FOJAB invests strategically in recruitment, culture and diversity

In a newly created role, Ida Stavenow takes a place in FOJAB's management team with the task of developing both the employees and the corporate culture.

- In a company where the value lies in people and their skills, we need to be on our toes in issues such as recruitment, staffing and skills development. We are now establishing a new position - Responsible for Culture & Competence - where Ida Stavenow enters as strategically responsible for these issues, says Daniel Nord, CEO of FOJAB.

- The position entails an increased focus on ensuring that each assignment receives the best possible staffing and that we build our competence in line with our customers' needs. We also see that our employees usually stay with us for a long time, which contributes to continuity in skills, relationships with external parties and in assignment staffing over time. We want to continue to manage the value of this," says Daniel Nord.

Ida Stavenow is an architect SAR/MSA and partner at FOJAB with a long background at the company. Over the years, she has held several different internal roles, most recently studio manager. Ida's specialty is residential architecture, and she will continue to work with clients on assignments and to develop FOJAB's residential architecture in parallel with the new area of responsibility.

- One issue that I am very much looking forward to working on is that of inclusion and diversity, both in terms of who we recruit and how we work internally. FOJAB is part of the Urban Academy, a platform where some thirty actors in Malmö have joined forces to act against lack of representation in the urban development sector. Our commitments in the Urban Academy are a good starting point for working concretely with these issues, not only in our Malmö office but throughout FOJAB. For us, diversity is a matter of innovation and thus competitiveness. We need a wide range of perspectives to be relevant," says Ida Stavenow.

In addition to recruitment, skills and staffing, the position also includes a special responsibility for corporate culture.

- Culture is one of the pillars of our company and part of our business plan. We often hear that there is a special FOJAB culture, a warmth and helpfulness between employees that we value highly. Not least, it is important for sharing knowledge within the company. But it doesn't come for free, it's something we have to work actively with all the time in a company with 170 employees," says Ida Stavenow.