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Youth Consultant – Culture, Tech & Participation – Järva District Administration

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 you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Welcome to our team

The Future House Unit is part of the Department for Promoting and Preventive Social Measures in the Järva District Administration. The unit consists of Future House in Husby, Future House in Rinkeby, and soon a Future House will open in Tensta. Future House operates based on the vision "All young people's arena to realize their dreams and build hope for the future".

The activities are designed to attract young people aged 16–19 and focus on studies, work, music, sports, IT/tech, culture, and drama. Activities take place in the evenings and on weekends, so it is important that you enjoy a varied schedule.

We offer

As an employee with us, you will receive benefits such as a wellness allowance, discounted access to the city's swimming pools and gyms, professional development, and access to a learning portal with courses and lectures. You are also covered by occupational pension according to collective agreements and favorable insurance. Read more about Stockholm City's benefits here (https://start.stockholm/en/about-stockholm-city/organisation/district-administrations/jarva/).

Your role

As a Youth Consultant with a focus on culture, tech, and participation, you will work to develop and implement activities that strengthen young people's opportunities to express themselves through culture, creativity, and technology. Your responsibilities include:

• Planning, coordinating, and implementing culture and tech activities, projects, and events together with young people.
• Participating in homework help, study support, and outreach activities, inspiring young people to follow their dreams and explore creative career paths, including digital media and AI.
• Supporting young people in developing their own cultural projects, events, and ideas within performing arts, music, art, media, digital expression, and AI-driven projects.
• Planning and leading workshops, cultural programs, and events that promote creativity, learning, interest in technology, and participation.
• Collaborating with internal and external actors, such as associations, cultural actors, and educational institutions, to create more opportunities for culture, digital projects, and learning.
• Contributing to the development of the activities through follow-up, documentation, analysis, and method development.

The work includes evenings and weekends.

Your qualifications and experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant higher education in, for example, culture, tech, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience with homework help or study guidance and at least Mathematics 2 as a requirement (high school mathematics).
• Experience working with young people in culture, technology, IT activities, or project work.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience with culture or IT projects, creative processes, or event organization together with young people.
• Experience working with methods that strengthen young people's participation and entrepreneurship.
• Experience collaborating with associations, cultural actors, or educational institutions.

You are relationship-building, attentive, and find it easy to collaborate with young people, colleagues, and external actors. With a structured and solution-focused working style, you create engagement, participation, and results.

We place great importance on personal suitability, motivation, and engagement, as well as interest in culture, IT, entrepreneurship, and young people's opportunities for studies and work.

About us and the application process

Stockholm City works with competency-based recruitment aimed at focusing on each person's competence and thereby countering discrimination. We recruit without a cover letter to strengthen the focus on competence and experience for this role. When you submit your application, you will answer a number of questions. When we evaluate your application, we base it on your CV and the questions you have answered. After the application deadline, we review all applications.

We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants.

To meet today's and tomorrow's challenges, the Järva District Administration was formed in 2023. In our district administration, we develop support and services with a focus on all residents of Järva. Our activities are characterized by collaboration, courage, empathy, and respectful treatment. We strive for open communication and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity and an even gender distribution contribute to developing our activities. We hope that you, as an applicant, want to develop together with us.

Read more about Järva District Administration here (https://start.stockholm/en/about-stockholm-city/organisation/district-administrations/jarva/).