Event Host at Smaklabbet in Väderstad

We are Mjölby Municipality. Together, we deliver services and are community builders and authorities. Our work benefits society with the citizen's best interests in focus – throughout life.

Smaklabbet is a unique meeting place where consumers, researchers, and food companies come together to explore the future of food. During the summer of 2025, we will operate a temporary pop-up environment in Väderstad, where visitors can try exciting food innovations, participate in lectures and workshops, and learn more about sustainable food production.

Are you over 18 and looking for a developing and fun summer job? We are now seeking engaged event hosts who want to be part of this inspiring event!

RESPONSIBILITIES

As an event host at Smaklabbet, your main task is to create a welcoming and inspiring environment for our visitors. You will, among other things:

• Welcome and inform visitors, guiding them through exhibitions and taste tests.
• Assist companies and researchers with product and concept testing.
• Collect visitor feedback and contribute to an engaging experience.
• Help with practical tasks during workshops and taste demonstrations as needed.
• Ensure that exhibition areas and common spaces are inviting and well-organized.
• Handle simpler logistics tasks such as material replenishment, traffic coordination, and general order.
• Ensure that premises and facilities, including hygiene areas, are kept fresh and inviting for visitors to ensure a pleasant environment.

Workdays vary and may involve both quieter and more intense periods depending on visitor pressure and planned activities. The scope is approximately 60%, and work takes place during the day.

QUALIFICATIONS

To thrive in this role, we see that you are:

• Service-oriented and social with good collaboration skills.
• Communicative and comfortable meeting people of different ages and backgrounds.
• Flexible and solution-oriented in your work approach.
• Interested in food, sustainability, and innovation.

Previous experience in events, service work, or practical work within the tourism industry is an advantage. Personal suitability is highly valued.

We are a secure and sustainable employer. Large enough to offer employees good working conditions and exciting development opportunities. Small enough for close collaboration, participation, and influence.

With a focus on our mission to benefit society, we enable space for personal responsibility and creativity. Together, we drive the municipality and sustainable community development forward.

Do you want to help create an inspiring experience for our visitors? Submit your application today!

OTHER

Our municipality is expanding with approximately 28,600 inhabitants. We are close to each other and close to the rest of the world, with excellent communications. Mjölby Municipality's vision is summarized in a slogan: Worldly and Homey. Worldly stands for openness, innovation, a desire to grow, and belief in the future. Homey stands for pride and joy in our hometown. Here, it is easy to live a good life.

In your application, please attach relevant educational certificates and diplomas that support your CV. If you proceed to an interview, we will verify your ID. Read more about our recruitment process at www.mjolby.se/ledigajobb (http://www.mjolby.se/ledigajobb).