About this role
The County Administrative Board's approximately 300 employees 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 an authority free from discrimination and aim to harness the qualities that diversity brings to our operations.
The Water Unit employs around 40 staff members on an annual basis, along with an additional 15-20 seasonal employees during the field season (May-October). Here, we address a wide range of issues related to water, fishing, and environmental monitoring in the county. This includes everything from the restoration of aquatic environments, liming, and fishing to water management, environmental analysis, and drinking water supply. The unit also operates its own water laboratory, which plays a central role in the county administrative boards' work on liming effect monitoring. The Water Unit is continuously working to increase the pace and implementation of measures in the county, both by providing grants for local water conservation and fishing management projects and by seeking new water conservation projects within the EU's various environmental and fisheries funds. The unit is staffed by experts who are eager to share their knowledge.
We work with respect, professionalism, and openness for the county's residents – together for a sustainable future!
**Description**
One of the County Administrative Board's long-term missions is the ongoing environmental adaptation of all hydropower facilities in the county for modern environmental permits according to the National Assessment Plan (NAP).
The reassessments aim to achieve the greatest possible benefit for the aquatic environment and ensure a nationally efficient access to hydropower electricity. This balancing act requires well-founded environmental quality standards and water status in the affected aquatic environments, as well as a good understanding of the benefits, conditions, and other prerequisites of hydropower facilities. Well in advance of the assessments, this information, along with other aspects, must be included in the regional collaboration process, where compilations, evaluations, and priorities are made to streamline the assessment processes for modern environmental conditions.
Overall, a well-functioning collaboration and dialogue between the County Administrative Board and the relevant operators, the water authority, and national authorities (the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, the Swedish Energy Agency, and Svenska kraftnät) are essential.
The Water Unit is now seeking a water case officer primarily focused on the implementation of the National Assessment Plan (NAP).
**Responsibilities**
You will play an important role in the regional collaboration process by compiling materials and reports at various stages of the collaboration process. An example of such compilations includes a current status description regarding the characteristics of hydropower, permit conditions, natural values, and required measures according to water management.
In your work, you will participate in and facilitate dialogue and collaboration, both internally within the County Administrative Board across various areas and externally with other County Administrative Boards, including those that are water authorities, and relevant operators.
Work related to the National Assessment Plan also involves assisting the water authority with assessments and materials for in-depth reviews or reassessments of environmental quality standards. Additionally, revising conservation plans for relevant Natura 2000 areas may also be relevant.
Other tasks that may be part of the position include assessments of status, impact, and needs for measures concerning hydromorphology within the overall water management work.
Daily work takes place within the water management function but in close collaboration with the area of measures and the fishing and environmental analysis function, where the unit's work on restoration and fishing management, as well as data and knowledge bases, is located. The County Administrative Board's preparation secretariat is also situated within this function, tasked with assisting the water authority with knowledge and materials and coordinating the County Administrative Board's implementation of the water management action program.
Other tasks within the unit may also be relevant to the position.
**Qualifications**
We are looking for someone with a university degree in biology, geoscience, environmental science, civil engineering, or engineering with a focus on water issues, or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position. You should have at least one year of work experience relevant to the role. We seek a structured and meticulous case officer with strong collaboration skills and the ability to build good relationships both internally and externally. As the work involves travel, a valid driver's license (B) is required.
As a person, you work purposefully towards the County Administrative Board's common goals, have a good overall perspective and a structured approach, are receptive and unpretentious, and create good relationships – both internally and externally. You are confident, stable, and self-aware. You view relationships with colleagues, citizens, and businesses in the right perspective and distinguish between the personal and the professional. You can make thoughtful trade-offs in the event of conflicts of interest and in complex issues. You communicate proactively and appropriately for the target audience, both verbally and in writing.
We place great emphasis on your personal abilities. Living according to the state's values is a given for you.
Particularly meritorious is documented