Vacant job

The construction companies work for an attractive, healthy and safe construction and civil engineering industry where companies compete on fair terms. We are now looking for someone with a strong interest in community building, who is good at networking and has a strong personal drive!

About the job

Our member companies are organized in local construction associations that belong to five geographical regions. As the industry and association manager in Västernorrland, you belong to the North region and drive the work in the local construction association in Sundsvall. This means that you will be the convenor for meetings and board meetings, the primary contact person for the association, and create activities for the members. You will work to capture the prioritized issues of the members through collaboration groups, networks, and company meetings, and then raise these in relevant forums. The work is varied and interesting in a dynamic organization. No day is the same, and you will constantly face new challenges and exciting meetings with people.

You will be part of a regional team of 14 people, of which 5 work in equivalent roles as industry and association managers in other locations. In the Sundsvall office, you will sit together with 2 colleagues, the Swedish Enterprise, and other nearby organizations. As a new employee, you will receive a thorough introduction to gradually feel ready to take on the role independently.

Your tasks include

• driving the association work by, for example, calling and leading meetings, as well as taking minutes and organizing the annual meeting. You will be a presenter in the Västernorrland construction association board and in the decided committees, as well as planning, administering, and carrying out its meetings and activities.

• creating local activities related to our focus areas, which include skills supply, fair competition, collective agreements and labor law, working environment, and climate transition.

• organizing member activities such as networking meetings, lectures, and study visits.

• translating national and regional goals into local activities.

• engaging in dialogue with authorities and politicians regarding our focus areas.

• representing the Construction Companies, the local construction association, and member companies towards authorities, business, media, trade unions, and educational institutions together with colleagues in the region.

• participating in various collaboration groups and acting together with member companies to drive the Construction Companies' issues locally.

• improving the local conditions for member companies through advocacy work.

• collaborating, planning activities, and sharing experiences with other industry and association managers in the organization.

Your profile

We prefer that you have experience from the business world, preferably the construction sector, and from leading and organizing groups, meetings, and activities. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of the community building sector and business policy. To succeed in this role, it is important that you have a structured working method, can express yourself easily in speech and writing, and are good at building networks and maintaining good relationships.

We highly value personal qualities and previous assignments, as well as relevant education in areas such as community building, communication, HR, or political science.

As a future employee, it is also important that you can identify with the organization's values of joy, engagement, and professionalism. Please read more about our culture and values here (https://jobb.byggforetagen.se/pages/kulturhandboken).

We offer

We apply trust-based working hours, offer wellness benefits, reduced working hours, health insurance, and group insurance. We have a remote work policy that allows you to work remotely to some extent by agreement with your manager.

The position is a permanent employment that starts with a six-month probationary period, and in other matters, the employment agreement between the Construction Companies and Ledarna, Sveriges Ingenjörer, Unionen applies.

Your application

Does this sound like the job for you? Then send your application to us by November 23, 2025. We work with ongoing selection, so the position may be filled before the application deadline. If you have questions regarding the position, you can contact regional manager Johan Hallberg, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).