Vacant job

The County Administrative Board is the government's representative in the county and coordinates regional development work. We work with issues including environmental and nature conservation, rural areas, urban planning, animal welfare, emergency preparedness, gender equality, integration, and cultural heritage. We actively work for the county's development and coordinate various societal sectors. In our work, we uphold legal certainty, openness, equal treatment, and good service. The County Administrative Board in Halland County has its office in central Halmstad, and we currently have approximately 230 employees. For more information, see our website, www.lansstyrelsen.se/halland.

The Nature Conservation Unit currently consists of approximately 50 employees working within various subject areas. The unit's mandate is to achieve environmental quality objectives and contribute to sustainable development in the county. The unit has tasks including protecting nature, managing the county's nature reserves and Natura 2000 areas, safeguarding water quality, managing predators, and taking measures for threatened species. The unit also supports other units at the County Administrative Board with nature conservation expertise.

Job Responsibilities

You will be part of the Water Function within the Nature Conservation Unit. The Water Function includes wetland coordination, water management, the Drinking Water Directive, environmental monitoring, liming, LOVA, LONA, measures for threatened aquatic species, and measure coordination.

As a Wetland Coordinator, you work to raise interest in wetland measures with the aim of increasing the number of wetlands and improving the quality of existing wetlands in the landscape. The role is highly proactive, and much of the work is carried out through dialogue and collaboration with farmers, landowners, and other actors in the county. The work involves information campaigns, guidance, and support to enable more measures, as well as identifying suitable areas for new wetlands. The position also involves external collaboration with other County Administrative Boards and authorities, which may involve travel.

You will be part of the County Administrative Board's internal work on wetland restoration within protected areas. Together with our wetland managers, you ensure that established restoration plans are implemented, followed up on, and reported through annual reports, and you are responsible for future applications. You will also coordinate the processing of LONA applications.

Other tasks within the employer's area of operations may also occur, such as work with broader measure coordination, environmental goal work, or environmental monitoring.

Qualifications

Requirements

• An academic degree in a field relevant to the position, such as biology, ecology, limnology, environmental science, agronomy, or another education we consider equivalent.
• Category B driver's license.
• Experience of working in a coordinating role or within project management.

Merits

• Experience working with dialogue processes.
• Experience with wetland work.
• Good ability to work with GIS.
• Experience or knowledge within agriculture and forestry.
• Experience or knowledge of law and the application of water activities and/or land drainage.

Personal Qualities

As a person, you have strong drive and good communication skills. You are structured and have a developed ability to see the big picture in your work. You thrive working independently and have good collaboration skills and an easy ability to build trusting relationships.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Other

We can offer:

• An exciting workplace with broad competence.
• An opportunity to contribute to important societal missions.
• Opportunity for remote work if the operations allow.
• Health care with a health allowance.

We know that diversity enriches and are looking for you who can complement our team with your competence, experience, and personality.

We ask you to apply for the position via the link in this advertisement to facilitate our handling of incoming applications and to ensure the quality of our selection process. It is of utmost importance that you are careful when filling in your application as it is assessed against a fixed competence profile and against other applicants. Applications for the position are made via our recruitment system.

We have actively chosen media for advertising and decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this recruitment.

The County Administrative Board applies a six-month probationary period for this employment.

The position may be included in the County Administrative Board's crisis management and wartime organization.

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