Uddevalla – a place for a lifetime

Welcome to become a part of our growing municipality - and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service.

We offer an attractive workplace that provides you with great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout their entire career. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to make the best use of your knowledge and engagement. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone.

Uddevalla municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in an open and positive interaction between the municipality, education, business, and culture.

We hope you will enjoy being with us!

Job Responsibilities

The Building Permit and Administration Unit works with the goal of ensuring lawful and efficient government operations combined with good service.

Our work contributes to creating a sustainable and pleasant living environment for Uddevalla's residents, both today and for future generations.

As a building permit advisor, your main task is to support businesses and individuals in Uddevalla, always based on applicable laws and regulations. You act as an advisor on issues regarding new, extension, and renovation projects with a focus on the Planning and Building Act (PBL). The work is varied and includes close collaboration with colleagues, other businesses, and authorities. You actively work to simplify the building process for the municipality's residents and businesses and continuously keep yourself updated on current legislation and industry developments to provide the best possible service.

We are looking for you

We are looking for someone who is solution-oriented, service-minded, and has a strong interest in construction and architecture. To succeed in this role, structure, good collaboration skills, and a willingness to contribute to positive development for both the workgroup and the municipality are required. You are an engaged and unpretentious team player who wants to help exceed customer expectations and assist them in realizing their visions.

• You handle incoming inquiries about the Planning and Building Act in a lawful and efficient manner.
• You have extensive contact with the public and businesses to provide qualified advice in accordance with current legislation.
• You work both independently and in close collaboration with the team through check-ins and joint assessments.
• You actively participate in creating a good built environment and contribute to sustainable development in Uddevalla.
• Some processing of building permits may occur.

We offer a stimulating and developing position with great responsibility and many points of contact within and outside the organization.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in a relevant field, such as the Planning and Building Act, or other suitable education combined with work experience.
• Good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, as well as basic knowledge of English.
• Experience with digital work and good computer skills.
• Driver's license (B)

Experience in processing according to PBL or the Environmental Code is meritorious. Other language skills are also considered meritorious.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Other

The position is a fixed-term employment for 6 months.

Welcome with your application!

Employment is subject to the necessary decisions being made. For positions that involve direct and regular contact with children and youth, as well as for activities within LSS, care and nursing, health care, psychiatric care, and addiction treatment, a valid extract from the police criminal record must be presented or submitted before employment. Please note that it may take time to obtain the extract, so order it in good time to avoid delays in the recruitment process.

When you apply for a job with us, your application is saved. This is because we are a public entity. Your application becomes a public document once we have received it. This means that application documents and information about who has applied for a position can be requested by anyone.

If you have a protected identity, you should not submit your application digitally but contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement.

For those who are not citizens of the EU/EES area, a work permit is required, this does not apply to those with permanent residence permits. The work permit must be presented at the interview.

The link below contains compiled information about the most important benefits available in the collective agreement we have in Uddevalla municipality. The information covers, among other things, vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, professional development, and pension.
Collective agreement information (https://extra.skr.se/download/18.18f9f5a61926b4a1e532618/1728397193467/Sag-hej-till-ditt-kollektivavtal-2024.pdf)

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