Job Advertisement: Sports Worker with a Focus on Health Promotion

Our vision is to make Gothenburg healthier. We are here for the people of Gothenburg, and the purpose of our operations is to provide opportunities for a rich and active leisure time. We offer various activities through our many sports and wellness facilities. We are also responsible for grants and other support to associations. More information about the sports and association administration and Gothenburg City can be found at http://www.goteborg.se (http://www.goteborg.se)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Events Unit Centrum includes facilities such as Slottsskogsvallen Sports Center and Skatås Motion Center. The unit consists of a unit manager, two team leaders, and about 20 sports workers. We are now looking for a health-oriented sports worker to be placed at Skatås. We collaborate across facility boundaries, so you should be prepared to be scheduled at a facility other than your regular placement. Do you enjoy working with people of all ages? Do you want to contribute to physical activity and improved public health? Then we hope you apply for the position of sports worker with us!

As a sports worker in the Centrum Unit, you will work in a broad role that includes the following responsibilities:

• be a host for our guests
• reception work
• staff and instruct in the gym
• lead group training
• cleaning

In this role, a computer is an important tool. Working hours vary between daytime, evening, and weekends.

We offer you a job in an exciting administration that works with positive and fun issues - together we make Gothenburg healthier! Gothenburg City is one of Sweden's largest employers, and our mission is to create a good everyday life for residents, visitors, and businesses. As an employee of the city, you will have a position with many career paths and opportunities for interesting and meaningful tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with experience in leading individuals and groups in training. A requirement for the position is that you are a certified group training instructor. We also prefer that you are a certified gym instructor. You enjoy meeting new people and working in a health promotion environment. A requirement is also that you have service-oriented work experience and have completed a high school education. If you have a post-secondary health education or similar, it is an advantage. We expect you to communicate fluently in Swedish, both spoken and written.

For this position, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities and abilities. To fit into the role of sports worker with us, you should be service-oriented and responsible. You understand the importance of collaboration and interaction within the work group you join, but you also have the ability to work independently. You possess good administrative skills and can quickly learn new computer systems and routines.

We want sports and associations to be characterized by openness and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity and an even age and gender distribution contribute to developing our operations and increasing quality. The goal is for this to be reflected in all our workplaces.

Welcome with your application!

OTHER

In this recruitment, we will not request a cover letter as part of the application. Instead, applicants will be asked to answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area.

At the interview, you will need to present a passport/national ID/certificate of residence issued by the Swedish Tax Agency and possibly proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EEA. This is to ensure your identity and confirm that you have the right to work in Sweden.

Since the position involves regular contact with children and young people, the recruiting manager will request a criminal record extract if you become a candidate for employment. The extract must not be older than one year when presented. You can order an extract from the criminal record via the following link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/)

When you apply for a job with us, we only accept applications via our recruitment system, in accordance with GDPR.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: We have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment and kindly but firmly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.