Vacant job

Do you want to contribute to a sustainable Gävleborg? Then the County Administrative Board of Gävleborg is the workplace for you.

We are now looking for a substitute on 50% for the Nature Protection Unit. As a case officer within area protection, you will handle issues primarily within the aquatic area.

Take the chance to apply for a fun and developing job!

At the Nature Division, we have three units: the Wildlife Unit, the Nature Protection Unit, and the Management Unit. We work with tasks related to the establishment of nature reserves, management of protected areas, permitting and supervision, cormorant management, outdoor recreation issues, the right of public access, hunting decisions, moose management, and inventory of large predators. In total, we are about 50 people. We are located in Gävle, Gysinge, and Ljusdal.

About the job

In the role of case officer within area protection, you will be part of a working group that collaborates to create protected areas with high nature values. It is a priority to start implementing the guidelines for identifying valuable waters in limnic environments, the so-called VäVa process. This primarily means collecting and compiling data, including quality assurance, from existing material such as inventories and GIS data, as well as conducting some inventories to update information about valuable waters in Gävleborg.

You will also, to a lesser extent, work with the establishment process for new nature reserves, including all the tasks involved in this, such as assessing what management is suitable for the area, planning for outdoor recreation and/or prohibition areas, submitting decisions for internal and external review, creating maps in GIS, working in DINO, prioritizing between areas, and writing decisions and management plans. It also includes having regular contact with the major forestry companies, the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, and the county's municipalities.

About you

We are looking for you who:

• have a university education in biology.
• have knowledge of marine biology or limnology.
• have experience from authority work regarding nature conservation.
• have good knowledge and understanding of how aquatic water environments function.
• have experience working with Valuable Waters.
• have skills in GIS.
• speak and write Swedish fluently.
• have a B driving license.

Merits:

• Experience working with area protection.
• Knowledge of watercourse restoration.
• Knowledge of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's DINO system.
• Knowledge of lakes and watercourses, preferably with a focus on Gävleborg County.
• Knowledge of the national strategy for the protection of lake and watercourse environments with high nature and cultural values.
• Good species and habitat knowledge.
• Accustomed to working with problem-solving tasks.
• Experience in information work.

To succeed in the role, you should be an independent person who can work in a goal-oriented and structured manner and is good at completing tasks. You are a person who engages, creates involvement, and looks to the best interests of the operations. Since the work involves many contacts with state and municipal authorities, consultants, and operators, it requires that you have good organizational and collaborative skills and that you enjoy collaborating in different contexts. The work presupposes that you are good at communicating orally and in writing. We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Since this is a short-term substitute position, experience is an important prerequisite for quickly getting into the work and contributing from the start.

Do you want to influence the future in Gävleborg and be part of us? Welcome with your application by June 29.

Application

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 competency profile as well as against other applicants.

About the County Administrative Board of Gävleborg and our offer

The County Administrative Board's mission is to ensure that the decisions made by the Swedish Riksdag and the Government have the best possible effect in the county. We work with exciting and challenging issues that affect the entire county. The breadth of our mission gives you, as an employee, good opportunities to develop and contribute to a long-term sustainable societal development for everyone in society.

We offer interesting work and a sustainable workplace with good employment conditions regarding working hours, holidays, benefits, security, and health-promoting activities, as well as the possibility to work partially remotely. For us, it is important that our employees thrive and feel well. Today, we are about 250 employees who together have broad competence and a holistic view that contributes to the county's development. Biologists, lawyers, archaeologists, foresters, economists, archivists, veterinarians, political scientists, urban planners, and communicators work here, among others.

To work with us, it is important that you share the state's common value base and respect our values: Drive, Professionalism, and Understanding. These guide us in our work and describe our attitude towards each other, citizens, and other stakeholders.

We strive to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone and a staff composition that reflects the county's population. Therefore, we hope that you, as an applicant, can contribute to increasing our diversity through your background and competence.

Read more about the County Administrative Board of Gävleborg on our website https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gavleborg (https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gavleborg).

In connection with the recruitment process, the County Administrative Board has taken a stance on recruitment channels and made our choice. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers and recruitment sites.