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Welcome to Lidköping!

You are looking for new challenges. We are looking for you! We hope you want to be part of a welcoming and sustainable municipality driven by engagement. In Lidköping, water is always close by, with Lake Vänern and the archipelago around the corner, and the Lidan river winding through the city. It is a place rich in history, which we embrace as we set our sights on developing and planning for the future Lidköping. Here, you have the opportunity to try new things and develop professionally while making a daily difference for residents, businesses, associations, and visitors in Lidköping. We look forward to receiving your application to Lidköping Municipality!

Warm welcome to Lidköping – a sustainable and welcoming municipality!

About the Job

Cultural Pedagogue / Youth Worker for Open Meeting Places and Arts School

Do you want to help create meaningful, creative, and inclusive meeting places for young people? Do you have an artistic background in photography, film, or visual arts – and do you have a passion for working with youth? Then this might be the job for you!

About the Role

We are looking for an engaged cultural pedagogue who, in combination with the role of youth worker, wants to contribute to developing our open meeting places for young people as well as our course activities within the Arts School. In this position, you will work both in open activities – where you meet young people in their free time – and with planned courses/workshops within your artistic field at the Arts School. Subsurface is our youth art gallery, which we want you to help develop through exhibitions and events.

You will become an important adult role model and inspirer who strengthens young people's creativity, participation, and expression. The youth activities will work to enhance young people's opportunities to experience community, influence, and take responsibility, with the aim of contributing to their well-being, quality of life, and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead courses/workshops in photography, film, and/or visual arts
• Work in open youth club activities and create safe and inclusive meeting places
• Stimulate young people's creativity, initiative, and influence
• Initiate and carry out projects together with young people
• Collaborate with colleagues within youth club activities and the Arts School
• Work relationally and supportively in interactions with young people

We are looking for someone who:

• Has artistic education in photography, film, and/or visual arts
• Has experience working with children and/or young people, preferably within youth club activities
• Is pedagogical, receptive, and relationship-building
• Has an inclusive approach and meets young people with respect and curiosity
• Thrives in a flexible role where both structure and spontaneity are important parts
• Is creative, proactive, and team-oriented
• Is confident in your values and ethical standpoints and can communicate them to young people

We offer

• A varied and creative job where you make a real difference for young people
• Opportunities to develop activities and working methods together with engaged colleagues
• A work environment where culture, participation, and youth perspectives are in focus

Conditions

Permanent position with 100% hours. Start date: 2026-09-01 or as agreed.

Working hours: Day, evening, and weekends.

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Other

The work involves day, evening, and some weekend shifts. A Category B driver's license is required.

We place great emphasis on engagement and personal qualities.

Before employment, we will require you to present an extract from the criminal record register, according to law (2013:852) on register control of persons who are to work with children. You can request the extract via the link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/). It usually takes between 1-2 weeks to receive it by mail.

Criminal Record Extract

Before an employment offer is made, you as a candidate are obliged to present an extract from the criminal record register for work in any of the following areas; school or preschool, work with children in other activities than school and childcare, work with children according to LSS, work at or in connection with HVB homes (residential care for children and youth), work with the elderly or persons with disabilities. You order the extract via the Police website. The extract must be presented before employment can begin.

How to Apply

Lidköping Municipality wants you to send your application via our recruitment tool, Varbi. You will find a button at the bottom of the ad where you log in and apply for the position. If you for some reason cannot apply this way (e.g., protected identity), please contact the person listed in the ad for an alternative application path.

We kindly decline calls from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.

Wondering what there is to do and see when you are not working?

Lidköping as a place promises a rich life; it is not about money but about the opportunities to live a good life. Here, there is plenty of what is essential in life. Good schools, safe areas, a diverse business life, and an active sports and association life. And of course, a beautiful location near the lake, Lake Vänern.

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