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Do you want to help create opportunities for children and young people to achieve their dreams and contribute to positive community development in Charlottesborg? Then you might be the one we are looking for to join our operational team as a program coordinator focusing on children and youth at Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad in Kristianstad.

Erikshjälpen is a children's rights organization with a non-profit second-hand operation. In our work in Sweden, we run Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad in several locations. Here, Erikshjälpen aims to create opportunities for personal development, social mobilization, and participation in community development together with children, young people, and their parents. By strengthening children's and young people's own dreams, motivations, and abilities, we create hope for the future and conditions for long-term positive change. The work is carried out in close collaboration with municipal services, businesses, and other civil society organizations. We are currently looking for two operational program coordinators for the team in Kristianstad. One program coordinator will be responsible for working with children and youth, while the other will focus on our project Parent Power. The advertisement and application for the position focusing on Parent Power can be found via another advertisement on our website, while this advertisement concerns the position focusing on children and youth. We welcome your application!

Job Responsibilities

As a program coordinator, you will be part of our team at Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad in Kristianstad, where you will lead the operational activities together with two other program coordinators in close collaboration with a labor market coordinator. In this role, you and your colleagues will meet children, young people, and parents as you jointly take responsibility for driving the operational activities in Charlottesborg in Kristianstad. Your main tasks will be to plan, develop, and lead recurring activities and events together with children and young people, contributing to personal development, community, and area development. Currently, the activities include several recurring events such as activity clubs, girls' and boys' groups, study support, family activities with crafts, creative holiday activities, and excursions. Together with the local school, we also have a reading project. We organize various community events, such as “Challandagen” and spontaneous activities based on requests from residents.

In addition to the above, you will work with the team to:

• Regularly attend schools in the area
• Communicate and build relationships with parents of participants
• Contribute to the development of Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad together with the unit manager and a local steering group.
• Collaborate on social initiatives with other actors (schools, municipalities, civil society, businesses)
• Follow up, evaluate, and report both verbally and in writing
• Account for costs based on the project budget
• Recruit and supervise volunteers

Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad is still in a startup phase, and we look forward to further developing the work while taking advantage of employees' initiatives and contacts. There is a high demand for sports, especially football activities.

Qualifications

We are looking for a relationship builder who has a heart for working with people at risk of social exclusion. You are used to meeting people in various life situations and contexts and feel comfortable working in a multicultural context. You have the ability to create trust, participation, and engagement. As a person, you are self-driven, responsible, and enjoy working goal-oriented and structured to develop the organization and drive processes forward.

You have:

• Relevant post-secondary education in areas such as health, pedagogy, social work, human rights, or equivalent work experience that the employer deems relevant
• Experience in social work with people in vulnerable life situations
• Experience working with and building relationships with children and young people
• Experience working in or collaborating with public authorities and the non-profit sector
• A social and communicative ability
• Shares a common understanding of our values based on three core principles: the spirit of Erik, a Christian view of humanity, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

It is an advantage if you have:

• Multilingualism
• Experience of engagement in civil society, preferably in a sports club
• Experience in children's rights issues and rights-based work

We offer you

As an employee at Erikshjälpen, you will work in an organization where you, together with an engaged team and colleagues around the world, work to promote children's rights in Sweden and globally. You have the opportunity to make a difference - for a future where children's dreams come to life.

Please note that working with children requires all employees to present a criminal record extract.

Conditions

Employment type: Permanent employment, starting with a six-month probationary period.

Extent: Full-time

Start date: Desired is September 1, or by agreement

Location: In our premises in our operational area of Charlottesborg in Kristianstad.

Work during late afternoons/evenings occurs regularly and work on weekends occurs a few times per term. Travel with overnight stays occurs to some extent.

Apply for the position

Apply for the position via the link to the recruitment system where you fill in your details and attach your CV and cover letter. Apply for the position by April 21.

We are simultaneously recruiting another program coordinator focusing on parents, see separate advertisement. If you are interested in both positions, please apply for both.

We kindly ask for no contact with advertising sellers and recruitment companies.

Contact

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact the unit manager, Håkan Giselsson, Phone: 0703622377 or email: hakan.giselsson@erikshjalpen.se

Union representatives

Union Club: Johan Larsson, phone: 079-142 57 33 or email: johan.larsson

Erikshjälpen is a children's rights organization with a non-profit second-hand operation. Together we have a common vision; A changed world where children's dreams come to life. Locally and globally, we work to strengthen and help children. The surplus from the second-hand operation contributes, along with generous donations, to enabling our efforts for children to go to school, be well, and feel safe. The work training in our second-hand stores also fosters hope for children with parents who are outside the labor market, and the circular sales provide climate hope for future generations. Erikshjälpen exists for the children. And the world they dream of.