Vacant job

The County Administrative Board works on behalf of the government to ensure that national goals are implemented in the county. Our broad operations cover environmental, nature, cultural environment, business, urban planning, rural development, emergency preparedness, and total defense issues. In dialogue with other actors, we coordinate various interests and promote sustainable development of Gotland.

More than 150 people work here, and our head is the County Governor, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka.

Description

We are now looking for an Assistant Unit Manager who will lead the area of animal welfare, primary production, and veterinary issues at the Rural Development Unit of the County Administrative Board in Gotland County. You will be employed as a case handler with a fixed-term appointment as assistant manager. The appointment is for two years and may be extended.

The unit is led by a Unit Manager who is also the Rural Development Director and consists of a total of 29 employees. We are now reorganizing the unit into three overarching business areas, each of which will be led by an Assistant Unit Manager:

• rural development
• area and animal-based support
• animal welfare, primary production, and veterinary issues

The Rural Development Unit

The Rural Development Unit is one of seven units at the County Administrative Board in Gotland County. The unit's overarching mission is to work regionally for the EU's and Sweden's agricultural, fisheries, and rural policies. This involves processing various types of EU support for agriculture and rural areas within the framework of Sweden's strategic plan for the common agricultural and rural policy. Additionally, it involves actively contributing to the implementation of strategies at the regional level. The mission also includes veterinary issues such as animal welfare, food control, disease control, and pre-approval of animal housing. The unit also works to promote the development of green industries and the rural community through various competence and information initiatives. The activity should contribute to a viable rural community with equal opportunities for entrepreneurship, work, housing, and welfare, leading to long-term sustainable development for the county.

A large part of the unit's operations consists of performing controls and making decisions within animal welfare, disease control, and food safety, as well as applications for area and animal-based support. The unit carries out its tasks, among other things, by communicating internally and externally, for example with industry organizations, animal owners, and the media.

Tasks

The business area includes, among other things, public control according to the national control plan, pre-approval of animal housing, permit examination according to the Animal Welfare Act, and processing of cases according to the Act on Supervision of Dogs and Cats. Supervision of animal health personnel and control and cooperation within disease control and general veterinary issues in the county are also part of the activity. The working group consists of seven employees: two county veterinarians, one primary production case handler, and four animal welfare case handlers.

As an Assistant Unit Manager, you lead, plan, and evaluate the work within your business area. You have personnel and work environment responsibility and also partial budget responsibility. The budget work is done in collaboration with the Unit Manager, and you represent the Unit Manager when necessary. You will be part of the unit's management group and participate as a representative of the authority in several networks and cooperation groups.

You motivate and support employees so that the goals for the activity are achieved in an efficient manner. Your tasks also include holding salary discussions and employee discussions.

A significant part of your position will consist of operational work and case handling within your business area. It is therefore important that you have good practical experience of case handling or control within animal welfare, food, and veterinary activities.

We strive for a flexible organization with the aim of being able to handle new assignments or directions from the national level. Therefore, your tasks may change based on new needs and conditions.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• A university degree or other corresponding education that the employer considers relevant for the position.
• Experience of leading work/business in a work group.
• Experience of case handling and control within animal welfare, food, and veterinary issues.
• Experience of cooperating both internally and externally and has good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish.

The following qualifications are meritorious:

• Experience of working as a manager with personnel and work environment responsibility.
• Experience of working in public operations.
• Experience of budget responsibility.
• Knowledge of the conditions of agriculture and the prerequisites of the rural community.
• Basic knowledge of Swedish food production.

Your personal qualities

As a leader, you are stable, goal-oriented, and have an easy time communicating and leading with clarity and structure. You can build good relationships, handle conflicts, and have the ability to create a good collaboration climate. You have a good ability to cooperate internally and externally at different levels, e.g., in various cooperation councils with the industry or national networks. You can express yourself well in speech and writing and are accustomed to conducting dialogue with different parties. You should be structured and have the ability to drive your work in an efficient manner.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and references.

Conditions

Your application becomes a public document when you apply for positions with us. You who have protected personal data post your application to HR, County Administrative Board in Gotland County, 621 85 Visby.

Since the employment is placed in a security class, a security investigation and register check will be carried out in the event of employment. The employment requires that you are a Swedish citizen.

The County Administrative Board has coordination responsibility within both crisis preparedness and total defense in the county. This means that you as an employee may come to be part of the crisis management organization and that you will be war-placed.

Other information

The County Administrative Board on Gotland offers a pleasant work environment with stimulating tasks. To work with us, you must share the County Administrative Board's values regarding the equal value of people.

In connection with the recruitment process, the County Administrative Board in Gotland County has taken a stand on recruitment channels.