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Welcome to Älvkarleby Municipality – a workplace with proximity and engagement

At Älvkarleby Municipality, you will find a work environment where it is close to your manager, colleagues, and decision-makers. We are a team of approximately 700 employees who work together based on our shared values: Courage, Will, Respect, and Holistic View. These values guide how we collaborate, develop, and interact with our residents.

We believe in the power of diverse perspectives and actively work to ensure our organization is characterized by diversity, gender equality, and respect. Here, you have the opportunity to grow and contribute with your specific skills and personality.

Älvkarleby Municipality is located just south of Gävle, where the Dalälven river meets the sea. With Skutskär as the central town, nature is always nearby – a beautiful combination of river, forest, sea, and tranquility. About 9,500 people live here, with great opportunities for a rich life both at work and during leisure time.

The communications are excellent – with three train stations, frequent bus connections, and proximity to the E4 highway, we are an attractive commuting municipality. This also makes us a natural meeting place for people with different experiences and competencies.

To promote a healthy lifestyle, we have smoke-free working hours.

Do you want to contribute to a municipality with confidence in the future and proximity to both people and nature? Apply today!

Description

Do you want to help shape the future Älvkarleby?

As a Building Permit Officer/Inspector, you play a key role in the development and preservation of our built environment. Here, you have the opportunity to make a real difference – every day – by contributing to a sustainable, safe, and pleasant municipality where people and nature live in harmony.

We are now looking for you who have experience with building permit processing and supervision and who wish to continue developing in your profession together with an engaged team.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will have broad and independent responsibility within both the building permit and supervision processes. Your tasks will include, among other things:

• Process and make decisions in building permit cases according to the Planning and Building Act (PBL), the Planning and Building Ordinance (PBF), and current regulations from the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket).
• Actively work with supervision cases according to PBL, including follow-up of completed or ongoing measures, investigation of deviations, and potential decisions regarding corrections.
• Conduct site visits, technical consultations, workplace visits, and final consultations.
• Provide advice and service to citizens, businesses, and other actors regarding building permits, the building process, and applicable legislation.
• Participate in the municipality's planning work and contribute your specialist knowledge.
• Contribute to the development of working methods and routines to ensure quality, efficiency, and legal certainty.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who:

• Have a university or university college degree as an engineer, architect, lawyer, building permit officer, or equivalent acquired knowledge/training that the employer deems relevant for the assignment.
• Have practical experience with building permit processing and supervision according to PBL, preferably from a municipality or other authority.
• Have good knowledge of current building legislation: PBL, PBF, and the new regulations from Boverket that replace BBR.
• Are self-reliant, meticulous, and confident in making decisions supported by law and legal precedent.
• Communicate clearly, professionally, and have good service skills.
• Thrive in a role that combines office work with inspection work in the field.
• Have a solution-oriented approach to work and see the big picture in societal planning issues.
• Have previous experience working digitally with various programs and systems, as well as good oral and written skills in Swedish.
• It is an advantage if you have experience from municipal decision-making processes, are accustomed to working in a politically governed organization, and have experience with authority operations.

We offer you

• A socially important assignment with direct impact on the municipality's development.
• A varied job where you can combine processing, advice, and inspection.
• An engaged work group with close collaboration and support.
• Opportunities for competence development in areas such as PBL, supervision methodology, and law.
• Flexible working hours and a good balance between work and private life.
• Close collaboration with colleagues in physical planning and environmental and health protection, who also work on the same department – together we create a whole in societal planning.

Other

Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period.

Valid ID and right to work in Sweden

To work at Älvkarleby Municipality, you must be able to show a valid ID document showing your citizenship. In some cases, you may also need to show a document proving your right to work in Sweden. If offered employment, you must be able to show one of the following:

• Passport
• Driver's license
• SIS-certified ID card together with a certificate of personal data showing citizenship
• Other valid ID document clearly stating citizenship.

If you are a citizen of a country outside Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also show that you have the right to work in Sweden (e.g., residence or work permit).

Military deployment for permanent employees

As a permanent employee at Älvkarleby Municipality, you are assigned to your regular workplace in the event of war or national crisis.

E-recruitment and personal data

We use e-recruitment to streamline and ensure the quality of our recruitment process.

The information you provide is saved on your personal CV account, allowing you to easily log in and update your information as needed. We therefore ask you to fill in your details carefully and thoroughly so that they give a fair picture of your qualifications and experience.

All information is handled and stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).