Labor Market and Adult Education

The Labor Market and Adult Education has the overall responsibility for the city's municipal adult education and for all the city's labor market policy measures. Together, we create conditions for studies and work for Gothenburgers of all ages, from young people getting their first jobs to adults being given the opportunity to change careers.

To succeed in our mission, we collaborate with engaged entrepreneurs, academia, global companies, civil society, and of course with the rest of the city. With us, you provide new opportunities for both Gothenburgers and businesses every day.

We are the department that prepares Gothenburgers for both the present and the future!

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Labor Market and Adult Education operates four Competence Centers in Gothenburg with the common goal of supporting job seekers into employment or studies.

We are now looking for a labor market consultant for Competence Center Öster.

Our competence centers work on behalf of the social services with the goal of making individuals self-sufficient through work or studies. Participants in the program receive support both individually and in groups through motivational and coaching conversations, study and career guidance, internships, preparatory measures, job search activities, and skills-enhancing training. You will work together with other labor market consultants, job brokers, employment officers, and career and study counselors as well as occupational therapists. The work group consists of approximately 15 people. The unit has a coordinator who, in close collaboration with the unit manager, leads and provides methodological guidance in daily work.

In your work, you support and motivate participants both individually and in groups to achieve their goals. You work in close collaboration with the Social Services, the Employment Agency, and our contracted services and employers. You initiate and conduct multi-party conversations when necessary. You are the spider in the web and responsible for your participant's journey through the Competence Centers. As a labor market consultant, you ensure that the participant is offered measures that meet their needs and lead to relevant progress for the individual. You ensure that individual implementation plans are established and that these are continuously followed up and developed to contribute to effective matching. You provide feedback to the Social Services and document in Treserva and the operational system GW Labor Market.

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree equivalent to 180 credits with elements of behavioral science subjects such as social work or other equivalent education that the employer deems appropriate.
• At least two years of work experience in change work with individuals who have complex support needs to approach self-sufficiency.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience of collaboration with financial assistance within social services.
• Further training in conversation methodology, e.g. MI.
• Experience documenting in the operational system Treserva and GWA.
• Experience working with labor market measures.

As a person, you have a pronounced service-oriented and professional approach. You believe in people's own abilities and are good at motivating and creating work alliances. You find it easy to build trusting relationships with both participants and partners and see opportunities in meetings. You enjoy challenges, are open to new solutions, are flexible, and have drive. You are known for having a particularly good ability to work collaboratively with others. You are clear and persistent.

OTHER

The Labor Market and Adult Education offers a workplace in continuous development. We work for a health-promoting and good work environment and offer, among other things, flexible working hours, wellness benefits, and bike benefits. For us, diversity is seen as a strength in our common mission. We recruit based on a competency-based recruitment process to ensure a fair and equal recruitment.

For your interview, you need to bring your passport/national ID and possibly proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EEA. This is to ensure your identity and that you have the right to work in Sweden.

Want to know more about us? Please visit our page on LinkedIn. LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/arbetsmarknad-och-vuxenutbildning-g%C3%B6teborgs-stad/)

In this recruitment, we have made a decision regarding recruitment channels and therefore kindly decline any further offers of competency mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.