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The Department of Regional Development is responsible for regional planning, management, steering and follow-up with a focus on social, environmental and economically sustainable development. The department is located within the Regional Executive Board Administration and consists of five units. The Urban Planning Unit is one of them and leads and drives development in areas such as energy transition, rural development, communications, spatial planning and housing supply.

The strategic work on these issues requires flexible working methods as the factors influencing urban planning are numerous and interact with each other in different ways. Furthermore, the work must also be adaptable when conditions change. Individual strategists in the unit may be given special responsibility for driving development in certain subject areas, but collaboration within the unit and complex interrelationships between different subject areas are the starting point for how we structure the interventions we are responsible for.

The Urban Planning Unit needs strategic competence to lead assignments during the period 2026-2027, so we are looking for a project-employed employee who can strengthen our unit.

Your responsibilities

We are looking for a strategist who can drive broad development issues within the assignments the unit has within regional urban planning. The position will primarily concern the unit's assignments within regional development, with a major focus on regional strategic planning.

As a strategist, you are instrumental in facilitating the implementation of the regional development strategy using the "Implementation Programme for Climate, Environment and Energy" and "Implementation Programme for Business Conditions and Innovation", where our main tools are knowledge, collaboration and financing. You need to produce, analyze or disseminate relevant knowledge bases that other actors can use as a basis for further development of their operations. You should stimulate collaboration in issues where no single actor can stand alone for implementation. As a strategist, you should be prepared to familiarize yourself with new subject areas and adapt to making strategic interventions based on what the unit needs to focus on. You are a central force in interacting both with regional operations and with other authorities, organizations and the business community to achieve our goals together.

We are looking for you who have a great interest in continued development on Gotland where professional environmental scanning is an important tool to support, lead, coordinate and/or inspire the region's administrations as well as other relevant actors. Preparing cases for the Regional Executive Board and the Regional Council, as well as following up and reporting results, is also an important part of the assignment.

All regions in Sweden work on projects related to the government's assignment on regional strategic planning. Region Gotland collaborates in this with Region Kalmar, Region Blekinge, Uppsala University campus Gotland and Blekinge Institute of Technology in the project "SPELPLAN" where we explore complex societal challenges using games. During 2026-2027, Region Gotland works on implementing Sweden's digitalization strategy through the state offer of a broadband coordinator. In your role, you will project manage "SPELPLAN" and lead assignments that fall within the role of broadband coordinator.

Who are you?

You have experience working with strategic development issues within urban planning. It is an advantage to have worked at a strategic and/or leadership level in a politically governed organization at municipal or regional level. You must have a relevant academic degree and have good experience of project management. We would like you to have a B driving license.

As a person, you need to be analytical, strategic and organized. You have the ability to create and maintain good structure in a changing environment and can work independently. Great importance is placed on personal suitability.

Relationship building and good collaboration competence are crucial to achieving success in the assignment and we are looking for a person who can communicate confidently across broad contact surfaces. You need to have a good ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish. We would like you to have good local knowledge of Gotland.

Why choose Region Gotland?

We are the island's largest employer – with over 200 different professions and 7,000 employees in Sweden's only combined region and municipality. Together we are developing a sustainable, safe and prosperous Gotland for everyone who lives on and visits the island.

On Gotland there is a rich cultural life, magnificent nature and a creative entrepreneurial spirit. Over 61,000 people have chosen to call Gotland their home, all year round. Are you not one of us yet, but curious to become? Read more about life on the island at www.gotland.com/flytta-hit (https://www.gotland.com/flytta-hit).

We value our employees and are proud of our benefits. Please read more at www.gotland.se/formaner (https://www.gotland.se/formaner).

On the Instagram account @viarregiongotland you can follow our employees and see the breadth of our different operations.

How we recruit

We work according to a competency-based recruitment method and therefore place great emphasis on personal suitability in accordance with the competencies described in the advertisement. In this way, we also work actively to counter discrimination.

We are keen on security and quality in our recruitments and you may therefore be subject to controls before employment. If relevant, you will receive more information from the recruiter. ID document and certificate of good conduct must always be presented.

The position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be offered to employees with preferential rights.