City Planner/Physical Planner
Would you like to work with physical planning in an organization where you can follow urban development projects from early ideas to implementation? Vara Municipality is now seeking a city planner/physical planner for the Planning and Growth Unit within the Society Sector.
The Planning and Growth Unit is responsible for the municipality's work with physical planning, land and development issues, mapping and GIS, business development, strategic sustainability work, and urban planning including design, landscape, infrastructure and public transport. The unit also plays an important role in the municipality's overall development work.
Here you will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues, politicians, residents and external stakeholders.
Your Role
As a city planner/physical planner, you will work primarily with detailed planning, but also with other tasks within physical planning depending on the unit's needs and your experience.
The role involves you:
Working with detailed planning in close collaboration primarily with colleagues in planning, land and development, building permits, environment, streets/parks and water utilities.
Developing detailed plans, planning programs, planning materials and working with design issues in early stages.
Collaborating with stakeholders, politicians, developers and citizens and driving dialogue in different stages of the planning process.
Working together with the Swedish Transport Administration, County Administrative Board and other public actors on matters related to planning and implementation.
Becoming part of a cross-sector approach where planning, technology and implementation are connected from vision and plan to finished environment.
The role involves a variety of tasks and close collaboration with other parts of the urban development process. There are good opportunities to contribute to both strategic and operational issues within physical planning.
Your Knowledge and Experience
We are looking for someone with experience in physical planning and who can relatively quickly take responsibility for their own planning assignments. You have the ability to see the whole picture in urban development and can switch between analysis, dialogue and implementation.
You have:
Higher education with a focus on physical planning or equivalent.
Good knowledge of the Planning and Building Act and the Environmental Code.
Ability to work in CAD/GIS environments and to visualize and analyze planning materials.
Ability to connect visionary perspectives with concrete solutions regarding detailed planning.
Curiosity about new working methods and courage to test new approaches.
The willingness and ability to collaborate with external stakeholders such as the Swedish Transport Administration, County Administrative Board and developers.
It is meritious if you have:
Experience with detailed planning work according to the Planning and Building Act.
Experience in project management or work in early stages of urban development projects.
Experience working with digital detailed plans and GIS-based planning materials.
Who Are You?
To succeed in this role, you need to be able to work independently and drive your assignments forward. You have good collaboration skills, are well-organized and can switch between strategic perspectives and practical solutions.
You enjoy working in an environment where tasks vary and where sometimes you need to support colleagues outside your main area of responsibility.
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.
Your Future Workplace
The Planning and Growth Unit is part of the Society Sector. Here there are short decision-making paths, close collaboration between different areas of expertise and good opportunities to influence both working methods and development. The work group is characterized by commitment, lack of pretension and shared responsibility for driving issues forward.
If you want to know more about your future workplace and Vara Municipality, you can read more at Varakommun
If you have questions about salary, contact the recruiting manager.
At Vara Municipality you get engaged colleagues and managers, training and development opportunities but also benefits such as wellness allowance if you are a salaried employee.
All employees are also members of our Leisure Association which organizes exercise activities and other leisure and cultural activities, you get discounts on certain events at Vara Concert Hall.
At Vara Municipality we are good to each other and it is together with our ethical compass that we achieve our common goals!
Wondering what there is to do and see when you're not working at Vara Municipality? Visit www.livetiskaraborg.se and discover all the possibilities of Skaraborg!
If for any reason you cannot apply digitally (due to, for example, protected personal information), please contact the person responsible for the ad for an alternative application method. In principle, all documents submitted to the municipality become public records.
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