Vacant job

Given the state of our water, actual measures, and improved water status in the county. We are looking for you who want to contribute as a case worker for water management. At our workplace, the environment is characterized by helpfulness and conditions are family-friendly. Our common task is to create public benefit.

The position is located at the Environmental Analysis Unit, where approximately 40 employees currently work.

The main activities at the unit are environmental goals, environmental monitoring, water management, liming and lime effect follow-up, water protection, and projects. The work is varied, and you will be part of an experienced team where tasks are shared and experiences are exchanged. We have an open work climate and value our joy of work and team spirit.

As a state employee at the County Administrative Board, we offer special benefits regarding health care, parental leave, pension, etc. Please read more here (https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vasterbotten/om-oss/kontakta-oss.html).

Job Description

In Västerbotten County, there is a great need to implement measures in water environments to achieve environmental goals and water quality standards. This may involve reducing the load of nutrients or hazardous substances to lakes, watercourses, groundwater, and coastal waters, removing migration barriers, or restoring water environments. Collaboration within catchment areas and between actors is a prerequisite for effective measure implementation.

We are looking for you who want to work for a better water status in the county, prepare background material, and plan for water measures. The work consists of mapping the environmental status, impact, and need for measures according to the EU Water Framework Directive. The position focuses on hydromorphology in lakes, watercourses, and coastal waters. The role also includes conducting environmental monitoring, describing the environmental status, and collaborating internally and externally within the fields of water management. Collaboration may involve guiding and supporting external actors in working towards a better water status and prioritizing resources to places where water measures have the greatest effect. An important task is also to support the County Administrative Board's supervision of hazardous activities. There is also an opportunity to lead and participate in projects focusing on water issues. The work is varied, and you will be part of an experienced team where tasks are shared and experiences are exchanged.

Common tasks include:

• Prepare background material for status classification, especially regarding hydromorphology in lakes, watercourses, and coastal waters as well as groundwater.
• Suggest environmental quality standards and measures for the county's waters.
• Collaborate internally at the County Administrative Board and externally with other authorities, municipalities, and actors in the county to drive forward measure implementation to achieve good status.
• Participate in the work of developing monitoring programs within the areas of lakes, watercourses, and coastal waters related to physical impact, as well as groundwater related to water chemistry.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who:

• Have a relevant academic degree in natural sciences with a focus on hydromorphology and groundwater.

We consider it meritorious if you also have:

• Experience working within water management.
• Coordination skills.
• GIS knowledge.

We are looking for you who are service-oriented, well-organized, have an easy time collaborating, and have a good ability to drive work forward. It is also important that you can independently prioritize and take responsibility for your work. You are flexible and open to changes in working methods.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Conditions

The position is a permanent full-time employment, and probationary employment may apply.

About the County Administrative Board of Västerbotten

The County Administrative Board of Västerbotten is a knowledge authority. Through a holistic perspective with engagement in collaboration and the individual citizen, we make sustainable development possible throughout the county. We start from Västerbotten and take off from everything that happens, both within the county's borders and outside. For us, it is just as natural to collaborate with public actors such as other state authorities, regions, and municipalities as it is with business and civil society.

The County Administrative Board is a regional crisis management and total defense authority. In the event of a societal crisis or heightened readiness, you may therefore be assigned tasks other than those you are normally employed for. Permanent employees at the authority are part of the County Administrative Board's crisis and war organization and will in most cases be war-placed at the authority.

About 300 employees work here in around 80 different professional roles. Our specialist competencies are within a range of areas that are important building blocks for our society to function for all citizens and for ecological, economic, and social development. We strive to have employees with knowledge of Sweden's minority languages and therefore value your knowledge in Sami, Meänkieli, Finnish, Romani Chib, and Yiddish.

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