Description

We are strengthening our expertise and looking for someone who wants to work at our authority for forestry issues.

We offer diverse and stimulating tasks and good opportunities for competence development. We hope you want to become our new colleague!

Responsibilities

You will mainly work with our commissioned activities and forestry advice. In the commissioned activities, rewetting of previously drained land is the main task. The work is carried out both from the office and in the field.

You will also be involved in the district's other activities, which include inventories, area protection, and supervision. The work involves contacts with forest owners, forestry companies, authorities, interest organizations, and the general public. We cover a large geography where digital meeting forms and training are important tools. Travel with overnight stays within the district occurs.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a university degree in forestry, biology with a forestry focus, or equivalent. Education, knowledge, and experience of nature value inventories are advantageous but not required. We value good IT/GIS skills.

Your personal qualities are of great importance. We are looking for an outgoing person with integrity who interacts with people objectively and respectfully. You enjoy fieldwork, are flexible, efficient, and have a good ability to collaborate with others. You are responsible, thorough, have good administrative skills, and carry out your tasks independently towards set goals. You also need to be able to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing.

A driver's license for a car is a requirement.

Conditions

We offer a 1-year substitute position, and the position is a full-time employment. Start date by agreement.

About the Swedish Forest Agency

The Swedish Forest Agency is an authority for forestry issues. Our vision is Forest for the benefit of all. Our mission is to work for the sustainable management of forests to achieve the forest policy goals decided by the Swedish Parliament. We are located throughout the country, with offices from Pajala in the north to Hässleholm in the south. The head office is in Jönköping.

Together, we work to make our agency a workplace where all employees thrive, develop, and want to stay. All our work is based on the state's core values.

As a new employee, your introduction will be conducted in three steps, supplemented with training that strengthens you as an employee, both at the Swedish Forest Agency and as a state employee. Our employment benefits, which you will be able to enjoy, can add a little extra to your everyday life. We hope you will enjoy working with us!

If you are curious or have a question, do not hesitate to contact us if you cannot find the answer on our website: Swedish Forest Agency - About us (https://skogsstyrelsen.se/om-oss/) and Swedish Forest Agency - Work with us (https://skogsstyrelsen.se/om-oss/var-verksamhet/jobba-hos-oss/)

Welcome to the Swedish Forest Agency!