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The Swedish Board of Agriculture exists to promote increased and sustainable food production and good animal welfare throughout Sweden. We contribute to a vibrant countryside. We employ approximately 1850 people. The head office is located in Jönköping, but we also have significant regional operations.

We actively work to ensure that our employees are sustainable and enjoy their jobs! We invest long-term in our employees and want them to develop together with us! We offer a good working environment with generous benefits, including up to 35 vacation days, wellness grants, and wellness time. In many of our positions, we offer flexible working hours, the possibility to work remotely, and to work part of the time from home.

Read more about what it’s like to work at the Swedish Board of Agriculture on our website: www.jordbruksverket.se/jobbahososs (http://www.jordbruksverket.se/jobbahososs)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you passionate about ensuring healthy animals in Sweden and want to work with financial compensation related to outbreaks of infectious animal diseases? Then this is the job for you!

The Support and Coordination Unit handles compensation paid to animal owners after they have been affected by outbreaks of infectious animal diseases that the state combats. The position involves reviewing applications, maintaining contact with animal owners, and providing information and answering questions about compensation.

Your role involves a lot of collaboration and many points of contact, both internally and externally, including with disease control officers and animal owners.

Examples of job responsibilities:

• Review applications for compensation to animal owners, which involves calculating lost animal value, production losses, and sanitation costs.
• Maintain contact with animal owners and provide information and answer questions about compensation.
• Be responsible for the agency's regulations in the area. Prepare documentation for changes in national legislation.
• Make forecasts for costs that will burden the agency's budget and apply for co-financing from the EU.
• Drive improvement work in the team and improvements/simplifications towards customer service, which also means you will conduct farm visits in affected herds. On-site, you will inform about the application and payment process, as well as the applicable rules. Farm visits may involve travel across the country.

The position means you may work in the crisis organization of the Swedish Board of Agriculture.

You will be part of a team that has regular morning meetings and develops its working methods together. The work is carried out both collaboratively and independently.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with experience in government work related to combating infectious animal diseases or similar activities. Furthermore, you have an academic degree, such as an agronomist, agricultural manager, or other education we consider equivalent or relevant to the work. Your tasks require very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written. You also need to have a B driver's license.

It is advantageous if you have insight into and understanding of modern animal husbandry and preferably have knowledge of the practical aspects of running a farm with animal husbandry.

We will place great emphasis on your personal abilities. You are self-driven and structured with a good ability to plan, organize, and prioritize your work effectively. We want you to be good at collaborating with others and that you enjoy working together with others to achieve good results.

OTHER

The place of employment is Jönköping with the possibility to work part of the time remotely.

For us, it is important that all competencies in the labor market are utilized. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We normally apply a 6-month probationary period.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we do not wish to be contacted by advertising sellers or recruitment companies.