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Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing in line with the city's development, with more residents, more housing, and a greater range of services. We are always on the lookout for new talent - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better city to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Are you service-oriented, self-motivated, and enjoy working outdoors? Do you want to help make the municipality's parks oases for citizens and visitors? Then you have a job to apply for!

Your new job

As a park worker, you will have a dynamic, varied, and enjoyable job in a cheerful team of colleagues with good cohesion.

The position is a project employment for 6 months in Jönköping Municipality's award-winning Rosarium at Rosenlund. You will participate in the ongoing operation and maintenance of the park, where your tasks include lawn mowing, trimming, weeding, cleaning surfaces, planting, and pruning trees and hedges. In your daily work, you will follow a maintenance plan, which is managed in a digital system via smartphone.

The role requires you to be in contact with the coordinator for the park team you are part of, your immediate supervisor, the team you belong to, and residents/visitors in the municipality, where you are the face of the organization. The work is performed both independently and in groups with other colleagues. Since we value teamwork, it is natural for you to contribute to a creative and pleasant workplace where everyone is valuable!

The position is located in Rosenlund's Rosarium.

If you have an interest in outdoor work, customer focus, teamwork, dynamic and varied tasks, as well as vegetation, you will thrive with us. We are looking for 1 park worker and hope you want to be a part of our park team!

Your qualifications

We prefer that you have a high school education with a focus on gardening or other education that the employer considers equivalent. Previous experience in similar operations involving park maintenance/gardening is desirable.

A B driver's license for manual transmission is required for the position, along with good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form, as well as reading comprehension. It is an advantage if you have previously worked with digital tools such as smartphones and have good experience operating machinery. The work is dynamic and requires good physical fitness.

As a person, you are positive and engaged, driven to take significant personal responsibility, and work service-oriented with a focus on quality and customer interaction!

We see that you share our belief that the team you belong to is a great asset. You are expected to have good communication skills and to create sustainable relationships and collaborations, both internally and externally. You are self-sufficient by structuring your work, taking responsibility for your tasks, and driving work processes forward to complete what you have started.

Flexibility is highly valued as the nature of the work can change quickly and involve new circumstances and assignments. For you, it is natural to see opportunities rather than obstacles with a solution-oriented attitude. Additionally, you are eager to take initiatives and work towards development.

Great importance is placed on personal suitability!

We offer you

With us, you will have a fun, creative, developing, and varied job alongside others. You will have the opportunity for individual skills development and experience and knowledge exchange with colleagues. As an employee with us, you will receive secure employment conditions and wellness benefits.

In this role, you will contribute to an attractive and safe place for everyone to live, work, and thrive in. In your assignment, you will have the opportunity to deliver service to municipal residents and visitors.

Welcome to us

As a park worker, you will be part of the technical office and the Street Park Forest department, which is responsible for the operation, maintenance, reinvestment, and development of existing land infrastructure within Jönköping Municipality. The department manages streets, roads, squares, parks, playgrounds, nature reserves, forests, parking, ports, ferry traffic, industrial tracks, and internal vehicle services.

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Good to know

The recruitment concerns a project employment period from 2025-04-01 to 2025-09-30.

To facilitate the recruitment process, we ask you to attach certificates of relevant education and proof of employment in your application. Also, consider two references if you are called for an interview. We apply ongoing selection, and interviews are planned for weeks 7 and 8.

Together, we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position of Park Worker!

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.