Vacant job

Do you want to lead the work of preserving and developing some of Stockholm County's most valuable natural environments? As Head of Unit for the Nature Conservation Unit, you will play a key role in making, protecting, and developing the county's nature reserves together with dedicated employees and in close collaboration with several stakeholders.

We are looking for a development-oriented manager for the Nature Conservation Unit, whose task is the management and maintenance of nature reserves and other protected nature across the entire county. We make Stockholm County's 200 nature reserves accessible through digital information, signage, wayfinding, parking, and trails. We ensure that the areas are well-maintained through clearing, fencing, grazing, and other measures.

We also manage properties and buildings in reserves owned by the state. Additionally, we carry out initiatives to improve the situation for threatened species through action plans for threatened species.

What does the role involve?

As a manager, you are responsible for creating the conditions for a good and sustainable work environment where employees thrive, develop, and can perform at their best. You drive and enable competence development by supporting learning, development, and experience sharing within the operations. The role also involves leading and developing the operations by translating goals into results and driving improvement work. The unit has 15 employees, and you have operational responsibility as well as personnel and budget responsibility.

The operations are largely carried out by procured external contractors and are financed by state funds and project funds, where you, as the Head of Unit, hold the economic responsibility.

You will be an important part of the Environmental Department's management group together with your five fellow managers, and you all report to the Head of the Environmental Department. Through good collaboration, you take joint overall responsibility for the department's operations and have good interaction with the County Administrative Board's other operations as well as external collaboration partners.

You will be part of the agency's management collegium and will be offered ongoing competence development to strengthen your leadership and personal development.

Are you the one we are looking for?

For this role, we want you to have:

• an academic degree in nature conservation, natural sciences, administration, economics, or another degree that the employer considers relevant,
• some years of current experience in a managerial role or other operational leadership role,
• experience in working with operational planning and follow-up, financial management, and personnel responsibility,
• experience in leading operations carried out by external providers,
• experience in driving development and improvement work,
• good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish.

You are a secure, present leader with the ability to create engagement and motivate your employees. You work proactively, strategically, and development-oriented with a clear focus on results. To succeed in the role, it is important that you enjoy both internal and external collaborations. You have the ability to lead, coach, utilize, and develop employees' competencies.

As an employee at the County Administrative Board, you need:

• the ability to make decisions based on a holistic view, taking into account multiple perspectives,
• to understand that a central role for the County Administrative Board is to make trade-offs between different interests,
• the ability to prioritize and adapt to work with new tasks or in new contexts.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

The County Administrative Board works for a sustainable and inclusive work environment. It is the interplay between employees' differences and similarities that constitutes one of the County Administrative Board's success factors.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience of working within the field of nature conservation,
• experience from the public sector,
• knowledge of state governance and financing,
• experience of EU projects and applications for external funding.

More about us and the role

The position is full-time and permanent. The County Administrative Board applies time-limited managerial appointments. The location is Stockholm. Start date is by agreement.

The position is classified in a security class. We will conduct a security check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). As a permanent employee at the County Administrative Board of Stockholm County, you will be mobilized for war service based on the needs of the total defense.

How we recruit

We ask you to attach your CV and a cover letter, where you briefly and clearly address the requirement profile and explain why we should choose you.

We are happy to receive calls from you who are interested in the job but decline calls from those who sell recruitment services or advertisements.

If you have questions

Questions about the role are answered by the recruiting manager, Johanna Lindgren, tel. 010-223 15 07.

Union contact persons are XX for SACO, email, XX for ST, email.

In this recruitment, we cooperate with Adecco Sweden AB. You can also contact recruitment consultant Åsa Andersson, Adecco, tel. 073-684 73 29.

Last application date: 2026-08-23

Reference number: 112-33593-2026

Welcome with your application!

About the County Administrative Board

The County Administrative Board Stockholm is a unifying force for a growing and sustainable capital region. By taking responsibility for the whole picture, we find ways forward in complex societal issues.

The holistic view is an important starting point for us when we collaborate with municipalities, authorities, business life, and other important societal actors. On behalf of the government, we also work to ensure that national goals are implemented in our county. Here you will find experts in many different subject areas, and our combined competence has an astonishing breadth. Here you will learn something new every day.

Read more about us at www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/jobba-hos-oss (http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/jobba-hos-oss).

Open to all
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.