Seeking Elderly Educators for Senior Meeting Places

We are currently looking for two elderly educators for our meeting places for seniors. Both positions are permanent and have the same core mission – to work health-promoting and preventive to strengthen seniors' well-being and participation. The positions differ in working methods and placement.

Warm welcome with your application!

Job Responsibilities

One position involves a fixed placement at a meeting place, where you will daily meet seniors in a safe and welcoming environment. Together with colleagues, you will plan, lead, and develop activities based on the visitors' interests and needs. The work is characterized by continuity, relationships, and community, and you have a clear foundation in the daily work at the meeting place.

The other position is linked to the project Flexible Meeting Places – Meeting Places in Motion, which starts in 2026. The work is more mobile and outreach, without a fixed meeting place, and aims to reach older adults in new ways and in different locations in Malmö. You will work closely with volunteers, associations, and other local actors to create flexible and inclusive meeting formats. The project initially runs during 2026, with the possibility of extension, and if the project does not continue, the position will transition to work at a meeting place with a fixed placement.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a bachelor's degree (180 credits) in one of the following areas: social work, elderly education, social pedagogy, care pedagogy, public health science, or behavioral science
• Experience working with the elderly
• Has a driver's license
• Can ride a bike
• Has good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Is accustomed to using a computer as a work tool and has the willingness and ability to quickly familiarize yourself with new programs and systems

It is meritorious if you:

• Have further education in, for example, motivational interviewing and/or low-arousal approach
• Have experience in municipal operations
• Have experience in project management and coordination
• Have experience using digital channels for environmental monitoring, communication, or networking, for example via social media
• Are multilingual, as several different languages are spoken at our meeting places

You are proactive and creative, bringing ideas and new approaches that are implemented in practice and yield results. You are relationship-building and attentive, establishing trusting contacts with seniors, colleagues, and external actors. With independence and flexibility, you can act confidently in various situations and adapt to changing circumstances. You communicate clearly and engagingly, listen actively, and create participation in both smaller and larger groups. In the role, you also need to feel comfortable standing in front of an audience and, for example, presenting information and leading activities – such as light exercise or other social elements – in a way that creates joy and engagement.

About the Workplace

The Department of Health and Prevention has a special mission to increase the quality of life and combat involuntary loneliness among the elderly. An important part of the work is to develop new forms of social community and participation, where the administration's meeting places for seniors play a central role. The meeting places create a safe environment for the elderly, serve as a natural link between the administration's various efforts, and provide contact with external partners.

With an aging population, creativity and compassion are required to provide good care and support. The preventive work at the meeting places is designed based on individual needs, promotes participation and co-creation, and contributes to the administration's joint work in line with the reform A Good and Close Care.

We in the health, care, and social services administration are, with our approximately 5,500 employees, Malmö city's second-largest administration. We have the overall responsibility for Malmö's home care, nursing homes, meeting places, home healthcare, and rehabilitation and its needs assessment. Together, we create a dynamic and future-smart organization. An organization that can meet today's needs and tomorrow's challenges.

With commitment, curiosity, and heart, we make everyday life easier for tens of thousands of Malmö residents. Malmö city's operations are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

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Information about the Position

Employment type: Permanent
Scope: Full-time
Number of positions: 2
Start date: By agreement

Other

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Malmö city strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer fulfilling the needs of Malmö residents.

Malmö city has been a Finnish administrative area since 2015. This means that the municipality must inform about the rights of the Finnish minority, offer elderly care entirely or to a significant extent in Finnish, and promote the Finnish language and Finnish culture. It also means a right to use Finnish in contact with us in the municipality. Since Malmö city is a Finnish administrative area, it is meritorious if you can speak Finnish. Warm welcome with your application! / Tervetuloa hakemuksesi kanssa!