Nature Conservation Officer for Urban Planning in Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality is an expanding municipality in the Småland glass region with approximately 20,000 inhabitants. Here you will find large and small companies, primarily within the glass, wood, and paper industries – several of which are world leaders in their respective fields.

The municipality has a strategic location between the three regional centers of Kalmar, Karlskrona, and Växjö. Communications are good, with railway connections and an airport within three miles.

In Nybro Municipality, there are opportunities to choose attractive housing with beautiful environments in the city or on the countryside. Opportunities for recreation and outdoor life are excellent, as nature is never far away.

Nybro Municipality's vision is: "With security, curiosity, and innovation, we build a new bridge to a larger Nybro of the future."

On nybro.se (https://nybro.se/jobb-foretagande/nybro-kommun-som-arbetsgivare/), you can read about what it is like to work in Nybro Municipality and learn about the benefits we offer our employees.

About the Department

Urban Planning provides the prerequisites for a sustainable society in change and contributes to ensuring that all residents and businesses in Nybro Municipality can live a good life.

We create plans for Nybro's future, manage the municipality's land and local supply, produce maps, grant building permits, plan and build the city's traffic environment, maintain parks and green areas, operate leisure and sports facilities, ensure a good housing environment, clean premises, prepare meals, and much, much more.

We also provide advice and support to people and businesses to ensure compliance, which is why we conduct supervision in areas such as environment, food, construction, and traffic. We are a team with mixed ages and diverse experiences.

The tasks are varied, and we work with a high degree of personal responsibility.

The planning operations within the Urban Planning Administration work with various parts of the urban planning process and its development projects. From overview planning and detailed planning, to the implementation and realization of detailed plans and land sales. We build, develop, and manage the municipality's, street, city, and park environments, as well as forest, nature, and outdoor recreation environments, to build together the society in which we can all thrive. The Urban Planning Administration works with clear goals, a high degree of delegation, and mutual trust, and we have a positive and developmental work climate. The Street and Nature Unit works flexibly, adapted to the group's experience and competencies, resulting in a varied workload.

Our mission is to create a vibrant and functional city and countryside for people of today and tomorrow.

The Position

1 position(s).

Responsibilities

In the role of Nature Conservation Officer, you will work broadly with the municipality's natural resources and green structures. You will work both long-term strategically and operationally with the management and development of the municipality's forests, nature, and recreation areas.

Part of the work involves investigation and coordination within planning and development processes, while other parts of the role are more practical, dealing with management and operational issues related to the municipality's land.

You will be part of a working group together with, among others, a municipal ecologist, other nature conservation officers, land managers, and forest managers. In this role, you will also have ongoing contact with municipal-owned companies, other administrations, contractors, and the general public.

As a Nature Conservation Officer, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Processing incoming cases regarding the municipality's nature and forest land, e.g., tree issues, littering, invasive species, and other nature conservation matters.
• Management and development of the municipality's nature land and recreation areas.
• Participation in the municipality's planning work, including detailed plans and overview plans, with a focus on green structure, ecosystem services, and outdoor life.
• Management of municipal nature reserves.
• Dialogue and collaboration with internal and external actors as well as the general public.

Qualifications and Merits

For the position of Nature Conservation Officer, we are looking for you who are driven by a desire to work with a clear focus and achieve high-quality results. You have the ability to create structure, are self-motivated, solution-oriented, and have good collaboration skills.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant higher education/university degree in nature conservation, biology, environmental science, or equivalent.
• Experience in working with land management, nature conservation, tree, or green structure issues.
• Good ability to work situationally with ongoing operational issues and incoming cases and feedback.
• Good communication skills and experience in dialoguing with different target groups.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Worked within the public sector.
• Experience in urban planning with a focus on green structure, climate adaptation, or ecosystem services.
• Knowledge of legislation related to natural environments, such as the Environmental Code or species protection.
• Knowledge of contaminated land.
• Knowledge of nature and/or stormwater management.
• Experience working with ArcGIS and EDP Vision.

We Offer

A varied and meaningful job in an organization where collaboration, sustainable development, and future focus are at the center. Here, you have the opportunity to truly contribute to societal development. We value competence, initiative, and new ideas.

Interviews may be held during the application period; we welcome your application!

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.
Working hours: Daytime.

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