Vacant job

At the Education Administration in Järfälla Municipality, around 3,100 employees work in one of our 39 preschools, 22 schools, high school, adult education, and central administration. Our operations are characterized by our guiding principles: professionalism, collegiality, and development power. With courage and competence, we drive the operations forward, and we value mutual respect and understanding among colleagues. Together, we strive to make each other better, for we know that when we develop and constantly improve together, we move Järfälla forward.

Youth and Adult Guidance is part of the municipality's education administration and is centrally located in Jakobsberg, close to bus and commuter train connections. The unit is responsible for young people aged 16-19 who lack employment (KAA) and serves as the hub for the municipality's adult learners, where study and career guidance and admission to adult education play a central role.

As an employee at Youth and Adult Guidance, you will be part of a team consisting of study and career counselors, youth coaches, educational coordinators, archive assistants, and deputy principals. Järfälla is now investing in further developing the work with the municipality's activity responsibility. For this, we need you as a qualified study and career counselor who appreciates a varied job and has the ability to inspire the target group in a development-oriented workplace.

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a qualified study and career counselor with experience and commitment to young people aged 16-19. Together with the youth coach and other study and career counselors in the organization, you will participate in outreach work targeting the group covered by KAA, as well as be responsible for mapping, study and career guidance, study planning, and motivational initiatives, as well as collaboration with other organizations and authorities. You will also be responsible for administration related to the above tasks, such as various forms of registration in the student database and other student administrative systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

You are a qualified study and career counselor with experience working with the municipalities' activity responsibility and have good knowledge of our regional youth and student database, UEDB, as well as the student registration systems Alvis and Edlevo. You also possess high digital and administrative competence.

You have a genuine interest in the target group and an individual-centered approach, and you work with high awareness in your choice of conversational methods and motivational tools. It is also of great importance that you can build good relationships with both young people and guardians.

As we work with a challenging target group where various forms of disabilities and mental health issues may be present, it is advantageous if you have knowledge and experience in this area.

As a person, you are inspiring and structured. You are motivated by results and success, and you are self-driven and confident in yourself and your role. You enjoy working collaboratively with others and see the value in utilizing the entire team's competence to achieve results and help young people move forward to employment.

Your drive is central to this task, and we will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

OTHER

Järfälla has the most exciting geographical location in northern Stockholm and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variety, good development opportunities, and work towards the vision of Järfälla for all moving forward. Read more about what it is like to work with us at www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla (https://www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla)

We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

A criminal record extract is required for work in preschools and schools.

We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this recruitment process. Background checks are only conducted to the extent that it is relevant for the specific position. In cases where a criminal record extract is legally required, you will also need to present such an extract. For more information on how we work with background checks, see https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller (https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller)