Officer Responsible for Alcohol and Tobacco Supervision

Länsstyrelsen i Blekinge län · Vollzeit

Skeppsbrokajen 4, Karlskrona, Schweden

Länsstyrelsen Blekinge is a government agency with a broad mandate and exciting assignments. In our role as the government's representative in the county, we work with everything from environmental protection, nature conservation, planning and housing construction, animal welfare, energy and climate to civil defense, crisis management, social sustainability, cultural heritage, fisheries, and rural development. The county is part of an expansive Baltic Sea region where everything is within reach. This makes it easy to combine interesting work with good housing and an active leisure life. Our office is beautifully located by the water in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Karlskrona. We work to ensure that the next generation can live in a Blekinge where nature, people, and businesses thrive. The decisions we make today must hold up in the future. We are here for Blekinge. Learn more: www.lansstyrelsen.se/blekinge Description We are seeking a colleague for our Unit for Social Sustainability. We are one manager and eight employees who serve as coordinators for various issues within the social area. Together, we are responsible for all assignments that the county administrative boards have in crime prevention, violence against women, honor-related violence and oppression, children's rights, human rights, integration, gender equality, ANDTS, homelessness, and more. Work Tasks As an alcohol and tobacco officer, you are responsible for the county administrative board's supervision of municipalities' handling in accordance with the Alcohol Act, the Act on Tobacco and Similar Products, and the Act on Tobacco-Free Nicotine Products. You are responsible for ongoing review of municipal decisions and also conduct in-depth supervision. At the same time, you will support the municipalities' officers and have close cooperation with them. You plan and conduct officer meetings for municipal officers and arrange competence-building initiatives. Within alcohol and tobacco supervision, Länsstyrelsen Blekinge has well-developed cooperation with neighboring counties, and you will work closely with officers at primarily Kronobergs and Kalmars county administrative boards. You will also be part of the county administrative boards' national network and will receive a mentor from that network when you take office. You will present cases in decisions and also present matters to the county leadership and are responsible for handling referrals. The content of the employment may vary over time depending on which assignments are given to the Unit for Social Sustainability. You will have close cooperation with colleagues who are responsible for other assignments within the unit, such as crime prevention issues and ANDTS. Qualifications You should have an academic degree in public health, law, or social sciences, or other education combined with work experience that the employer considers equivalent experience writing and presenting cases for decisions and applying legislation in your case handling experience supporting others in their case handling a B-category driver's license. Travel within the county and the country occurs in the position It is meritorious if you have experience driving or participating in cooperation projects between different stakeholders familiarity with municipal decision-making processes experience working with alcohol and tobacco legislation either in a municipality or at a county administrative board worked in the case management system Platina As a person, you are attentive, outgoing, and have high integrity. You are flexible and easily collaborate and create and maintain good relationships. You are self-driven in your work and have the drive to carry out development work together with internal and external stakeholders. You are analytical and have good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written. Furthermore, it is important that you are structured—that is, skilled at organizing, documenting, and following up on your own work and the results of your operations. We place great emphasis on the above personal qualities. Conditions To ensure quality and streamline the recruitment process, we use an electronic application form in cooperation with Varbi for all vacant positions. Fill out your application carefully and correctly to provide an accurate picture of yourself. Länsstyrelsen is a government agency, which means that information you provide to us may be disclosed in accordance with the principle of public access. Normally, there is no confidentiality for the information processed in the database. If you have protected personal data, you should contact the contact person specified in the advertisement. A permanent position at Länsstyrelsen means that you will be placed on call in the event of war or crisis at the agency. Some of our positions are security classified, which means that a security vetting will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585). Before recruitment, we have determined the advertising channels; therefore, we decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement. We know that diversity enriches us and we are looking for you who can complement our work group and Länsstyrelsen as a whole with your competence, experience, and personality. Welcome to submit your application!