Welcome to Lidköping!

You are looking for new challenges. We are looking for you! We hope you want to be part of a welcoming and sustainable municipality driven by commitment. In Lidköping, water is always close by with Vänern and the archipelago around the corner and Lidan winding through the city. It is a place rich in history that we embrace as we aim to develop and plan for the future of Lidköping. With us, you will have the opportunity to try new things and develop while making a difference for residents, business owners, associations, and visitors in Lidköping every day. Welcome with your application to Lidköping Municipality!

About the job

One of our employees is moving on to new exciting assignments, and we are now looking for an archivist with high digital maturity, an eye for both detail and the big picture, a person with perspectives both backward and forward who can handle traditional archivist tasks and possesses the knowledge to help take the step toward new digital working methods.

The position of archivist is located at the office belonging to the department of democracy, development, and security within the municipal executive office. Together with the departments for HR, finance, and communication, we provide a cohesive support to the municipality's management. The office is responsible for the municipality's overall handling of information, the case preparation process, strategic legal issues, and the management of the municipality's election organization.

Here is an exciting workplace with high ambitions, wonderful colleagues, and interesting tasks that follow each other at a fast pace! The office is in the midst of an active development process where we collectively shape both roles and assignments and renew our working methods. To be part of that work and strengthen our office, we are looking for an engaged archivist who wants to contribute their expertise to our operations.

In the role of municipal archivist, you will have the opportunity to be a central part of the municipality's coordinated information management. Your assignment is both operational and strategic, which means you work closely with the operations while actively contributing to overall development work.

Job Responsibilities

You work across the municipality and act as an advisor and support in matters concerning archives, information mapping, and information governance. A large part of the work involves participating in and, in some cases, driving projects related to information management and digital preservation.

You lead the authority's archive function and coordinate and develop routines for archive and information management together with the organization's registrars and archive administrators. You are responsible for the municipality's central archive with tasks such as organizing and cataloging archives, conducting disposal and disposal investigations, handling requests, retrievals, releases, and confidentiality assessments.

You will also support the municipal executive board's registry, conduct internal training, manage the release of public documents, and supervise to ensure that legislation and internal guidelines are followed. You will also provide support in matters concerning information security and the handling of personal data.

A central part of your assignment is to develop and manage our e-archiving system and be a driving force in the work with system adjustments from the operations. Establishing governing documents within the information management area and structuring methods and routines for handling, storing, and preserving digital information is also part of the archivist's responsibility.

Who are you?

To thrive and succeed in the role, you need to be engaged, structured, meticulous, and quality-conscious. We want you to have a university degree in archive and information science or equivalent education, or experience that the employer assesses as equivalent. We also want you to have experience in archive work within public operations and that you are well acquainted with the regulations governing the area, such as the Archives Act, the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act, and GDPR.

You have excellent ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing, and feel comfortable communicating complex issues clearly and pedagogically.

We would like you to have worked with digital preservation, e-archives, or other IT-related archive issues and that you have a natural interest in how technology and information management interact.

It is desirable that you have experience working with information security and can provide support in matters concerning the handling of personal data.

As a person, you are good at collaborating, service-oriented, and confident in the various roles that the archivist assignment entails, whether you are an advisor, educator, or supervisor.

Other

We will place great emphasis on personal suitability in our assessment.

Tests may be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

Warm welcome with your application!

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Wondering what there is to do and see when you are not working? Lidköping as a place promises a rich life; it is not about money but about the opportunities to live a good life. Here, there is plenty of what is essential in life. Good schools, safe areas, a diverse business community, and an active sports and association life. And of course, a beautiful and lake-adjacent location by Vänern.

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