Project Manager for Artistic Projects with Indigenous Focus – Kiruna 2029

For a living Kiruna.

One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, as we often say. We are the healthcare staff holding the hand of an elderly mother and the teacher who helps a little brother read his first words. We are the childcare worker who helps someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support staff driving to the villages in a snowstorm under the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of competencies, thousands of people, and generations of experience that together secure, care for, inspire, teach, save lives, think new thoughts, move cities, stand up for each other, and take care of people. With pride and care. From the mountains to the city. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful about it. Do you also want to work for life, for people, and for the future in Kiruna Municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what matters?

Kiruna has been selected as the European Capital of Culture 2029! The government has made the decision following a strong recommendation from the European expert jury, which selected Kiruna among the Swedish candidates with the application, "Movement - Below Ground. On Earth. In Space." A historic step for both the municipality, the region, and cultural life throughout northern Sweden!

Become part of one of Europe's most significant cultural initiatives. Here, culture, societal development, and international cooperation meet in an innovative project located in Kiruna, one of Sweden's most unique cities.

Kiruna 2029 is looking for a driven and versatile Project Manager with experience in leading artistic projects with an indigenous focus. The role is both strategic and operational and requires presence on-site in Kiruna. The Project Manager reports organizationally to the Project Director and is part of the program team, a key figure in the journey for Kiruna as European Capital of Culture 2029!

We look forward to hearing from you!

1 position(s).

Responsibilities

• Support, coordinate, and lead artistic projects in dialogue with the program team.
• For the Kiruna 2029 project, be responsible for issues involving the indigenous Sami people.
• The role includes promoting cultural collaborations with local, national, and international cultural institutions, business, civil society, and public actors.
• Participate in relevant networks for the assignment.
• Responsible for budget, funding, and resource management for the projects assigned to the role. The position involves applying for external project funds at both national and international levels to ensure the progress and implementation of the projects.
• The role involves managing dialogue with various authorities and organizations.
• You represent Kiruna's capital of culture organization in various contexts locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Ensure that follow-up, evaluation, and reporting take place in accordance with requirements and timeframes set by the international jury.
• The position may involve leading a work group without personnel responsibility as the organization expands towards 2029. Kiruna 2029 is a project organization within Kiruna Municipality that answers to its own board. After the project period, the project organization will be dissolved.

Start date by agreement, probationary employment may apply.

Qualifications

• We are looking for you with relevant academic education within the cultural sector/project management.
• Documented experience in leading and driving large, complex projects; international experience is meritorious.
• A well-established network and experience working within the cultural sector in and outside Sápmi.
• Accustomed to working in artistic processes.
• You are accustomed to working in politically governed organizations and have a good understanding of municipal processes, structures, and decision-making paths.
• Good knowledge of applying for and managing project funds. EU funds experience is meritorious.
• You express yourself very well in both Swedish and English, both orally and in writing. Additional language skills, especially in Sami, Meänkieli, or Finnish, are meritorious.
• Knowledge of Kiruna's application and what a European Capital of Culture project entails is meritorious.

As a person, you are self-motivated, proactive, and have an easy time building relationships. You are creative and solution-oriented, with a good ability to switch between strategic thinking and operational implementation.

The position is located in Kiruna, and the work is primarily on-site. Travel may occur.

A Category B driver's license is required. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

What We Offer

This is a unique opportunity to be part of implementing a European project with long-term anchoring locally in Kiruna. Through your work, you contribute to promoting a strong, living, and inclusive narrative about a place in transition and making it accessible and inclusive for our local community and for audiences far beyond Sweden's borders.

• Employment type: Permanent.
• Duration: Permanent.

To work with us, you must share Kiruna Municipality's common value base where respect, responsibility, and collaboration are key words.

We offer a pleasant work environment and stimulating tasks, and as an employee, you get a good balance between work and leisure.

We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train for free at various fitness facilities up to 5000 SEK/year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the possibility to exchange salary for free days.

We strive for equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength; we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure our workplaces are accessible to all. Kiruna Municipality views full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami, and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna Municipality is an administrative area for these languages.

Kiruna Municipality has made a mid-term agreement for this recruitment and therefore declines contact with ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.