Landscape Architect

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Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At Gävle Municipality, we work dedicatedly together to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trusting workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application! Within Livsmiljö Gävle, we work to create attractive, accessible, and sustainable living environments where people want to live, meet, and thrive. Our employees develop the city's parks, squares, streets, and public spaces and contribute to a safe, green, and vibrant Gävle. Now we are looking for a landscape architect who wants to help develop the municipality's public environments and create value for today's and tomorrow's residents of Gävle. 1 position(s). WORK TASKS As a landscape architect with us, you contribute to the development of Gävle's public environments and the land owned by the municipality. You work to develop sustainable, attractive, and accessible living environments throughout the entire urban development process. The work is carried out in project form where you can have the role of internal project manager, consultant commissioner, or project participant. You develop decision-making materials, investigations, and design proposals both independently and together with other expertise in the urban development field. In the role, you will, among other things: • lead or participate in urban environment and development projects • develop programs, investigations, and design proposals for various locations and environments • contribute landscape architecture expertise in detailed plans, development projects, and building permit matters • handle and make assessments in matters concerning urban environment, nature, accessibility, stormwater management, and safety • coordinate and follow up assignments performed by external consultants • collaborate with colleagues, authorities, consultants, developers, and other actors in the urban development process • participate in dialogues, presentations, and other forums related to urban development The work is varied and gives you great opportunities to influence how Gävle's public environments develop, both today and in the future. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with education as a landscape architect or other education that the employer deems equivalent and relevant for the position. You have several years of experience working as a landscape architect or urban planner in a corresponding field. It is a merit if you have experience with: • project management, preferably according to established models such as XLPM • design in CAD and GIS-based tools • visualization in, for example, Rhino, V-Ray, Enscape, and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) • work within public operations • work in an Office environment • local knowledge of Gävle and its development Personal Competencies Analytical You have the ability to engage with complex issues where different interests, needs, and conditions need to be weighed. You see logic, connections, and long-term consequences from a holistic perspective and can transform your analyses into well-founded assessments and proposals. Creative and Development-Oriented You have a strong conceptual and design ability and create new ideas, perspectives, and solutions. You can develop several alternative design proposals based on the site's conditions and project goals. You see opportunities for improvement and actively contribute to the development of both public environments and working methods. Structured You plan, organize, and drive your work forward in an efficient and goal-oriented manner. You work according to a clear process, prioritize between tasks, and ensure that deliverables maintain high quality within agreed timeframes. Collaborative You have an unpretentious approach and enjoy developing solutions together with others. You collaborate well with different professions and actors, are receptive to others' perspectives, and contribute to solutions that create value for the whole. At the same time, you have the ability to independently take initiative and drive matters forward within given boundaries. Communicative You express yourself clearly and trustworthily in both speech and writing. You have the ability to present ideas, design proposals, and complex information in a way that is easy to understand for different target groups. You adapt your communication to the situation and audience and feel comfortable in dialogues, presentations, and collaboration forums. Employment Form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: According to agreement or December 26/January 27. Working Hours: Daytime. What We Offer You You are important to us! As an employee at Gävle Municipality, you have • generous vacation benefits and as a new employee you also have the right to paid vacation during your first year of employment • reimbursement for fitness and wellness when you have been employed for more than three months • several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example health insurance and work injury insurance are included. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner Our Values Quality, conduct, and collaboration are the most important success factors for fulfilling our mission in the best way. In order to do the right things and act wisely in our daily work, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values. Read more about us as an employer and what it's like to work at Gävle Municipality here: https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs Here you can read more about our organization: https://www.gavle.se/organisation Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area. If you, in addition to our other competency requirements, also speak Finnish, it can be a merit. Information to recruitment consultants and advertising sellers: We decline all contact regarding advertising and recruitment services.Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At Gävle Municipality, we work dedicatedly together to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trusting workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application! Within Livsmiljö Gävle, we work to create attractive, accessible, and sustainable living environments where people want to live, meet, and thrive. Our employees develop the city's parks, squares, streets, and public spaces and contribute to a safe, green, and vibrant Gävle. Now we are looking for a landscape…

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active

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Gävle

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60.6370941, 17.1308489copyopen in

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Published

3. 8. 2026

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5. 8. 2026

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