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Gothenburg University meets society's challenges with diverse knowledge. 58,000 students and 6,800 employees make the university a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive education attract researchers and students from all over the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, Gothenburg University contributes to a better future.

The Education Unit is one of ten units within the university's common administration, and approximately 100 people work at the unit. The unit is now looking for four student employees during the autumn term of 2026 for work with preventive student healthcare. The student health work at the institution partly includes our procured student healthcare but also a promoting and preventive work within the university, related to student health.

The position is located at the Education Unit, the Section for Student and Educational Support - one of the unit's five sections.

Within the unit, we work based on the vision of creating operational support that creates opportunities. We also work to be an attractive workplace characterized by both structure and culture supporting a sustainable working life. The Education Unit has been HBTQ-certified since 2017 and HBTQI-certified since 2021.

Responsibilities

As a student employee, you should contribute to strengthening Gothenburg University's work with promoting and preventive health work, where the target group is students at undergraduate and advanced levels.

Together with other student employees, you should plan and implement measures to promote student health and contribute to creating long-term sustainable concepts that strengthen students':

• Sense of coherence and thereby reduce loneliness issues
• Study strategies
• Healthy lifestyle habits
• Recovery and balance in student life.

You carry out your work individually and in collaboration with other student employees as well as coordinators at the Section for Student and Educational Support.

The work is performed according to current laws, regulations, and GU's common steering documents. Other personnel administrative tasks may be added, and the tasks may vary during the employment.

Qualifications

For student employees, the rules at https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/arbetsgivarguiden/tidsbegransade-anstallningar/tidsbegransad-anstallning-som-studentmedarbetare (from April 1, 2014) apply. To be employed as a student employee, you must:

• be engaged in ongoing full-time studies at the university level (Chapter 6, Section 2 of the Higher Education Ordinance)
• have completed approved studies equivalent to at least 60 higher education credits
• not have started a doctoral program

For this employment, we require that you have an ongoing higher education study that can be linked to health, such as public health science, lifestyle issues, and behavioral change.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience from association life or student engagement
• led groups, held workshops, or organized activities
• experience in project management

The work requires that you have the ability to work individually and in a group, are initiative-taking and have a structured way of working, and that you are service-oriented. The language requirements are fluent Swedish in speech and writing, as well as good knowledge of English in both speech and writing.

As a person, you enjoy performing tasks independently and have the ability to complete them. You perform the tasks with good judgment and care.

In the employment, great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Interviews will be held on June 16 and June 17 (at premises at Gothenburg University).

Employment

The employment is fixed-term according to the student employee agreement, with a scope of 25%, located at the Section for Student and Educational Support. The employment lasts until 2027-01-17. Start date September 1, 2026, or as agreed.

Contact information for the employment

If you have questions about the employment, you are welcome to contact Section Head Christina Kaspersen [email protected]

Trade unions

You can find trade union representatives at Gothenburg University here: https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare

Application

You apply for the position via Gothenburg University's recruitment portal by clicking the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is at the university's disposal by the last application date.

Application must be received by: June 11.

The university works actively for a working environment with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to the operations. The university applies individual salary setting. According to the National Archives' regulations, the university is obliged to keep application documents for two years after the appointment decision. If you as an applicant for a position specifically request your documents back, they will be returned when the two years have passed, otherwise, they will be destroyed. To staffing and recruitment agencies and to you who are sellers: Gothenburg University uses a procured advertising agency in connection with the recruitment of staff. We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.