Unit Manager for Oceans, Water and Agricultural Landscapes at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation

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Åsögatan 115, Stockholm, Švédsko

Do you want to lead the work for living oceans, healthy waters, and sustainable agriculture in a rich agricultural landscape? The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is seeking a unit manager who wants to drive and develop our work within oceans, water, and agricultural landscapes—areas that are crucial for stopping the loss of biodiversity and contributing to sustainable use of our natural resources. The work takes place in close collaboration with politics, research, and civil society. Read more and apply by September 20! The Role of Unit Manager for Oceans, Water and Agricultural Landscapes The Unit for Oceans, Water and Agricultural Landscapes is part of the Department for Biodiversity and Environmental Toxins and consists of highly skilled and dedicated employees. Together, you will drive issues related to sustainable fishing, protection and restoration of marine and freshwater environments, and the transition to more sustainable agriculture and a robust food system. As unit manager, you have overall responsibility for the unit's operations, with a focus on leading, developing, and prioritizing the work so that it has maximum impact. You combine strategic work with operational leadership and create favorable conditions for employees to contribute their expertise. You lead in an environment with many parallel and complex issues, which requires the ability to create structure, direction, and long-term perspective in the work. The role includes many external contacts where you represent the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation to authorities, researchers, organizations, and decision makers. You collaborate closely with other units within the department and other parts of the organization, and contribute to a holistic perspective and joint strategic priorities. To match the demands of this role, we would like you to have: academic education management experience and experience leading through change good knowledge of issues related to oceans, water, and/or agriculture, preferably with a systems perspective experience with political advocacy work experience working both strategically and operatively excellent knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing Your personal qualities are important for you to thrive with us. Therefore, we expect you to: be a confident leader who can inspire, coach, and help employees prioritize have good collaboration skills, be responsive, relationship-building, and unpretentious; thrive in a complex organization with many contact points be structured and proactive, with good ability to prioritize be goal- and results-oriented in your priorities, planning, and actions be strategic, analytical, and with strong communication skills Submit your application by September 20. Selection is ongoing. About the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is Sweden's largest environmental organization and a popular movement that has stood up for nature since 1909. We spread knowledge, shape public opinion, and influence decision makers—locally, nationally, and globally. Climate, forests, agriculture, environmental toxins, water, oceans, and sustainable consumption are our most important work areas. Bra Miljöval is our environmental label and Sveriges Natur is our member magazine. Together we have the power to make a change. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation wants to be an inclusive popular movement that reflects society, and we want this to permeate all our operations. We want to be a workplace that is attractive to everyone, because we believe that a variety of perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds makes us even stronger. We use competence-based recruitment aimed at seeing each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination. Other Information The position is a permanent full-time employment. Start as soon as possible by agreement. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation uses a probationary period. Questions We only accept applications through our recruitment tool. If you have questions about the recruitment process, contact: Joanna Widstrand, HR Specialist, 076 188 50 24, [email protected] For questions about the content of the position, contact: Anders Mankler, Department Manager for Biodiversity and Environmental Toxins, 073 522 09 45, [email protected] Trade Union Contact Persons Unionen: Jakob Svensson, 072 014 87 84, [email protected] Saco: Clara Jonsson, 072 373 36 39, [email protected]