Vacant job

Approximately 300 employees at the County Administrative Board work as the government's representative at the regional level. Our mission is to develop the county and ensure that national political goals are implemented locally. We strive to be a discrimination-free authority and value the qualities that diversity brings to our operations.

The Animal and Environment Unit is one of the County Administrative Board's seven units, working with permits, supervision, and control within disease control, health, food, feed, and animal welfare. We also work with supervision, review, and supervisory guidance within areas of the Environmental Code, water activities, water protection, dam safety, environmentally hazardous activities, fish farming, wind power, hydropower, contaminated sites, etc. Our employees include environmental protection case officers, county veterinarians, and animal welfare case officers. Together, the unit possesses broad competence and knowledge that we are happy to share.

We work with respect, professionalism, and openness towards the county's inhabitants – together for a sustainable future!

Description

The Environmental Protection Function consists of 18 case officers with varying backgrounds and experiences. We are now looking for an Environmental Protection Case Officer for the Environmental Protection Function, with a focus on environmentally hazardous activities.

In this role, it is crucial that you are proactive, result-oriented, communicative, and have the ability to solve problems. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, we look forward to receiving your application!

Responsibilities

You will primarily handle applications, statements, and exercise supervision of environmentally hazardous activities (e.g., waste, wind power, hydropower, fish farms, industries, Seveso facilities) while contributing to sustainable development. Other tasks may also be considered depending on your background.

As an Environmental Protection Case Officer, you will play a key role in our supervision of environmentally hazardous activities to ensure compliance with current permits. You will prepare proposals and supporting materials for statements regarding permit applications from a holistic perspective, and you will often collaborate with internal and external parties to achieve results. Strong teamwork skills are essential.

Qualifications

We require a university degree in natural sciences of at least 180 credits, for example, as an Environmental and Health Inspector, Engineer, or other relevant education deemed equivalent by the employer. Knowledge and experience in wind power or waste and Seveso are particularly meritorious. You must have worked with supervision or review of environmentally hazardous activities for at least 1 year.

As the position involves travel throughout the county, with limited or no access to public transport, a valid B-class driver's license is required.

Great importance will be attached to your personal qualities and ability to collaborate. Personal qualities we value include:

• Proactive - Takes initiative, starts activities, and achieves results.
• Self-motivated - Takes responsibility for their tasks. Structures their own approach and drives processes forward.
• Goal- and result-oriented - Works towards goals and focuses on results. Guided by goal- and result-thinking in prioritization, planning, and action. Adjusts direction when goals change.
• Teamwork skills - Works well with others. Relates to them in an attentive and flexible manner. Listens, communicates, and resolves conflicts constructively.
• Verbal communication - Speaks clearly, well-formulated, and engagingly in individual meetings and small and large groups. Listens and is receptive to the other party and adapts to the situation.
• Structured - Plans, organizes, and prioritizes work efficiently. Sets and adheres to timeframes.

Meritorious

Experience from working with supervision or review within government agencies or municipalities is meritorious.

If you feel you are the right person and are ready to take on this important role and exciting opportunity, we look forward to your application!

Conditions

Please note that in this recruitment process, we have chosen to remove the cover letter. The information you provide and your answers to the selection questions will be important for our selection process. Therefore, ensure that you provide as relevant information as possible in your application.

Due to holiday periods, questions about the position will be answered by:

• Marina Wallén Mattson: Weeks 27, 31, 32
• Urban Westbye: Weeks 28-30, 33

We offer you meaningful work with varied tasks. You will make a difference for our county and society. The County Administrative Board is a broad authority, meaning you will constantly have the opportunity to develop and learn new things. This applies across several policy areas.

As an employer, we focus heavily on good employment conditions, active work environment efforts, and health-promoting activities. We value collaboration with our trade union partners and can offer remote work.

In the event of a permanent employment at the County Administrative Board, you will be war-placed at the authority. Depending on the position, it may include service in a crisis team and security clearance. We usually start with a probationary period for permanent positions.

Information on how we handle your personal data can be found at www.lansstyrelsen.se/dataskydd (http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/dataskydd)

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