Study and Career Counselor

The Adult Education Department conducts activities in special education for adults, Swedish for immigrants (SFI), theoretical courses at basic and upper secondary level, as well as vocational, apprenticeship, and combined education and YH.

Adult education should serve as a foundation for national and regional competence supply to the labor market.

We are now looking for a Study and Career Counselor. The position is located at the Adult Education Center, which is the central unit within Adult Education in Karlstad Municipality. At the Adult Education Center, there are school management, business developers, study and career counselors, as well as administration and admissions staff.

Job Responsibilities

You will work together with other study and career counselors and other staff at the Adult Education Center. The main job responsibilities include individual counseling sessions both in person, via phone, and also remotely (e-counseling), mapping for studies, planning for upper secondary graduation, and providing information about educational opportunities. The position includes administrative tasks related to admissions, counseling emails, and staffing the unit's phone service. The work also includes group guidance based on the unit's needs, which takes place at several educational providers where close collaboration with educators and special educators regarding students' studies is required.

You will also collaborate with other municipalities, administrations, and other authorities to provide our students with the best possible support and guidance.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained study and career counselor with experience in adult education or equivalent. You should have good knowledge of the education system and the labor market. You should be structured and outgoing with good pedagogical skills. Special emphasis will be placed on a professional approach to meet people with different needs and conditions.

We place great importance on personal qualities, and for this role, it is important that you are service-oriented, communicative, and responsible. You enjoy guiding others and have a good ability to find solutions to problems that may arise. As you work in a team, we expect you to have good collaboration skills and be flexible.

We process applications continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

We Offer

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work in Karlstad Municipality at karlstad.se/jobbahososs (https://karlstad.varbi.com/center/tool/position/891371/edit/tab:2/karlstad.se/jobbahososs)

Warm welcome with your application!

About Karlstad Municipality

The Upper Secondary and Adult Education Administration is responsible for the education of approximately 7,000 students in upper secondary school, adapted upper secondary school, adult education at basic and upper secondary level, vocational higher education, and Swedish for immigrants. Our schools stand for knowledge, experience, safety, quality, and joy! Our approximately 650 employees create education for all.

Do you want to help create the future of Karlstad? With us in the Karlstad Municipality group, you can make a real difference. Here, every employee is an important part of the whole, and together we help realize our vision of "A better life in the Sun City." Come and grow with us!

Other Information

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application via our recruitment system and not via email or paper format. We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

If you have protected personal information, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system and not send them via email either. Instead, please contact the municipality switchboard at 054-540 00 00 for further handling.