you will also participate in international tasks and be responsible for ensuring the maintenance of Oodi's premises. You will lead about 15 direct reports and have the opportunity to develop Oodi customer-oriented and in a community-driven team work environment. You will be responsible for Oodi's workshop and studio services and collaborate with various service providers, partners, and technology companies. As the unit head, you are part of Oodi's five-member management team. Together, we promote Oodi as a developer library and ensure staff have the tools and support needed for success. The qualification requirement is a higher university degree. Good Finnish and English skills are required, and a satisfactory Swedish or excellent proficiency in another language is preferred. We value leadership experience, familiarity with the library sector, and sufficient understanding of technology. Oodi's teams operate community-driven, and leadership emphasizes supporting the team to achieve goals through coaching leadership. The objectives in the media culture unit focus on improving digital skills for all and supporting hobbies. Success in the role requires an open and curious developer attitude, interest in renewing service production and processes, and monitoring changes in the library sector and society. Genuine interest in digital services supports success. As a leader, you are approachable, listening, and genuinely interested in enabling team members' success. We offer a vantage point into the daily life of Finland's largest public library, a great working environment, excellent colleagues, comprehensive employee benefits, and development opportunities. The city offers leisure benefits, such as extensive staff sports offerings, Epassi Flex benefit for commuting and cultural, sports, and wellness services. To promote equality and non-discrimination, Helsinki City encourages anonymous recruitment, which is conducted anonymously. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus on professional skills and work experience. Fill out the job application form normally, ensuring it follows anonymity principles. The supervisor will select interviewees based on anonymous summaries without seeing the applicant's name, age, gender, or native language.