About the Role
Company: Länsstyrelsen Uppsala County
Title: Civil Protection & Emergency Preparedness Officer with GIS Focus
Are you passionate about strengthening Uppsala County’s—and Sweden’s—capacity for crisis preparedness and civil defense? We are now recruiting a Civil Protection Officer with a GIS focus for a national assignment within societal protection and emergency preparedness.
Unit for Societal Protection and Emergency Preparedness
At our unit, we work to enhance the county’s capabilities in crisis preparedness and civil defense. We lead cooperation among regional actors and conduct planning, training, and exercises in civil protection and emergency management. As the highest civilian authority in total defense matters, the County Administrative Board plays a central role in building Sweden’s total defense system and collaborates closely with other authorities on defense planning and related tasks.
You will work alongside dedicated colleagues in a workplace where we value job satisfaction and making a real difference.
Main Duties
This position is employed at the Unit for Societal Protection and Emergency Preparedness, but the majority of your time (80%) will be dedicated to national-level assignments.
County Administrative Boards operate under a common administrative model with distinct administrative objects. You will work within the administrative object for societal protection and emergency preparedness, whose purpose is to maintain and further develop the operational and IT support systems for which the object is responsible—covering areas such as signal protection, security protection, civil defense, crisis management, and fire and rescue services.
As the GIS specialist, you will be a key resource for all County Administrative Boards, collaborating with official networks, the Boards’ joint IT department, and external stakeholders to develop solutions that meet regional capacity needs. The work is highly digital, though it also involves some travel.
The remaining portion of your position (20%) will be carried out at the Unit for Societal Protection and Emergency Preparedness in Uppsala, where you will contribute to the unit’s mission in civil protection and emergency preparedness.
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with higher education in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). You must have documented experience performing GIS-related tasks, as well as experience leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and experience in business development and digitalization.
You should have experience working with information security and security protection, and be accustomed to flexible, needs-driven working methods and practices, as well as producing decision support materials.
Meritorious qualifications include:
Experience identifying business needs and desired outcomes, and linking them to existing or new IT solutions
Experience handling security-classified information
Experience leading change processes and motivating others
Experience working within an administrative object focused on developing and maintaining administrative products
Experience working in a complex organizational environment
Personal qualities:
A holistic perspective and a consistent focus on the organization’s best interests
Goal- and results-oriented thinking, with the ability to adapt your approach as circumstances change
Initiative-taking and the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize your work efficiently to meet deadlines
Empathetic and flexible collaboration skills, clear communication, active listening, and the ability to resolve conflicts constructively
The ability to represent the County Administrative Board in a trustworthy manner
Strong proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written
We place great importance on your personal qualities.
Terms of Employment
This is a permanent position, commencing with a six-month probationary period, with start date as agreed. Your official title at the authority will be Handläggare (Case Officer).
A security check, including a register check, will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) before an employment decision is made. In some cases, Swedish citizenship is required.
Additional Information
As a public sector employee, you are expected to uphold the shared values of the Swedish state and contribute to developing a good administrative culture characterized by democracy, human rights, legal certainty, efficiency, and accessibility.
The County Administrative Board actively works to be a discrimination-free workplace and values the diverse competencies that diversity brings to our operations.
Länsstyrelsen Uppsala County is a knowledge-based authority and the government’s representative in the county. We work to promote the development of Uppsala County. Our areas of responsibility touch many important parts of society—from urban planning and gender equality to environmental supervision, rural development, fish conservation in our lakes, democracy, and emergency preparedness—among many other areas.
Approximately 230 people work at Länsstyrelsen Uppsala County. The County Governor is the head of the authority. Our goal is to foster a work culture defined by professionalism, engagement, and cooperation.
Länsstyrelsen is an exciting workplace, and we offer benefits such as flexible working hours, health care contributions, wellness activities, and extended parental leave.
Would you like to learn more about our benefits and what it’s like to work here? Visit our website: www.lansstyrelsen.se/uppsala/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss (http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/uppsala/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss).
We do not use personal cover letters as part of our selection process. However, we ask you to answer the selection questions in the application form, as your responses are crucial for us to conduct a fair assessment of your application.
We look forward to receiving your application!