{"data":{"id":159033,"slug":"gr-soker-chef-for-enheten-livsmiljo-och-samhallsplanering","type":"job","title":"G\u00f6teborgs Region seeks Unit Manager for Living Environment and Community Planning","description":"At G\u00f6teborgs Region (GR), around 200 colleagues work together to create value and added benefits for 13 member municipalities. We drive development projects, manage public assignments, conduct research, organize training and meeting places, among much else. Ultimately, it's about making life better for everyone who lives and works in our region.\n\nAs an employee at GR, you are an important part of G\u00f6teborgs Region's continued development. We offer a dynamic workplace with engaged and knowledgeable colleagues. Here you have great opportunities to influence your work, develop, and make a difference.\n\nRead our goals and strategy documents https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\/styrning\n\nAbout the department:\n\nThe Environment and Urban Development Department works with issues ranging from infrastructure, public transportation, and climate to water and sewage, waste, housing, social sustainability, and climate adaptation. Through good planning, G\u00f6teborgs Region can grow in a sustainable and robust way that benefits future generations as well. Regional planning matters only when municipalities see its value and view the municipal federation as a support.\n\n1 position(s).\n\nJOB RESPONSIBILITIES\nAre you an engaged and development-oriented leader who creates direction, develops employees, and thrives in a complex organization? Do you want to contribute to proactive, long-term regional physical planning? G\u00f6teborgs Region is in the midst of a development process. Our strategic document G\u00f6teborgs Region 2050 was decided in spring 2026 and contains political agreements on how the metropolitan region will develop through 2050.\n\nThe Environment and Urban Development Department is now seeking a Unit Manager for Living Environment and Community Planning who manages approximately 15 regional planners with expertise in community planning, energy, green infrastructure, and designed living environments. As unit manager, you lead and further develop the unit's work and are responsible together with your employees and colleagues for delivering results based on established goals. You will enter a phase where new thinking, collaboration, and common direction are crucial for our and the municipalities' progress. We seek a leader who wants and dares to lead change together with us.\n\nGR's overarching mission is to create added value for member municipalities through collaboration. As a manager, you build and nurture good relationships and create conditions for successful cooperation. You manage complexity in both operations and your daily leadership. Attentiveness, decisiveness, and development are central leadership principles in the work.\n\nYour assignment includes initiating, planning, implementing, monitoring, and developing operations within Environment and Urban Development. Most of GR's funding comes through applied grants or assignments\/projects carried out on behalf of members. As a manager, you have a key role in securing funding for these assignments. The department's political mandate is led by both the Preparatory Group for Environment and Urban Development and the Board of Directors.\n\nWithin the Environment and Urban Development Department, we are approximately 30 regional planners in two units with broad expertise in various subject areas, as well as development leaders and communicators. You work in close collaboration with the Unit Manager for Resource Use and Technical Infrastructure, participate in the department's management group, and report to the department manager. Work is also conducted in close collaboration with the department's development leaders and other expertise within G\u00f6teborgs Region with municipalities, government agencies, researchers, and other partners. Welcome to a great group that wants to accomplish something!\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\nWe seek an experienced manager and leader with strong civic engagement and broad expertise in urban development. You enjoy coaching employees, driving development, and seeing the bigger picture. Your leadership style is characterized by trust, transparency, and a development-oriented approach. You work results-oriented and have the ability to create structure, engagement, and translate strategic goals into concrete results.\n\nYou thrive in an organization that is constantly evolving, where you are expected to have a long-term perspective while also managing fast-paced processes that sometimes require you to take an operational role yourself. To succeed in this role, you have a strong ability to build collaboration structures and trustful relationships both internally and externally. You have experience working within or in close collaboration with the public sector and a good understanding of politically governed and member-governed organizations. Relevant academic education is a requirement.\n\nYou are confident in your leadership and create engagement around shared goals by being clear, attentive, and present. As a leader, you motivate and involve your employees and foster a positive and development-focused workplace culture where people, ideas, and expertise can grow. Communicative leadership is important for creating clarity, participation, and shared direction. To thrive, you need to be curious about new perspectives and comfortable working in collaboration. We see the ability to have a holistic perspective as a major strength.\n\nYou enjoy leading qualified employees in a complex organization and feel comfortable in an organization with diversified financing. It is meritorious if you have experience with regional development issues, the Planning and Building Act and planning processes, collaboration with academia, or work with external project financing.\n\nWe offer you creative, engaged employees with various specialized expertise driven by working with sustainable social development, as well as experienced colleagues who will be your main support in implementing the assignment.\n\nGR strives for equal gender distribution and views diversity as a strength, where our employees' differences enrich and develop our operations.\n\nWe will begin digital interviews already during weeks 37 and 38, so we would appreciate your application as soon as possible.\n\nEmployment form: Permanent employment.\nDuration: Start: Position available as soon as possible, by agreement.\n\nWe want to inform you that your application is a public document according to the principle of public access. Read more about how GR handles personal data https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\/integritetspolicy\n\nRead more on G\u00f6teborgs Region's website: https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\n\nWe decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this job posting.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"GR s\u00f6ker chef f\u00f6r enheten Livsmilj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsplanering","description_original":"P\u00e5 G\u00f6teborgsregionen (GR) arbetar runt 200 kollegor tillsammans f\u00f6r att skapa nytta och merv\u00e4rde f\u00f6r 13 medlemskommuner. Vi driver utvecklingsprojekt, har myndighetsuppdrag, forskar, ordnar utbildningar och m\u00f6tesplatser, bland mycket annat. I slut\u00e4ndan handlar det om att g\u00f6ra livet b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6r alla som lever och verkar i v\u00e5r region.\n\nSom medarbetare p\u00e5 GR \u00e4r du en viktig del i G\u00f6teborgsregionens fortsatta utveckling. Vi erbjuder en dynamisk arbetsplats med engagerade och kunniga kollegor. H\u00e4r finns stora m\u00f6jligheter att p\u00e5verka arbetet, utvecklas och g\u00f6ra skillnad.\n\nL\u00e4s v\u00e5ra m\u00e5l- och strategidokument https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\/styrning\n\nOm avdelningen:\n\nAvdelning Milj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsbyggnad arbetar med fr\u00e5gor som r\u00f6r allt fr\u00e5n infrastruktur, kollektivtrafik och klimat till VA, avfall, bostadsfr\u00e5gor, social h\u00e5llbarhet och klimatanpassning. Genom bra planering kan G\u00f6teborgsregionen v\u00e4xa p\u00e5 ett h\u00e5llbart och robust s\u00e4tt som gynnar \u00e4ven kommande generationer. Regional planering spelar roll f\u00f6rst n\u00e4r kommunerna ser nyttan med den och ser kommunalf\u00f6rbundet som ett st\u00f6d.\r\n\r\n1 plats(er). \r\n\r\nARBETSUPPGIFTER\r\n\u00c4r du en engagerad och utvecklingsorienterad ledare som skapar riktning, utvecklar medarbetare och trivs i en komplex verksamhet? Vill du vara med och bidra till en proaktiv l\u00e5ngsiktig regional fysisk planering? G\u00f6teborgsregionen \u00e4r mitt inne i en utvecklingsprocess. V\u00e5rt strategiska dokument G\u00f6teborgsregionen 2050 beslutades under v\u00e5ren 2026 och inneh\u00e5ller politiska \u00f6verenskommelser om hur storstadsregionen ska utvecklas fram till 2050.\n\nVi p\u00e5 avdelning Milj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsbyggnad s\u00f6ker nu en chef f\u00f6r enheten Livsmilj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsplanering som best\u00e5r av cirka 15 regionplanerare med kompetens inom bland annat samh\u00e4llsplanering, energi, gr\u00f6nstruktur och gestaltad livsmilj\u00f6. Som enhetschef leder och vidareutvecklar du enhetens arbete och ansvarar tillsammans med dina medarbetare och kollegor f\u00f6r att leverera resultat utifr\u00e5n uppsatta m\u00e5l. Du kommer in i ett skede d\u00e4r nyt\u00e4nkande, samarbete och gemensam riktning \u00e4r avg\u00f6rande f\u00f6r v\u00e5r och kommunernas f\u00f6rflyttning. Vi s\u00f6ker en chef som vill och v\u00e5gar leda i f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring tillsammans med oss.\n\nGR:s \u00f6vergripande uppdrag \u00e4r att skapa merv\u00e4rde f\u00f6r medlemskommunerna genom samverkan. Som chef bygger och v\u00e5rdar du goda relationer och skapar f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r framg\u00e5ngsrik samverkan. Du hanterar komplexitet i s\u00e5v\u00e4l verksamhet som i ditt dagliga ledarskap. Lyh\u00f6rdhet, handlingskraft och utveckling \u00e4r centrala ledord i arbetet.\n\nI ditt uppdrag ing\u00e5r att initiera, planera, genomf\u00f6ra, f\u00f6lja upp och utveckla verksamheten inom Milj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsbyggnad. Merparten av GR:s finansiering sker genom s\u00f6kta bidrag eller uppdrag\/projekt som utf\u00f6rs p\u00e5 uppdrag av medlemmarna. D\u00e4r har du som chef en nyckelroll i processen att s\u00e4kra finansieringen f\u00f6r uppdrag. Avdelningens politiska uppdrag leds av s\u00e5v\u00e4l Beredningsgruppen f\u00f6r milj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsbyggnad som F\u00f6rbundsstyrelsen.\n\nInom avdelning Milj\u00f6 och samh\u00e4llsbyggnad \u00e4r vi cirka 30 regionplanerare i tv\u00e5 enheter med bred kompetens inom olika sakomr\u00e5den samt utvecklingsledare och kommunikat\u00f6rer. Du jobbar i n\u00e4ra samarbete med enhetschefen f\u00f6r Resursanv\u00e4ndning och teknisk infrastruktur, ing\u00e5r i avdelningens ledningsgrupp och rapporterar till avdelningschef. Arbetet sker \u00e4ven i n\u00e4ra samarbete med avdelningens utvecklingsledare samt andra kompetenser inom G\u00f6teborgsregionen med kommuner, statliga myndigheter, forskare och andra samarbetspartners. V\u00e4lkommen till ett h\u00e4rligt g\u00e4ng som vill n\u00e5got!\r\n\r\nKVALIFIKATIONER\r\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som \u00e4r en erfaren chef och ledare med stort samh\u00e4llsengagemang och bred kompetens inom samh\u00e4llsbyggnad. Du trivs i att coacha medarbetare, driva utveckling och se helhetsperspektiv. Din ledarstil pr\u00e4glas av tillit, transparens och ett utvecklingsinriktat f\u00f6rh\u00e5llningss\u00e4tt. Du arbetar resultatorienterat och har f\u00f6rm\u00e5gan att skapa struktur, engagemang och oms\u00e4tta strategiska m\u00e5l till konkreta resultat.\u00a0\n\nDu trivs i en verksamhet som st\u00e4ndigt utvecklas, d\u00e4r du f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas ha ett l\u00e5ngsiktigt perspektiv och samtidigt hantera snabba processer d\u00e4r det ibland kr\u00e4vs att du sj\u00e4lv tar en operativ roll. F\u00f6r att lyckas i rollen har du god f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att bygga samverkansstrukturer och f\u00f6rtroendefulla relationer b\u00e5de internt och externt. Du har erfarenhet av att verka inom eller i n\u00e4ra samarbete med offentlig sektor och god f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r politiskt styrda och medlemsstyrda organisationer. Relevant akademisk utbildning \u00e4r ett krav.\n\nDu \u00e4r trygg i ditt ledarskap och skapar engagemang kring gemensamma m\u00e5l genom att vara tydlig, lyh\u00f6rd och n\u00e4rvarande. Som ledare motiverar och involverar du dina medarbetare samt st\u00e5r f\u00f6r en positiv och utvecklande arbetsplatskultur d\u00e4r m\u00e4nniskor, id\u00e9er och kompetenser f\u00e5r v\u00e4xa. Ett kommunikativt ledarskap \u00e4r viktigt f\u00f6r att skapa tydlighet, delaktighet och en gemensam riktning. F\u00f6r att trivas s\u00e5 beh\u00f6ver du vara nyfiken p\u00e5 nya perspektiv och trivas med att jobba i samverkan. Vi ser f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att ha ett helhetsperspektiv som en stor styrka.\u00a0\n\nDu trivs med att leda kvalificerade medarbetare i en komplex verksamhet och k\u00e4nner dig bekv\u00e4m i en organisation med diversifierad ekonomi. Det \u00e4r meriterande om du har erfarenhet av regionala utvecklingsfr\u00e5gor, PBL och planprocessen, samverkan med akademi eller arbete med extern projektfinansiering.\n\nVi erbjuder dig kreativa, engagerade medarbetare med olika spetskompetenser som drivs av att arbeta med h\u00e5llbar samh\u00e4llsutveckling samt erfarna kollegor som blir ditt huvudsakliga st\u00f6d i genomf\u00f6randet av uppdraget.\n\nGR str\u00e4var efter en j\u00e4mn k\u00f6nsf\u00f6rdelning och ser m\u00e5ngfald som en styrka, d\u00e4r v\u00e5ra medarbetares olikheter berikar och utvecklar verksamheten.\n\nVi kommer inleda med digitala intervjuer redan under v37 och v38, varf\u00f6r vi g\u00e4rna ser din ans\u00f6kan s\u00e5 snart som m\u00f6jligt.\r\n\r\nAnst\u00e4llningsform: Tillsvidareanst\u00e4llning.\r\nVaraktighet:, tilltr\u00e4de: Tilltr\u00e4de snarast, enligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\r\n\r\nVi vill upplysa om att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r en offentlig handling enligt offentlighetsprincipen. L\u00e4s mer om hur GR hanterar personuppgifter https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\/integritetspolicy\n\nL\u00e4s mer p\u00e5 G\u00f6teborgsregionens hemsida: https:\/\/goteborgsregionen.se\n\nVi undanber oss alla erbjudanden om annonserings- och rekryteringshj\u00e4lp i samband med denna annons.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":false,"location":{"address":"Box 5073, 402 22 G\u00f6teborg","full_address":null,"city":"G\u00f6teborg","country":"SE","latitude":57.710242628584,"longitude":11.99326893811},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4stra G\u00f6talands l\u00e4n","duration":"Tills vidare","employer":"G\u00d6TEBORGSREGIONENS KOMMUNALF\u00d6RBUND","postcode":"41664","positions":1,"profession":"Enhetschef, offentlig f\u00f6rvaltning","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Sarah   Johnstone","employment_type":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning","occupation_field":"Chefer och verksamhetsledare","employer_workplace":"G\u00f6teborgsregionen (GR)","experience_required":true},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":1,"ai_views_count":3,"ai_vendor_counts":{"openai":2,"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"+46313355331","owner_email":"fornamn.efternamn@goteborgsregionen.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-17T16:35:08+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-06T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-18T03:55:00+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-19T05:37:56+00:00"}}