Recreation Leader Wanted for Park Play Activities in Östberga

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Welcome to Us

The park play activities within the administration consist of four work teams that staff five park play areas and are part of the unit for Open Preschool and Park Play.

The five park play areas are:

• Backen and Stamparken in Östberga (which also has a leisure club).
• Bandängen
• Rågdalen
• Milanparken

We are now looking for a qualified recreation leader for the work team in Östberga that staffs the park play areas Backen and Stamparken as well as the leisure club for grades 4-6.

The park play areas are part of the unit Open Preschool and Park Play, which in turn belongs to the department for Preventive and Promoting. The department also includes youth centers, open preschools, field assistants, parent reception, and youth reception among other activities. The unit is HBTQ-certified. The park play areas are in a development phase where we implement the City of Stockholm's common park play strategy.

We Offer

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Your Role

The park play area has children aged 6–12 years as its main target group where developing pedagogical and cultural activities are planned and implemented to attract children to meaningful leisure, outdoor activities, and play/creation. You have confidence in children's and young people's abilities and create space for their ideas, engagement, and participation in the activities.

Your work includes planning, documenting, and following up on the activities together with your colleagues at the park play areas. You also collaborate with other activities within and outside the unit to create good conditions for children and young people in our neighborhoods. The role also involves strengthening the administration's work on gender equality and inclusion and creating meeting places for all visitors, from families with children to seniors.

The activities in Östberga have two park play areas and a middle school club. As an employee, you and your colleagues in the work team take turns staffing the activities. Collaboration with other activities such as parent advisors and schools in the area is part of your role. You will also be part of the entire park play group that meets regularly for joint planning, experience exchange, and development work.

Your Competence and Experience

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified recreation leader or has another post-secondary education (e.g., social pedagogue, leisure educator) that the employer considers equivalent or corresponding pedagogical education for working with children and young people.
• Has experience working with children and young people, preferably in park play or similar open activities.
• Has experience with parent contact.
• Is creative in areas such as music, dance, outdoor life, and various sports.
• Has very good computer skills.

It is advantageous if you have an interest or competence that can contribute to the cultural content of the park play, such as music, creation, theater, or similar.

We are looking for someone who is responsible, secure, and has good self-awareness. You understand that your engagement and knowledge set the standard for the quality of the activities. You are proactive, initiative-taking, social, and positive, and have a genuine interest in building relationships with children and their parents. We see that you are structured and like order and tidiness. To fit into the role of recreation leader, we believe you have good collaboration skills.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Other

For this position, you are required to provide a current extract from the police criminal record. The extract that is ordered must apply to work within preschool and school.

We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base our decision on your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position. We wish for you to respond concretely and succinctly to the questions, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thus counteracting discrimination.

Enskede Årsta Vantör is one of 11 district administrations in the City of Stockholm. As part of the City of Stockholm, the administration offers preschool and leisure, care for the elderly and disabled, social services, preventive and safety-promoting work, urban development, and park maintenance to our 105,000 Stockholm residents living in the district. We face exciting challenges as the Enskede Årsta Vantör district grows and entirely new neighborhoods are built. Approximately 18,000 new apartments are planned by 2030.