Welcome to the Environmental Administration!

Our goal is that everyone who lives, works, and visits Uppsala municipality can live in a good environment with good health. We are part of the community, and to succeed in our mission, we nurture and create relationships with our surroundings. We are competent and helpful and work preventively. With us, you can work with environmental protection, health protection, food control, land surveying, and permitting. Through collaboration, supervision, inspection, and dialogue, we contribute to Uppsala's sustainable development for current and future generations.

More information about working in Uppsala municipality can be found here (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/).

Are you well aware of today's challenges regarding PFAS?

Do you enjoy building networks and developing collaborations with internal and external stakeholders with expertise in PFAS? Do you have the skills to compile and analyze data and convey new knowledge to different target groups? Do you want to establish our PFAS competence center? If you answered yes to these questions, you might be the one we are looking for!

Currently, over 100 people work at the Environmental Administration, and we are located in the new city hall near the central station. The Environmental Administration is a municipal authority that supports the Environmental and Health Protection Committee and works to create good and healthy living environments for all residents of the municipality.

You will be part of the Environmental Protection Department within the Environmental Administration, where 18 inspectors currently supervise environmentally hazardous activities. There are good opportunities to learn new things and contribute your own experiences and knowledge to the group. We want you to be involved in influencing and contributing to making a difference, working together, and welcoming innovation. With us, you will have the opportunity for personal development while making a real difference for everyone who lives, works, and visits Uppsala municipality. The position is placed in the Environmental Protection Department of the Environmental Administration.

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Job Description

PFAS is present in soil and water in Uppsala, and there are known contaminations affecting Uppsala's drinking water and residents, but the extent is still unknown. To reduce residents' exposure to PFAS, a competence center is now planned to be established at the Environmental Administration. The center will build knowledge and act as a hub for PFAS issues for the municipality in the coming years. The PFAS competence center will ensure that the municipality has sufficient knowledge to assess whether there are areas where it should and can act. In addition to increased knowledge, better coordination, and resident information, the center is expected to create value for strategic issues such as urban planning and environmental and sustainability programs, which in turn ensures well-founded decisions within the municipality.

In 2026, you will primarily work on establishing a PFAS competence center. This work will be carried out in close collaboration with the establishment of drinking water advice within the administration. During 2026, a smaller part of your position will involve supervision of contaminated areas and environmentally hazardous activities, as well as handling incoming cases. In the coming years, this will be a combined position between the PFAS center and environmental inspector with a focus on contaminated land.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a scientific or technical university education or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position. We expect you to have good knowledge of PFAS contamination, occurrence, and spread, knowledge of contaminated areas, and good knowledge of the Environmental Code. The work requires that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form. You also need to have good IT skills and a B driver's license.

Meritorious for the position:

• education in environmental and health protection
• education in the fields of chemistry, ecotoxicology, hydrogeology, soil science, biology
• experience in supervision of contaminated land
• experience in supervision/handling of work related to PFAS issues in soil, groundwater, and drinking water
• experience in leading projects
• experience in media contacts
• experience in governmental work.

As a person, you are good at building networks and developing collaborations with internal and external stakeholders with expertise in PFAS. You are also skilled at compiling and analyzing data and conveying new knowledge to different target groups. Furthermore, you plan and organize your work efficiently and take responsibility for your tasks. Last but not least, you communicate clearly and ensure that your messages are conveyed effectively.

Inquiries

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact: Monica Pettersson, department head, 018-727 43 06.

Union representatives: Naturvetarna, Marutsa Hansson, 018-727 43 18; Vision, Emir Padovic, 018-727 80 16.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, please contact the recruitment area: 018-727 68 24.

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala municipality may involve a military placement.