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At the Social Administration Center, we work every day to improve the everyday lives of the residents of central Gothenburg.

Our assignments in the social field are many and range from authority exercise to promoting and preventive measures. We work locally but also have operations aimed at the entire city to meet the needs of our residents. We want to create an equitable and effective social service with a focus on early interventions for a more equal city.

If you are looking for purpose and meaning in your journey and want to work in central Gothenburg - join us!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you a Ukrainian-speaking educator looking for an exciting and important assignment where you can make a real difference for others? We are now seeking a Ukrainian-speaking Community Guide for the unit of community-oriented interventions for a fixed-term employment of approximately 6 months with the possibility of extension.

Community-oriented interventions are part of the Social Administration Center and consist of about 30 permanent employees in the form of community guides, development leaders, coordinators, and unit managers. In addition, there are also about ten temporary Community Guides.

Our unit works with interventions aimed at newly arrived individuals, new Gothenburgers, and new residents in the GR municipalities, for a good start in Swedish society. The core task of the operation is courses in community orientation in the mother tongue, but we also provide complementary interventions such as parent courses for foreign-born individuals and interventions around digital competence.

As a Community Guide, your tasks will include teaching community orientation and conducting other educational interventions in Ukrainian, as well as staffing the city's welcome house. Planning, conducting, and following up on lessons is part of teaching community orientation and other educational interventions. In the welcome house, the tasks mainly consist of providing community guidance regarding the needs of the target group.

You will work independently and in close collaboration with other colleagues in the unit, and your immediate supervisor is one of the unit managers of the operation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must be fluent in Ukrainian and Russian, both spoken and written, and have good knowledge of society and everyday life in Ukraine. Furthermore, we require that you have good knowledge of Swedish society, and that you are proficient in Swedish in both spoken and written forms. We prefer that you have lived in Sweden for at least 5 years.

We require that you have a multi-year post-secondary education in pedagogy or equivalent higher education that the employer assesses as equivalent. It is advantageous if you are a licensed primary or secondary school teacher. Additionally, we require that you have prior experience in teaching, preferably teaching adults. The position also requires that you are familiar with what it means to work with digital teaching forms.

You are an educator who adapts your methods according to the participants' varying conditions and uses different pedagogical and didactic methods. You create conditions for learning and explain problems and information from different perspectives. In the classroom, you are comfortable handling topics such as social issues, the functions of authorities, sexual health, and value-based issues.

You encourage dialogue, participation, and engagement with a genuine interest in adult learning. You are attentive to the participants' needs and interested in group processes, and you show respect, consideration, and care by listening to understand the participants' perspectives. You are service-oriented and work to empower participants, enjoy individual meetings, and possess good empathetic abilities.

You can collaborate well with others, have good self-awareness and personal maturity, and can work independently and take your own initiatives. You have a good understanding of the assignment and maintain a professional attitude towards participants and visitors.

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Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously throughout the recruitment process.

The appointment of the position is subject to the necessary decisions being made.

The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for the residents, visitors, and businesses of Gothenburg. As an employee of the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you have the opportunity for interesting and meaningful tasks.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to combat discrimination.

As we have already made decisions regarding the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we kindly but firmly ask not to be contacted for additional offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.