Are you passionate about leisure activities and making things happen?

Are you looking for a stimulating temporary position where your ability to quickly adapt to new tasks is crucial?

Do you want to work on strengthening and developing the local association life and support the municipality's work with meaningful cultural and leisure activities for all ages? Then you might be the one we are looking for!

Övertorneå Municipality aims to be an attractive community for both residents and visitors, where an accessible and inclusive cultural offering is an important part.

About the position – An important temporary role

This is a fixed-term position where you must quickly take a key role in promoting an active and inclusive leisure environment in Övertorneå Municipality in close collaboration with the Head of Culture and Leisure. Your speed and ability to handle matters efficiently are central to maintaining operations during the temporary position.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Coordination and Collaboration: Initiate and lead meeting places, networks, and collaborative projects between associations, businesses, and municipal/regional operations.
• Advisory and Support: Act as a proactive advisor and contact person for associations on issues related to grants, organizational development, premises, and regulations.
• Support with planning, booking, and execution of cultural and leisure events.
• Administration: Create and manage service documents for the political arena.
• Information Dissemination: Communication regarding leisure and association issues on the municipality's websites and local newspapers.

Who are you? – Eager to learn, quick on your feet, and self-sufficient

We are looking for a driven, relationship-building, and structured person with an exceptional ability to quickly absorb information and become self-sufficient. You are used to taking your own initiatives, driving processes forward under time pressure, and see new challenges as opportunities to prove your quick learning ability.

We need someone who can jump in and deliver from day one.

Qualifications and experience we are looking for:

• High learning ability and quick adaptability: Given that this is a temporary position, we expect you to have a proven ability to quickly understand complex regulations and workflows. You are “quick on your feet” and handle new situations effectively.
• Relevant higher education in fields such as leisure, public health, social sciences, or experience deemed equivalent by the employer.
• You have strong communication skills. You are flexible and enjoy working days, evenings, and weekends as needed.
• You are proactive, self-sufficient, and energetic, and constantly strive to develop both yourself and the organization. You have the ability to plan both large and small events, and you are skilled at collaborating and supporting others.
• Experience working with or within the association/non-profit sector.
• Good IT skills
• Very good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing (Swedish).
• A valid driver's license (B) is required.

It is advantageous if you:

• Have experience in municipal operations.
• Have knowledge of digital communication tools and social media.
• Can speak or write Finnish or Meänkieli.
• Have good knowledge of event planning.

We offer you

An important and meaningful temporary position where you can quickly impact the quality of life for residents. We offer you an exciting workplace with engaged colleagues and good opportunities to quickly build your competence. Evening and weekend work may occur, as the assignment involves close collaboration with the association life and also the youth center Frippes.

Employment conditions:

The position is full-time, temporary until 15.10.2026. Start as soon as possible.

Weekend and evening work may occur. A valid driver's license (B) is required.

Salary:

Please indicate your salary expectations in your application.

Inquiries:

For more information about the position, contact Raisa Leussu, Head of Library and Minority Language Activities, 073-073 74 38, [email protected]

Union representatives: Vision Johanna Huhtasaari, phone 073-029 38 79, [email protected]

We have a tobacco-free working time. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

Application:

We are working with selection and interviews continuously during the application period until December 17, 2025. Do not wait to apply!

You will receive a confirmation that your application has been received. If you do not receive such a confirmation, please contact us at [email protected].

We are a municipal authority for Finnish and Meänkieli, and it is therefore positive if you can speak either of these languages.

More about Övertorneå

Övertorneå's community service and geographical location provide opportunities to engage in what you want, not what you must. Just to mention a few advantages of our municipality, we have a single roundabout over 250,000 hectares, public transport is almost free, and we were named Sweden's best school municipality in 2020 and 2021, as well as the e-health municipality of the year in 2024!

We believe the conditions for you to thrive are very good! Interested in moving here? Check out Hej Hemby. Through this project, you who want to move to Övertorneå can get help to realize your dream.

We strive for a gender-equal workplace where we see diversity as a strength. Therefore, we welcome applicants who contribute to this.