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Working for Save the Children means making a difference. As an employee at Save the Children, you know that your work contributes to making the world a better place for children and young people, surrounded by dedicated colleagues who share common values. With us, you have the opportunity to both develop and be challenged.

Region South is one of four regions in Save the Children's Sweden program. The region includes Skåne, Blekinge, Kalmar, Kronoberg, and Jönköping counties. In the region, there are about 45 local associations, six districts, and many active members. Around sixty dedicated employees work at our offices in Malmö, Helsingborg, Kristianstad, Sölvesborg, Växjö, Vetlanda, and Kalmar. Region South is characterized by a warm, brave, and inclusive organizational culture. We aim to be at the forefront of creating innovative solutions and partnerships for every child's right to thrive, succeed in school, and grow up free from violence in a society that does its job.

As a business developer at Save the Children, you are tasked with moving the organization towards a modern people's movement, strengthening local capacity, and thereby creating activities with the greatest impact for children locally. This is done through collaboration between the secretariat and the membership movement, by developing and supporting local engagement, and by driving collaboration with local partners of Save the Children.

We are now looking for a part-time business developer for the remainder of the year to work in support of local associations and districts in Jönköping County or Kronoberg County.

The business developer plays a key role as an enabler in local development and is to support local associations and working groups in developing activities, advocacy, and democratic work together with Save the Children's districts. The enabling role involves being able to work strategically, proactively, process-oriented, and supportive.

ARE YOU OUR NEW COLLEAGUE?

To succeed in the role, we see that you, as a candidate, have the following qualifications:

• Education in social work, pedagogy, human rights, organization, leadership, or folk education, or equivalent experience
• Good knowledge of rights-based work and children's living conditions in Sweden
• Extensive experience working with volunteers in a democratic organization
• Knowledge of associations and a good understanding of the democratic processes in a people's movement, whether elected or employed.
• Good knowledge of the core values and conditions of voluntary work
• Good networks in Kronoberg and/or Jönköping counties
• Knowledge in pedagogy and process management, as well as experience in conducting training and workshops
• Competence and practical experience in norm-critical work and anti-discrimination
• Good administrative skills
• Good digital skills in Office and Exchange
• Very good Swedish in speech and writing

If you also have the following, we consider it an advantage:

• Experience of innovative collaborations and pioneering activities
• Experience of successful work in building partnerships and financing together with various organizations, companies, and the public sector
• Experience in writing project applications and working with planning, follow-up, and evaluation of activities
• Familiarity with advocacy work towards politicians and civil servants.

As a person, you have an unpretentious approach in your collaboration with others and act as part of the team, including others. You take initiative in social contexts and find it easy to create trusting relationships. Furthermore, you have the ability to work based on the organization's goals and prioritize actions that have the greatest impact and take responsibility for achieving the goals. Additionally, you are curious, creative, and open to new solutions.

At Save the Children, we are proud of our shared values (https://www.raddabarnen.se/globalassets/dokument/om-oss/riktlinjer-och-policys/vad-betyder-vara-varderingar-201201-1.pdf) that unite and guide us in our important work.

DOES IT SOUND INTERESTING?

The role is a temporary position of 25-50% until December 31, 2025, at our pleasant office in the ICON building in Växjö, or alternatively in Jönköping or Vetlanda. Start date is August 1 or earlier by agreement.

Goal-oriented working hours apply to this position, and work in the evenings and weekends occurs regularly. Travel within Region South is frequent, and some travel to other parts of Sweden is included in the position.

There may be an opportunity to combine with other positions within Save the Children. HERE (https://www.raddabarnen.se/globalassets/dokument/om-oss/riktlinjer-och-policys/anstallningsvillkor-pa-radda-barnen-sverige.pdf) you can find information about our employment conditions. For questions about the role, please contact the recruiting manager sara.svensson@rb.se or 08-698 9124. We look forward to receiving your application by April 2, 2025.

As we have an anonymized recruitment process, we ask you not to provide personal information when responding to any selection questions. We only use CVs and not cover letters in the application. Also, please do not name attached files with personal information. As part of our recruitment process, we may use tests in the selection work to ensure a more objective and inclusive recruitment process. Save the Children should reflect the equality we work for in society and strives for diversity and differences. Therefore, we welcome a breadth of competencies, perspectives, and experiences in this recruitment. Save the Children is careful to be a safe workplace for children and adults and requests a criminal record extract in connection with employment. All employees are expected to follow our important guidelines regarding safety and security for all, as well as our values and ethical guidelines. Read more about these important guidelines,HERE. (https://www.raddabarnen.se/om-oss/vara-varderingar/policies-och-riktlinjer/)