Vacant job

Are you a person who values development, engagement, and thoughtfulness in your work life? Then we would be a great match – because we do too.

By working with us, you contribute to a better everyday life for thousands of people in Marks municipality. Not least your own. With us, you have the opportunity to grow – both as a person and in your professional role, while what you work with helps an entire community to grow. Regardless of what your tasks are, you will make life a little easier for everyone who lives and works here. And that is something we value highly. Our vision is to be a close municipality with people at the center. Close to each other, our surroundings, and the future. We want to be a present community that, with calm and warmth, supports our 35,000 residents, 3,600 employees, and thousands of entrepreneurs. Every employee with us becomes significant. Together, we ensure that an entire community functions.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

In Marks municipality, the open youth activities are organized within the culture and leisure administration. The youth activities focus on seeing young people as resources and starting from their experiences, feelings, and dreams. Our target group is young people aged 13 - 19 years.

Together with young people, you and your colleagues create opportunities for a good leisure time in the arenas where young people are present. As a youth counselor, you work concretely with youth participation, influence, active engagement, responsibility, and learning. Evening and weekend work occurs regularly.

Some examples of recurring tasks:

• stimulate participation among the municipality's youth
• support, inspire, and coach young people to realize themselves and achieve their visions.
• build lasting, supportive, and positive relationships with the municipality's youth
• create educational conditions for and follow up on informal learning
• keep a logbook, conduct surveys, and continuously follow up on the work
• collaborate within the culture and leisure administration, with other administrations, associations, and businesses.
• actively participate in a constantly ongoing development of the operations
• work at our meeting places for young people.
• create and offer activities for the municipality's youth

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with post-secondary education or other education/experience that the employer assesses as equivalent.

We welcome employees with diverse backgrounds, and therefore, education in one or more of the following areas is meritorious: Leisure leader education, sociology, social pedagogy, practical public health promotion, social studies with a focus on democracy, human rights, and integration, developmental psychology, group and organizational psychology, pedagogy, gender studies, culture and art, project management and/or leadership. It is an advantage if you can demonstrate good skills in the digital area as it is a very important area for us in our operational development. Experience in the profession is meritorious as well as knowledge of the KEKS network (work process and values). For us, a balanced gender distribution is an important part of a sustainable and inclusive work climate.

A driver's license (B) is a requirement.

As a person, we want you to be curious, inspiring, and communicative. It is important that you have the ability to take initiative and are proactive, attentive, and see the benefits of collaboration. Good skills in speaking and writing are essential.

The position requires that as a youth counselor, you have:

• the ability to communicate in a safe and trustworthy manner with people of different ages and positions in society, both individually and in groups.
• good theoretical grounding, good analytical ability, and a fundamental social engagement.

OTHER

We who work within Marks municipality collectively develop our culture of togetherness by being engaged, caring, and developmental, for the long-term benefit of individuals and society.

In our services, we place great importance on your personal suitability.

As an employer, we promote equal rights, obligations, and opportunities for all employees and value the qualities that diversity and a balanced gender distribution can bring to the organization.

Marks municipality offers various employee benefits such as attractive wellness grants, discounted annual passes for Västtrafik, rental bikes, pension and vacation exchange, as well as the possibility for remote work and flexible working hours based on the needs and design of the operations. It is also easy to commute here from places like Gothenburg, Borås, and Varberg.

We kindly but firmly decline contact with staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.