Vacant job

We have made a decision! We aim to be a leading municipality – and we have everything it takes to succeed. Short decision-making paths, collaboration across organizational boundaries, and the willingness to dare more. Our high ambitions provide you with opportunities to grow and create positive change for the citizens. As an employee of Ekerö municipality, you will have a valuable role in our unique archipelago – and we look forward to your application.

PLANNING UNIT

is organized under the Community Building Administration and is responsible for conducting comprehensive planning, traffic planning including public transport and Ekeröleden, establishing detailed plans and area regulations, managing the municipality's geodata platform with assurance of data quality, as well as naming and addressing and offering and developing products and services within the geodata area, and producing strategic documents, driving projects, and handling matters within environmental strategic activities and designed living environments.

Work in Ekerö municipality

Job Description

We are in a development phase – and will grow carefully. Ekerö municipality's unique environments, with both protected and historical areas, provide you with a unique combination of opportunities and challenges as we strive to preserve and develop the surroundings. Regardless of previous experience, you will have influence and trust to drive large projects. With collective engagement, we work at a fast pace - which requires both multitasking and organizational skills.

Do you want to take the lead in developing the municipality's strategic water planning and ensure sustainable water management? We are looking for a dedicated and knowledgeable employee who will be responsible for driving the municipality's strategic water planning by actively participating in comprehensive planning, producing knowledge bases and guidelines, and providing expert support in the development of detailed plans as well as in the construction and management of the municipality's stormwater and flood facilities. You are a key person in the implementation of planning and development projects where water issues, particularly stormwater and flood management, are in focus.

Furthermore, you will lead the implementation of the measures included in the water authority's action program and lead and be responsible for various water conservation projects, including procurement of consultants and contract follow-up as well as applications for external funding.

In addition, you will represent the municipality in various collaboration forums and have a central role in handling referrals, motions, and presentations in relevant contexts. In your work, you will closely collaborate with the municipality's water utility Roslagsvatten.

We are looking for someone with a strong drive to develop water issues and who thrives in a role where collaboration and strategic work are at the center. Do you want to contribute to proactive and sustainable water management in the municipality? Then we look forward to your application!

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should:

• Have a relevant university degree
• Several years of experience in similar tasks
• Express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish

We also prefer that you meet the following qualifications:

• Experience working in a politically governed organization or authority
• Experience in stormwater and flood management regarding planning, design, and/or construction of facilities/measures
• Experience working with environmental quality standards/status classification of recipients is an advantage
• Experience with permit applications (water operations, exceptions from biotope protection, etc.) is an advantage
• Experience from work with reviews or revocation of land drainage companies is an advantage
• Good knowledge of LAV, the Environmental Code, and water management is desirable

Personal qualities:

• You view water issues as part of succeeding in the municipality's community building as a whole. You are solution-oriented and see connections from both short- and long-term perspectives.
• You have strategic thinking and the ability to take initiative and drive development. You are not afraid to take responsibility and have a proactive approach to improving processes and working methods.
• You have a systematic working method and ensure that the work is carried out with quality, within deadlines, and follow up on results.
• You are a good communicator who can convey complex information in an understandable way tailored to the target audience. You enjoy collaborating with others and find it easy to build good relationships.
• You are flexible and unpretentious and adapt to changing conditions. You find it fun and stimulating to contribute your expertise at multiple levels within the administration.

Start date: By agreement
Scope: Full-time
Employment form: Permanent

How to get to Ekerö municipality

In this recruitment, we collaborate with the recruitment company Experis. If you want to know more about the position, please feel free to contact recruitment consultant Anna.

About Ekerö municipality

We are a variety of operations that together create a unique municipality – where we all help each other across unit and operational boundaries. We live our values, which involve great commitment, good communication with open dialogue, and a professional approach. As a smaller municipality in the Stockholm region, we can offer both proximity to each other and an ambitious development journey. To become a leading municipality, we need to fill up with new perspectives, and we hope you want to contribute yours.

Ekerö municipality wants to be an attractive employer and strives for a clear focus on sustainability. Provided that the organization's ability to meet its goals remains, the municipality has a positive attitude towards remote work when possible.

We offer, for example, wellness grants, salary exchange for pensions, conversion of vacation day allowances to days off, and smoke-free working hours. To ensure the quality of our recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application digitally, and not via email or post.

We have already made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing and do not wish to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.