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Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a secure and inspiring environment. We offer you a workplace built on trust, where you can develop professionally and grow as an individual. We welcome your application!

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to contribute to safe and sustainable food handling?

We are looking for an engaged and service-oriented Food Inspector/Licensing Officer who wants to create good conditions for businesses while safeguarding human health and safety.

As a Food Inspector/Licensing Officer, you work with supervision, control, and case processing in accordance with food legislation. You are responsible for planning and conducting inspections of food businesses, as well as processing applications and permits. The role involves close contact with business owners, colleagues, and other authorities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Conducting food inspections and controls.
• Processing cases in accordance with food legislation.
• Handling permit and supervision cases regarding alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products, and certain over-the-counter medicines.
• Conducting supervision of businesses covered by these regulations.
• Providing advice and information to businesses and the public.
• Writing inspection reports, decisions, and statements.
• Following up on deviations and taking appropriate measures.
• Participating in the development of the organization's routines and working methods.

Our workplace is centrally located in Gävle, close to the train station with good commuting opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have:

• A university degree in environmental and health protection, food science, biology, food agronomy, nutrition science, law, or economics, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• A driver's license and driving experience.
• Good computer skills.
• Good knowledge of food legislation, the Alcohol Act, and/or public administration.

It is an advantage if you have experience in food control, the Alcohol and Tobacco Act, supervision work, or case processing within the public sector. Work experience in bookkeeping and good skills in reading and understanding annual reports and balance sheets are also valued.

To succeed in this role, you are:

• Structured, meticulous, and service-oriented.
• Independent and responsible.
• Solution-oriented and professional in interactions with people.
• Collaborative and have a non-hierarchical approach.
• Communicative, clear in communication, and able to explain the background of decisions.

With us, you will have a developing and varied job where you make a difference by contributing to safe food handling and good service for businesses and citizens. You will become part of a competent and engaged team where collaboration, knowledge sharing, and development are in focus. We offer good opportunities for competence development, remote work options, and a workplace where you can be an important ambassador for Gävle Municipality.

We welcome your application! We look forward to hearing from you.

Interviews for the position will take place during weeks 36 and 37.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement.
Working hours: Daytime.

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee in Gävle Municipality, you have

• generous holiday terms, and as a new employee, you are entitled to paid holiday already during your first year of employment.
• reimbursement for fitness and exercise when employed for more than three months.
• several different insurances through our collective agreements, including health insurance and occupational injury insurance.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our Values

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for carrying out our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base our actions on our shared values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle Municipality here:

https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization:

https://www.gavle.se/organisation (https://www.gavle.se/organisation)

Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish-speaking administrative area. Therefore, if you speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it may be an asset.

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