Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The City Planning Office plans for a future Stockholm on behalf of the City Planning Committee. We work with urban planning both at a general and detailed level, building permits, city measurement, property formation, and housing adaptation. The City Planning Office has about 340 employees and we are centrally located in Kungsholmen, about a ten-minute walk from Stockholm Central Station. The administration's operations are permeated by the values of professionalism, solution-oriented thinking, holistic perspective, and joy at work.

Welcome to us

The Land Surveying Authority, which is part of the City Planning Office, is responsible for changes in property division within the municipality of Stockholm.

Currently, 13 people and a unit manager work at the Land Surveying Authority. The main tasks of the authority are property formation matters, advice, and registration of detailed plans. We conduct land surveying proceedings in dense urban environments and perform assignments such as providing property legal support in detailed planning. We are part of the City Measurement Department, which is responsible for all map and measurement-related tasks at the City Planning Office. We are located in the Technical Committee House in Kungsholmen, about a ten-minute walk from Stockholm Central Station.

We offer

With us, you will receive:

• flexible working hours
• welfare compensation and wellness hour
• the opportunity to work from home up to two days a week, based on work tasks and the needs of the organization
• the option to exchange vacation day supplements for extra time off.

Your role

As a land surveyor, you will divide your time between handling land surveying proceedings and being a property legal support in the planning and building permit process. With the support of a competent workgroup, you will participate in and be responsible for complex urban development issues.

The position offers you the opportunity for rapid development, including in 3D property formation. You will also gain a deeper understanding of how the provisions of the detailed plan relate to property formation.

You will work with Stockholm and the extensive urban development projects currently underway, such as Slussen, Hagastaden, Slakthusområdet, Centralstaden, and the expansion of the New Metro. Your skills as a land surveyor are in demand and highly valued in the organization.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• a completed university degree in land surveying / urban planning with a legal focus, or another education that the employer assesses as equivalent, at the start of employment.
• good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, as required in daily work.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience in handling your own land surveying matters, preferably several years
• experience in handling land surveying in dense urban environments

We place great importance on your personal qualities and the following competencies: You take responsibility for your tasks and have a good ability to structure, prioritize, and drive your work forward. You are proactive and have the ability to make decisions and act independently within the framework of your assignment. At the same time, you have a holistic perspective and consider the best interests of the organization in your actions and decision-making. You are solution-oriented, enjoy working with complex issues, and have a good analytical ability to structure and break down problems to identify sustainable solutions. Furthermore, you have good collaboration skills and the ability to communicate clearly and pedagogically, adapted to different target groups.

Other

In this recruitment, the personal letter is not mandatory. We use selection questions in the application process to make a fair and equitable assessment of you as a candidate. Please note that it should be clearly stated in your CV how you meet our stated requirements, as this, together with selection questions, forms the basis for our selection work.

Psychological tests may be applied during the recruitment process.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR consultant Carin Bohman, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

For other questions, please contact the recruiting manager Magnus Edén, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thus counteracting discrimination.