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The County Administrative Board is a driving force for a sustainable society. We work together with authorities, municipalities, business life, and other actors with a focus on Västra Götaland County and its 1.7 million inhabitants. The County Administrative Board has a broad range of operations and plays a very important role in several areas of society. This applies especially to the highly current challenges of regional growth, implementing the green transition, developing civil defence, and nurturing democracy.

The County Administrative Board is a regional state authority with approximately 1,000 employees. We have operations in several locations in Västra Götaland, as well as elsewhere in Sweden, as we are responsible for the IT operations for all County Administrative Boards.

We are now looking for a Planning Officer

The position of Planning Officer is located within the Society and Built Environment Unit. The unit consists of three functions: Regional Planning, Planning and Building, and Investment Support. The Planning Officer position is within the Planning and Building function, where we are 14 competent and collaboration-oriented employees.

The task of the Planning and Building function is to safeguard and coordinate various state interests and make balanced assessments for sustainable societal development. This is done through work in cross-sectoral preparatory groups and in collaboration with, above all, municipalities and state authorities.

Job Description

As a Planning Officer, your main tasks will be to process detailed development plans and road and railway plans. It may also become relevant to work with comprehensive plans, network concessions, cadastral matters, supervisory guidance for building permits, and government inquiries. In addition to the actual exercise of authority, the role involves providing advice and guidance, primarily to our municipalities.

You lead the planning work by utilizing support from experts from our different subject areas internally at the County Administrative Board, and you collaborate with our state sector authorities.

Depending on interest and competence, there is an opportunity to participate in networks, both regionally and nationally. The opportunities for competence development are generally very good.

Our operations are constantly developing, and you need to be interested in participating in development work. You also need to be flexible in working with adjacent tasks within physical planning.

Location: The location is Gothenburg, Vänersborg, or Mariestad.

We offer good opportunities for remote work for part of the working hours.

Travel is included in the position.

Qualifications

Requirements

• University-level education with a bachelor's degree as an architect, planning architect, urban planner, or equivalent education
• A few years of work experience in physical planning
• Good knowledge of the Planning and Building Act and the Environmental Code
• Good knowledge of Swedish, spoken and written

We would like you to have

• Worked as a case officer in physical planning within public operations
• Worked with processing detailed development plans and road and railway plans
• Worked with building permit issues
• Experience in process leadership

Personal Attributes

• Result-oriented with the ability to find the right level to achieve results
• Good ability to communicate, both visually, verbally, and in writing
• Ability to independently drive work forward and solve problems
• Stable and confident in yourself
• Ability to collaborate and build and maintain trusting work relationships

We place great importance on personal suitability and consider it natural that you contribute to a good work climate. As an employee at the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, you must also live up to the state values.

We believe in equal opportunities for all, and one of our main tasks is to promote diversity and a staff composition at the County Administrative Board that reflects the county's population. So, last but not least, we hope that you, with your background and competence, can contribute to increasing our diversity.

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The County Administrative Board is an emergency authority and has a specifically designated responsibility during crisis and war/high readiness.

The employment may begin with a probationary period of 6 months.

We have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to be contacted by recruitment agencies.

Your application becomes a public document when you apply for positions with us. Therefore, it is important that you do not register via our recruitment system if you have protected personal data. Mail your application to the HR Unit, County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, 403 40 Gothenburg. Do not disclose any sensitive information in your application, but provide some form of contact information so that we can contact you if you are a candidate for the position. For questions, contact the recruiting manager stated in the advertisement.