GIS Unit Seeking Colleague for Project Employment – Digitalization of Deed Records and Maps

The GIS Unit is organizationally placed within Strängnäs Municipality's Community Planning Office as one of seven units. We are currently eight engaged employees with various competencies, including the unit manager. In addition to GIS matters, we work on building the municipality's primary map, the 3D city model, surveying operations, drone operations, address and apartment registers, managing the municipality's property and resident registers, etc. – with all that entails. The GIS Unit is also responsible for the analog near-archive, including deed records and parcel division maps.

We are now looking for a colleague for a project employment between 2026-09-01 and 2027-05-31.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

Strängnäs Municipality's Community Planning Office has signed an agreement with the Swedish Land Survey (Lantmäteriet) regarding the digitalization and archiving of deed records and parcel division maps. Therefore, we are looking for you to help us with the following:

• Inventorizing the material regarding quantity, order, labeling, demarcation against the Land Survey's archive, and the quality of the material.
• Reconciliation with the Property Register (FR) to determine for which records search data can be obtained from the FR and for which records the FR needs to be supplemented or search data created in another way, followed by necessary registration actions.
• Confidentiality review to identify any security-classified information that the municipality must handle before packing.
• The material needs to be packed and sent to the scanning center for scanning.

The entire work process will be guided by a contact person at the Land Survey.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• A university education relevant to the assignment or other relevant education/experience that the employer deems suitable.
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Good familiarity with using IT as support in work.

It is highly meritorious if you have education in surveying or similar, as the assignment itself has strong connections to surveying.

We also consider it meritorious if you have:

• Previous experience/knowledge of archival work.
• Experience reading and understanding deed records and parcel division maps, etc.
• Used the Land Survey's digital archive, Arken.
• Experience participating in/working within similar assignments.

Your Personal Attributes

Your personal attributes are important, and we will place great emphasis on them. We are looking for someone who is meticulous and structured, with the ability to handle and quality-assure extensive material. You are analytical and confident in interpreting documents and making correct assessments. Furthermore, you are quick to learn and adapt to new working methods and systems. You communicate clearly and collaboratively, working well with both internal and external parties. The role requires you to be independent, responsible, and have good digital competence. You thrive in tasks that require focus, precision, and endurance.

Apply today!

Employment Form and Terms

Employment Form: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: 6 months or longer.
Start Date: 2026-09-01
End Date: 2027-05-31

Welcome to Strängnäs Municipality!

Strängnäs Municipality has just over 39,000 inhabitants and is strategically located in the Mälaren Valley with excellent communication links. Here, it is close to the capital city of Stockholm, reachable by train in under 50 minutes, and even closer is Eskilstuna. Our municipality is an attractive place for both living and working, where you get the opportunity to make a real difference for society and its inhabitants.

Among us, there are many meaningful and challenging tasks, with opportunities to grow and develop in your professional role. In Strängnäs Municipality, over 2,500 skilled and engaged employees work, all contributing to creating a positive everyday life for the inhabitants. We value a workplace where everyone feels included and where there is room to influence.

For work with children/youth, a certificate of good conduct must be shown before employment. In spring 2026, a new law has come into force meaning that work in the home for elderly persons or adults with disabilities will also be subject to register checks. For these services, this means that final candidates, to be considered for employment in Strängnäs Municipality, must show extracts from both the criminal record register and the suspicion register before employment can be offered.

We work actively based on a value system characterized by respect, openness, development, and clarity. We see in our annual employee survey that our employees are happy. We hope you want to be part of our team and together with us build the Strängnäs of the future. Together, we create a stronger municipality and make each other better.

Strängnäs Municipality applies smoke-free working hours to create a healthy work environment for all employees, colleagues, and users.

Application Process and Data Handling

• As an applicant, you are responsible for documenting your competence clearly, so that we can make an objective and fair assessment of your application.
• Strängnäs Municipality handles your personal data in accordance with current legislation. You can read more about our data handling on our website: https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/overklaga-beslut-rattssakerhet/personuppgifter-i-strangnas-kommun (https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/overklaga-beslut-rattssakerhet/personuppgifter-i-strangnas-kommun)

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We look forward to hearing more about you and how you wish to contribute to Strängnäs' future.