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Uddevalla – A Place for Life

Welcome to become part of our growing municipality – and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service.

We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow throughout their entire career. We also strive to develop as an employer and actively work to make the most of your knowledge and engagement. We appreciate and encourage participation from everyone.

Uddevalla Municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in an open and positive interaction between the municipality, education, business, and culture.

We hope you will enjoy working with us!

About the Workplace

Do you want to be part of the development of Uddevalla Municipality's work? Then apply for the position of structured and service-oriented case handler to the Staff Unit of the Urban Planning Administration – the unit where everything happens!

You will be part of the unit's administrative support team, a dedicated team where support for the rest of the administration, collaboration, development, and good customer service are in focus.

Responsibilities

The tasks are varied, but will include among other things:

• Register incoming documents
• Administer and follow cases through the entire process
• Dispatch decisions and other documents
• Ensure correct diary registration and archiving
• Coordination of the administration's steering documents
• Personnel reporting
• Economic administration
• Support and/or participate in process development and improvement work

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for you who have competence and/or experience working within public administration, preferably with a focus on urban planning.

You are accustomed to independently prioritizing and driving your work forward.

You are structured, meticulous, and confident in handling several parallel tasks simultaneously.

You have a high awareness of service and quality, and you actively contribute to a good working climate in collaboration with colleagues.

To thrive with us, you need to appreciate work with many contact surfaces, recurring processes, and clear deadlines.

Since the role involves close collaboration with both colleagues, managers, and elected officials, you need to be communicative, non-hierarchical, and good at building good relationships. You are also comfortable speaking in front of groups and can act professionally in public contexts.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a university degree in political science, public administration, social sciences, law, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

You have at least three years of experience in qualified case handling and improvement work within municipal operations and have worked in two or more of the following areas:

• Case administration
• Economic administration
• Personnel administration
• Process development

You have good digital competence, are a proficient user of various business systems, and have good knowledge and experience of digital development. Furthermore, you express yourself very well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

Merits

It is a merit if you have:

• Experience in improvement and development work
• Knowledge of the Local Government Act as well as public access and secrecy legislation
• Experience working in case management systems
• Experience in administrative coordination
• Experience in process development
• Experience working in a politically governed organization

Other Information

Selection is made on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit your application. Interviews are planned to be conducted during weeks 27–28.

Employment is subject to necessary decisions being made. For positions where the work involves direct and regular contact with children and young people, as well as for operations within LSS (Act for Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments), care and nursing, health and medical care, psychiatric care, and addiction care, a valid extract from the police criminal record must be presented or submitted prior to employment. Please note that it may take time to obtain the extract, so order it well in advance so as not to delay the recruitment process.

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For those who are not citizens of the EU/EEA area, a work permit is required. This does not apply to you if you have a permanent residence permit. The work permit must be presented at the interview.

The link below contains consolidated information regarding the most important benefits included in the collective agreement we have in Uddevalla Municipality. The information covers, among other things, vacation, salary and allowances, parental leave, insurance, competence development, and pension.

Say Hello to Your Collective Agreement 2024

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