The County Administrative Board: A Driving Force for a Sustainable Society

We work together with authorities, municipalities, businesses, and other stakeholders focusing on Västra Götaland County and our 1.7 million inhabitants. The County Administrative Board has a broad operation and a very important role in several areas of society. This includes the highly relevant challenges of regional growth, implementing the green transition, developing civil defense, and nurturing democracy.

The County Administrative Board is a regional government agency with about 1,000 friendly and competent employees. We operate in several locations in Västra Götaland but also throughout Sweden as we are responsible for the IT operations for all county administrative boards.

The Rural Development Department works for a vibrant countryside with good food production and sound food management. We focus on environmental goals and strive to utilize and develop rural businesses from a social, ecological, and economic perspective in connection with the EU's common rural policy. We do this by processing and deciding on grants and compensations. We disseminate knowledge through various educational activities and conduct inspections and controls in the field.

In the Rural Development Department, we work in a process-oriented manner and aim for a flexible working method where we are prepared to use our shared resources in the areas where they are most needed.

The Agricultural Support Unit annually handles applications for agricultural support from over 10,000 agricultural businesses in the county. As an employee in the unit, you contribute to ensuring that the county's agriculture receives financial support to operate economically and environmentally sustainably. You ensure that the supports are paid out to those who comply with the regulations and disseminate knowledge about them to enable agricultural businesses to do the right thing from the start.

Job Description

The main tasks of the position are:

• Plan and prioritize work in the short and long term based on the organization's goals and needs. This includes assisting functional managers in distributing tasks and following up on goal fulfillment.
• Coach colleagues on assessments, working methods, and improvement work
• Conduct parallel/rechecks in the field
• Prepare and conduct training for employees, both independently and together with colleagues
• Quality review with feedback to colleagues and, if necessary, signal to the manager
• Based on the organization's needs, participate in various working groups both internally and externally, e.g., cross-groups in collaboration with the Swedish Board of Agriculture and other counties or internal cross-group work
• Participate in audits

We are always developing our operations, and therefore you need to be open to the possibility that your tasks may change over time.

Location: Vänersborg or Borås

We offer opportunities for remote work during part of the working hours.

Travel is included in the position.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Agronomist, agricultural economist, biologist, agricultural technician, or other scientific educational background
• Experience in leadership in the role of coordinator within the County Administrative Board's operations for field control of agricultural support
• Experience in field control of EU agricultural support.
• Good knowledge of agriculture and its conditions
• Experience in audit work within agricultural support

Meritorious:

• Experience working within the county administrative boards' collaboration forums on agricultural issues.

Personal Qualities

• Secure and stable - You have strong integrity and dare to stand by your assessments while being empathetic and able to understand other people's situations
• You have a good ability to create trusting relationships
• You have a professional demeanor both internally and externally. You can distinguish between the personal and your professional role.
• You are flexible and adaptable based on the organization's priorities. This means you have the ability and enjoy handling new tasks and can manage changing demands, sometimes at short notice.
• You take responsibility and plan, organize, and prioritize work effectively and sustainably. This means you can set and maintain deadlines even during more intensive work periods. You also communicate clearly to your manager and colleagues if you need help or support in your work. You also communicate clearly to your manager if anything else in your work situation does not feel right.

We place great importance on personal suitability and see it as self-evident that you contribute to a good working environment. As an employee at the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, you should also live up to the government value base (https://www.statskontoret.se/kunskapsstod-och-regler/god-forvaltningskultur/den-statliga-vardegrunden/).

We believe in equal opportunities for all, and one of our main missions is to promote diversity and a workforce at the County Administrative Board that reflects the county's population. So, last but not least, we hope that you, as an applicant, with your background and competence, can contribute to increasing our diversity.

Welcome with your application!

Good to Know

Read more about us on our website here (https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vastra-gotaland/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss.html). Here you can find information about our offerings (https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vastra-gotaland/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss.html#varterbjudande). We are also on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/3537509/admin/dashboard/).

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the advertising period.

The County Administrative Board is a preparedness authority and has a special designated responsibility during crises and wars/increased preparedness.

We have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to be contacted by recruitment companies.

Your application becomes a public document when you apply for positions with us. Therefore, it is important that you do not register with protected personal information via our recruitment system. If you have protected personal information, please send your application to the HR unit, County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, 403 40 Gothenburg. Do not disclose any sensitive information in your application but provide some form of contact information so we can reach you if you are a candidate for the position. For questions, please contact the recruiting manager listed in the advertisement.