Umeå is one of Sweden's largest municipalities and is characterized by strong growth, low average age and creative citizens. As the city of Umeå grows, the Technical and Property Administration has a large and important mission. We create good conditions for a well-functioning everyday life for the municipality's residents, employees and businesses. The Streets and Parks unit plans, builds, develops and manages the municipality's public outdoor environments. This includes streets, squares, parks and green areas. We work to ensure that the city is well-maintained, beautiful, safe and accessible - all for a well-functioning and pleasant everyday life for all the municipality's residents. Umeå municipality's work with stormwater and climate adaptation is about reducing vulnerabilities and taking advantage of opportunities to develop a long-term sustainable and robust society. The work spans many activities and many of the city's adaptations to climate change are carried out in the public space, ie streets, parks and nature. We are now looking for a strategist with a focus on stormwater! We offer you We can offer you a varied and important job with good cooperation and good opportunities for development! At our workplace, we value a good working environment and professional treatment and good service to our citizens. Do you think it is important to create added value and benefit for Umeå municipality's current and future citizens? If you want to be part of improving and developing a sustainable and robust Umeå with good living environments, this may be a job for you! As an employee with us in Umeå municipality, you can also take part in a number of benefits. Read more about our benefits here. Your tasks As a stormwater strategist, you are responsible for coordinating the municipality's continued work on strategies, measures and follow-up in the area of stormwater management flooding, landslides and landslides. Your mission is to support and develop processes in urban planning so that the city can better cope with today's weather and enable flexibility for the future. The role involves both overall strategic work and more practical problem solving. You will bring important perspectives to the table, creating an overview and coherence that benefits the early stages of urban planning. You will also provide expertise in working groups where the municipality acts as a developer for infrastructure projects. In your role, you are responsible for the implementation of the municipality's stormwater strategy together with other municipal departments, municipal companies and external stakeholders. You will convene and lead the municipality's stormwater coordination group, formulate objectives, activity and action plans and monitor results. In the role of stormwater strategist, you work closely with the municipality's climate adaptation strategist, who is part of the same working group. Together, you are responsible for deepening the climate adaptation work in investment projects and planning processes, as well as updating roadmaps and priorities for future investments. About you We are looking for you who have an education, preferably a master's degree, in geohydrology, geoscience or hydrology. Alternatively, you may have a degree in a similar field or equivalent experience deemed equivalent. You have experience of working with stormwater management, for example, stormwater measures, flood risk assessments or landslide risk management. We would like you to have experience in; working in an interdisciplinary way and leading collaborations with different stakeholders, including authorities and companies conducting investigations and projects to minimize landslide risks planning and construction of stormwater facilities, preferably as nature-based solutions modeling and analysis of stormwater flows or risk analysis of landslides and floods developing and driving innovative solutions to climate-related challenges GIS tools to help analyze and visualize geographic data related to stormwater management and landslide risks applying for external funding and procuring studies. Knowledge of standards and practices as well as of relevant laws and regulations in stormwater management and planning is an advantage. We are looking for a good communicator who can adapt to both technical and non-technical audiences. You have the ability to translate strategic objectives into feasible projects and actions. We believe you enjoy achieving results through collaboration with other competences. You are a self-starter and organized with a good balance between attention to detail and a holistic approach. We welcome your application! You can either attach your CV and cover letter or fill in your details directly in the application form. Follow Umeå Municipality on Linkedin! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has around 440 managers and the operations are divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. 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