Director of Building and Environmental Administration

Bollebygds kommun · plný úvazek

Bollebygd, Švédsko

Young and expansive Bollebygd is a municipality with future potential characterized by a holistic approach, sustainable development, and growth. In the municipality, we have approximately 650 employees and we carry out some of Sweden's most important missions. Children's learning, quality care and welfare, sustainable community development, and environmental matters are just a few examples. The municipality strives to be an attractive employer where employee engagement and leadership are characterized by participation and opportunities for influence. Bollebygd is home to just under 10,000 residents. Located only 30 minutes from Gothenburg, Borås, and Alingsås, Bollebygd is geographically well-positioned. The municipality offers a rich outdoor life with skiing slopes, beautiful hiking trails, and a golf course in a manor setting. Bollebygd has well-developed operations with good quality and a vibrant business community with over 1,000 entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit bollebygd.se The Building and Environmental Administration has 15 employees. The unit is responsible for building permits, preliminary decisions, shoreline protection, and housing adaptation, as well as oversight and management within environmental and health protection, food, and tobacco. You will be part of the Municipal Director's management team. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES We are now seeking an engaged Director who wants to lead and develop our Building and Environmental Administration, both strategically and operatively, together with your employees. You are responsible for setting direction, translating goals into practice, and creating the conditions for the unit to deliver results. You have overall responsibility for the unit's results, which includes budget, work environment, and quality in the assignment. In this role, you ensure service-oriented, efficient, and lawful administrative authority, and you drive the development and improvement of operations. You are responsible for building trust and creating understanding for processes within building and environment among private individuals and entrepreneurs. In your assignment, you collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders. You are the responsible officer to the Building and Environmental Board, and an important part of the assignment is to create well-functioning cooperation between the board and the operations through clear communication and professional dialogue. QUALIFICATIONS Requirements: • Relevant university education or other equivalent competence that the employer deems equivalent • Category B driver's license • Good knowledge of the laws governing public operations, such as the Local Government Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act, the Environmental Code, and the Planning and Building Act • Experience working as a manager in a politically governed organization To succeed in the role, you need to be willing to take on the responsibility of leading the operations in a clear direction, translating goals into action, and creating the conditions for employees to deliver results. By planning, prioritizing, and following up on operational results based on goals, budget, and assignment, you ensure efficient and lawful operations. You create well-functioning cooperation between operations, the board, and other stakeholders through clear communication, professional relationships, and trustworthy dialogue. We are looking for a person with the ability to build trust in their leadership. You are solution-focused, clear, attentive, and inclusive. Through this, you build trust, commitment, and participation within the group. You work in a structured and results-oriented manner, with the ability to plan, prioritize, and drive work forward in a systematic way. You make sound judgments, priorities, and weigh complex information together, demonstrating good judgment in your actions. You find it easy to make decisions. You also have a good ability to build and develop trusting relationships and act with integrity by standing firm in your assignment and making decisions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. You have an easy way of expressing yourself in speech and writing. Selection is ongoing; initial interviews are planned to be held on September 24th and 28th. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration, start date: By agreement. Working hours: Daytime. We strive for balanced gender distribution and view diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with current legislation. If you are applying for a position that falls under any of the applicable laws, you will be required to provide an extract from the criminal record and in some cases a suspicion register before employment. Before any possible employment, you must provide a valid passport or national ID to verify identity and citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to provide a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar. As part of the recruitment process, work psychological tests may be used as a complement to the overall assessment. We use e-recruitment to streamline and ensure quality in the recruitment process. All your information is saved on your CV account and you can easily log in and update your information whenever you wish. Please fill in your information as carefully as possible to give an accurate picture of yourself. Your information is processed and stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. We warmly welcome your application!