Vacant job

The Strategy Unit has a broad and exciting mission within community building in the municipality. We work with both urban and rural development in an area with unique conditions and challenges. We are responsible for comprehensive planning and other strategic planning and work for sustainable community development. We are responsible for developing, implementing, and following up guidelines for housing supply, water service planning, and waste management. The unit also works with local governing documents such as architecture strategy, green strategy, water and sewage documents, mobility strategy, and cultivation strategy. We function as expert support for community building projects and can also drive projects in early planning stages.

The unit currently consists of a manager, a city architect, and about ten strategists with different educational backgrounds and areas of expertise. We belong to the planning area at the community building office together with the units for detailed planning, exploitation, and geographic information. We work in Södertälje City Hall in a pleasant and open office environment with close access to public transport.

Your tasks
As a community building strategist, you need to have a broad understanding of various sustainability goals. The focus is primarily on traffic and mobility, but you will also participate in assignments with other main focuses, such as climate and energy transition or other infrastructure issues.

In Södertälje, the transport infrastructure is complex and very important for the municipality's development. You will work on improving pedestrian, cycling, and public transport as well as more sustainable car traffic and freight transport. The work also includes issues related to roads, railways, and shipping. You are expected to take a senior role and be driving the development of the strategic planning of transport infrastructure and mobility in Södertälje in collaboration with national, regional, and municipal actors, industry, and academia. You will be part of already established networks with the Swedish Transport Administration, Region Stockholm and Sörmland, Södertörn Collaboration, and Mälardalsrådet.

Your work will also involve developing and following up on group-wide governing documents in broad collaboration. You are also expected to lead and initiate development work and provide expert support in current community building projects. You will participate in continuous comprehensive planning and actively contribute to the office's environmental monitoring and respond to external and internal referrals.

Initially, you will have a leading role in developing a new mobility strategy. You will participate as an expert in the work on the development of the city center and other ongoing larger planning programs. You are expected to participate in the ongoing EU project Green Goods Hub on fossil-free transport in collaboration with Södertälje port and other actors. You should also be able to provide support within the framework of the Ostlänken project.

Who are you?
We are looking for someone with a solid background and experience in strategic work with traffic and mobility, preferably from a politically governed organization. You represent the municipality and work transparently, responsibly, and credibly with the projects you participate in and ensure progress. You contribute to the municipality's broad community building mission in accordance with a holistic view of sustainable community development. You contribute with environmental monitoring, your networks, and other collaborations within your area of expertise as well as your knowledge in an inclusive and pedagogical manner.

Personal qualities:
As a person, you are clear, solution-oriented, and attentive in collaboration with others. You are engaged, creative, and development-oriented both in substantive issues and improvement proposals within our organization.

Requirements:
- Master's degree as an engineer, traffic planner, urban planner, or equivalent
- Solid experience in strategic planning for sustainable mobility and traffic
- Very good oral and written proficiency in Swedish and English
- Proficient in Microsoft Office

Meritorious:
- Experience with municipal comprehensive or detailed planning, regional or national community planning
- Experience in R&D or innovation collaborations
- Project management training
- Sustainability certification or other relevant advanced training in community building
- GIS, Adobe, and Antura
- Driver's license

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

We offer you
Every day, about 6,000 people go to work in Södertälje municipality. We have many different roles and want to offer you a meaningful job where you can contribute to society while feeling joy. As an employee with us, you will have the opportunity to develop and make a real impact. As an employee of Södertälje municipality, you will be offered secure employment conditions, a generous wellness allowance, and the possibility to exchange vacation day supplements for extra days off. In some areas, there is also the possibility of some flexibility regarding working hours and work forms. We have a wide range of training and skill-enhancing initiatives for you as an employee. For more detailed information about our benefits, please read more on our external website:
https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

Welcome to us!

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

Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review 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 tasks in the security class, Swedish citizenship is required.

We welcome calls from those interested in the job, but we decline offers from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.