1 position(s).
Would you like to promote people's health and contribute to a sustainable environment? Then we're looking for you! The Environmental and Health Protection Department now needs a new colleague for the health protection team.
Your responsibilities
As an environmental and health protection inspector, you will work with supervision according to the Environmental Code and perform government assignments in a respectful and objective manner with the businesses and individuals you meet in the field. This position is focused on health protection and involves independently inspecting operations and assessing whether their activities comply with legislation. In this role, you set requirements, inform, and make decisions while contributing to creating a sustainable and safe environment for everyone. You plan and conduct inspections based on the established inspection plan and manage your own cases from start to finish. As an inspector with us, you will have a varied and developmental role.
The work involves many collaborative contacts with other stakeholders, departments, and private individuals, which means you need to communicate in an adapted and professional manner. Your responsibilities include both planned and event-driven inspections. The inspection objects relevant to this position may include schools, preschools, cutting and piercing facilities, and more. You will also handle incoming cases such as complaints and reports. You need to be able to inform, set requirements, and make decisions based on objective grounds in a respectful manner. You plan your own workday and manage your cases both independently and in collaboration with others. You work closely with your colleagues and support each other.
We use Ecos 2 as our case management system.
Your qualifications
We are looking for someone with a university degree of at least 180-240 credits in natural sciences, public health sciences, or technical education that is deemed appropriate, or equivalent practical experience. We also want you to have good knowledge of the Environmental Code. We see that you have good computer skills and express yourself well in Swedish both verbally and in writing. If you have education in administrative law of at least 15 university credits or equivalent practical experience, we see that as a plus. Experience with government authority work within the environmental and health protection field is also a plus.
A B-class driver's license is required as service vehicles are used.
As a person, you are confident, stable, attentive, and can remain calm even in stressful situations. You have good collaboration skills and communicate in a constructive manner. You take responsibility for your tasks and plan and organize your work efficiently. You can think in terms of risk and critically and have the ability to adapt to new knowledge and changes in legislation. You express yourself well verbally and in writing in Swedish, but you may also need to communicate in English. The work requires very good computer skills.
We warmly welcome your application!
What we offer
At the Environmental and Health Protection Department, we are about 50 people working with supervision supported by, among other things, the Environmental Code, waste legislation, chemical legislation, radiation protection legislation, tobacco legislation, alcohol legislation, food legislation, and consumer legal advice. We participate in community planning through participation in internal steering and project groups and as a referral body in planning matters. Our activities are outward-facing and affect in some way everyone who lives and works in Västerås. Those of us who work at the Environmental and Health Protection Department perform the operational supervision work that the Environmental and Consumer Committee is responsible for. Here you will work with engaged and competent colleagues who help and care for each other.
With us, you will be part of a competent and engaged team where collaboration and joy of work are central. We believe in freedom with responsibility, which means you plan and manage your own work, while we value balance between work and leisure. We therefore offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home part of the week. Our office is centrally located with good transportation connections, and we have service vehicles and service bicycles for business trips. You will also receive an annual wellness allowance.
Learn more about the department's work at: https://www.vasteras.se/miljoochhalsoskyddsforvaltningen
We live by our values in our interactions with each other and those we serve. Every day, year-round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with approximately 11,500 colleagues around the city, you get Sweden's most important job.
Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offer here:
https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriär
Other information
In connection with an interview, you will need to prove your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a certificate of citizenship together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required under the Aliens Ordinance.
All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined.
Employment type: Permanent employment.1 position(s).
Would you like to promote people's health and contribute to a sustainable environment? Then we're looking for you! The Environmental and Health Protection Department now needs a new colleague for the health protection team.
Your responsibilities
As an environmental and health protection inspector, you will work with supervision according to the Environmental Code and perform government assignments in a respectful and objective manner with the businesses and individuals you meet in the field. This position is focused on health protection and involves independently inspecting…