Ringsjön Water Council is looking for a Water Coordinator

The Ringsjön Water Council works for healthier water in Ringsjön and its catchment area. Höör Municipality hosts the Ringsjön Water Council. After many years of focusing on water conservation fishing in Ringsjön, the water council is now ramping up efforts with restoration measures upstream of Ringsjön. The water coordinator's dialogues with landowners will be a cornerstone of this work, and the water coordinator will become a key person in the new strategic activities with restoration measures.

The staff of the Ringsjön Water Council is organizationally part of the strategic unit in the Community Building Sector. In addition to the water council, there are also a municipal ecologist and community planner. Besides the water coordinator, the water council has a biologist working at 50% with extensive experience in the council's activities who acts as an expert. Additionally, there is the water council's preparation group with officials from the main stakeholders providing support and feedback in the work.

Höör is located in the middle of Skåne, has good train connections, beautiful nature, 17,000 inhabitants, and a steady population increase. With around 1,400 employees, Höör Municipality is the largest employer. Many of our employees commute here.

As an employee of Höör Municipality, you will have the opportunity to work in an organization that is constantly evolving. We place great value on interaction and work together to create a good working environment through open and constructive dialogue, respect, and tolerance towards colleagues and citizens. A high service spirit, professionalism, and commitment characterize our organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a water coordinator, your main task will be to create good conditions for implementing restoration measures upstream of Ringsjön. More concretely, this involves holding dialogue meetings for landowners, building trust, seeking external funding, applying for permits, ordering feasibility studies and project designs, being the link between the water council and the projects, preparing agreements, maintaining contacts with the County Administrative Board and other authorities, and last but not least, coordinating all parts of the projects.

When it comes to implementation, you will coordinate consultants and contractors. Since the emphasis of your work is on the projects rather than during implementation, it is more important that you enjoy landowner dialogues than having practical experience in creating wetlands.

You are a generalist in the field of water conservation rather than an expert. You will collaborate with the water council's biologist in the work and rely on external expert consultants. There are good role models in other water councils in Skåne. The Ringsjön Water Council will build its work on experiences from these.

Additionally, the position includes coordinating and administering the ongoing operations of the water council (approximately 25% of full-time). This mainly concerns meetings in the preparation group, management group, board, and assembly. The tasks include, among other things, preparing agendas and meeting bookings in collaboration with the unit manager, as well as taking minutes and writing protocols.

QUALIFICATIONS

Do you enjoy talking to people from different backgrounds? Great, then the position of water coordinator might be for you.

You need to have an education in ecology, limnology, agronomy, hydrology, or another education that the water council deems equivalent. You need to have documented experience in project management or project coordination. You need to have a B driver's license.

To succeed in this role, you also need to:

Be comfortable speaking with people of various personalities and backgrounds.
Have good communication skills on relevant issues.
Have good collaboration skills and a trustworthy demeanor.
Be able to independently drive projects forward.
Have a structured approach to work, including the ability to prioritize tasks, keep timelines, and report deviations.
Speak and write Swedish fluently.

It is an advantage if you have previous experience in investigating, planning, or implementing restoration measures in water.

OTHER

The position will be filled provided that the necessary political decisions are made and that it does not need to be reserved for internal use.

We apply continuous selection, which means that we can call for interviews before the application period has ended.

As an employee of Höör Municipality, you have a wellness allowance as an employment benefit, and we also apply a smoke-free working time.

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