Supervision Officer - Temporary Position

About the Workplace We are now seeking an experienced supervision officer with expertise in planning and building law as well as environmental law for a temporary position of just over one year. As a person, you are equally interested in working with people as with legal paragraphs and investigations. As an officer, you will work together with 15 other competent colleagues at the planning and building permit office, handling the municipality's supervision of building permits, start permits, and shoreline protection exemptions. Hudiksvall Municipality is in an expansive phase and as an employee at the planning and building permit office, you will have the opportunity to participate in the development of our future municipality. We offer you a pleasant work environment, cheerful colleagues, and exciting projects as well as opportunities for personal development. We are the planning and building permit administration – a smaller administration in Hudiksvall Municipality. We plan the municipality's future through detailed plans and active work with the municipality's comprehensive plan. If you want to build new, renovate, or expand your home, we review your building permit. We grant municipal shoreline protections and conduct supervision within shoreline protection according to environmental law. We shape and plan community building in our municipality for those who live, work, and reside here. Job Responsibilities In your role as a supervision officer, you will primarily work with the supervision of matters concerning building permits, start permits, and completion permits under planning and building law as well as shoreline protection exemptions according to environmental law. The work consists of exciting and sometimes complex legal issues but also many social contacts with property owners, entrepreneurs, various operations within the municipality, and other authorities. You make decisions within your delegation authority and prepare matters for decision by the building committee. An important task is to provide information and advice to the public. With us, you will have varied work where you plan and manage your work both within a team and independently. You have close collaboration with your colleagues and other committed employees within the administration. The work varies between being in the office and conducting site visits involving interpretation of laws, legal precedent, and plan requirements as well as documentation and writing of various decisions. Your cases can be large or small, illegally constructed residential buildings and retaining walls or neglected plots and unauthorized measures in shoreline areas. You handle many different cases in different stages, from simpler decisions on delegation to presenting complex matters to the political committee. You actively participate in efforts to improve and develop processes, procedures, and working methods in the operation. The position requires presence at the workplace, but there may be an opportunity to arrange working remotely part of the week. Qualifications We are primarily seeking someone who is trained as a building permit officer through higher education or other equivalent experience/education that the employer considers equivalent. We would like to see that you have a few years of experience as a supervision officer or building permit officer and have documented knowledge of planning and building law and environmental law. Experience in service and meeting with people, property matters, shoreline protection cases, and working in the Castor case management system are merits. Working at a government agency requires that you are clear and structured and that you express yourself well both verbally and in writing. In this recruitment, we will place great emphasis on personal qualities. As a person, you are attentive and accommodating in your interactions; you ensure that messages get through and that expectations are clear for all parties involved. Contact with property owners and other stakeholders in the building process is an important part of the work. In your professional role, it is important that you have the ability to show respect and consideration for those you meet based on everyone's equal worth. You distinguish between the issue and the person and can make well-founded decisions. We want you to have strong commitment and feel enthusiasm for your work as well as interest in working in a team. You take initiative and have structure in your work whether you work alone or with others. At the planning and building permit office, we work together, support each other, and stand by one another; therefore we value someone who takes responsibility toward both yourself and your colleagues. As a team member with us, you also contribute to the office's continuous development work. Selection and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis, and the position may be filled during the posting period. About Hudiksvall Municipality In the middle of Sweden, on the beautiful Hälsinge coast, lies Hudiksvall Municipality - or perhaps better known as Glada Hudik. Here live 37,600 happy Hudiksvall residents, and more than half of us live in the countryside. In Hudiksvall Municipality, distances are short to most things you want to do and need, and you have time left for what is important in life. Here you will find proximity to contrasting environments, an active community life, and a business sector with great drive - many world-leading companies have their headquarters in our municipality. Hudiksvall Municipality is the largest employer in the municipality. Together we are 3,800 employees, working in 300 different professions, who work every day to create value for those we serve – our municipal residents. It is a large and important mission that must be permeated by security, openness, participation, and equality. In this way, we help each other build a society where all people are of equal worth. About Your Application Remember not to write sensitive personal information or evaluative information in your application. If you have protected personal information, we would like you to apply by contacting the recruitment officer listed in the announcement. Your application will be a public record according to the principle of public access. Read more about what we as an employer can offer you: www.hudiksvall.se/jobbahososs

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