Uddevalla – a place for life

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

We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout their entire working life. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to best utilize 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!

About the workplace

At the environmental unit, we are about twenty inspectors working.

Together we develop the supervision and control to make it as beneficial as possible for those we serve, namely residents, visitors, animals, nature, and businesses. Good communication and legal certainty are important building blocks in our work.

The environmental unit has high competence, where we constantly learn from each other. You will contribute to the group's success by sharing your knowledge and experience. We believe that the key to our development is to have groups with mixed skills and experiences that enjoy working together. The unit is undergoing change, which is why we are looking for someone who possesses digital maturity and the courage to test new working methods and perspectives.

We are now looking for an engaged environmental inspector who wants to work within the Environmental Code and be a driving force in developing our working methods regarding welfare crime, among other things. The tasks can be partially adapted based on your experiences and wishes.

Job Responsibilities

The work includes, among other things:

• planning, implementing, and following up on supervision and handling incoming cases.
• working according to laws and regulations, with efficient and legally secure handling, providing good service with a focus on openness, respect, and professionalism.
• being responsible for making authority decisions in accordance with the delegation order and preparing and presenting cases for political decisions.

The work is independent and at the same time a team effort with check-ins, prioritizations, and assessments within the group.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for someone who is engaged and driven to help develop working methods, methods, and forms of collaboration in the area of welfare crime. You enjoy working independently but also have good collaboration skills and see the value of effective teamwork.

• You collaborate well with others. You listen and communicate in an attentive manner and provide constructive feedback.
• You are self-sufficient and take responsibility for your tasks. You structure your work and follow decided processes to complete tasks.
• You take your own initiatives and easily adapt to changing circumstances.
• You speak and write clearly and adapt your communication to the target audience.
• You are creative and enjoy finding new solutions within your work area.
• You possess digital maturity and the courage to test new working methods and perspectives.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Qualifications

• You have a university degree with a focus on environmental and health protection or education and experience that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• You have a B driver's license.
• You master Swedish in speech and writing.

We would like you to have experience working as an environmental inspector, but other work experience in the environmental field is also meritorious.

Other

In this recruitment, selection is ongoing, and interviews may take place before the application deadline.

Employment is subject to the necessary decisions being made. For positions that involve direct and regular contact with children and young people, as well as for activities within LSS, care and nursing, health care, psychiatric care, and addiction care, 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 ad.

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

The link below contains gathered 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, skills 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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