Field Secretary for Platform Lerum

Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural areas with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 inhabitants but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is located just a 20-minute drive from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intensive development with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Furthermore, Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the "large municipality" category (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities regarding schools, healthcare and social care, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business life, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

The Platform Lerum unit is responsible for collecting and coordinating the municipality's preventive measures for families with children and young people. The purpose of Platform Lerum is to create an accessible, family-centered, and coordinated support arena for families with children aged 0 to 20.

One of the teams within the Platform Lerum unit is a field secretary group of four people who work preventively and outreach-oriented towards young people aged 10–18. Since the field group has been given an expanded assignment for a period, we need to strengthen the team with one additional field secretary.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

Being a field secretary in our field group means working outreach-oriented on streets and squares, at youth centers, on social media, and in schools to establish relationships and offer support to young people at risk. The outreach work is targeted based on the young people who are defined in various ways as being in a risk zone. The work is long-term and is based on the young people's willingness, trust, and respect for their privacy. Central to field work is starting from the young people's needs and releasing their own resources.

Other tasks included in the position are support conversations, group activities, both at the middle school and high school levels, parent contacts, updates and communication via our Instagram page, ANDT (Alcohol, Narcotics, Doping, Tobacco) information for parents, and collaboration with other actors such as youth centers, schools, and social services. You will also act as a link between young people and other activities. The work is carried out on several levels, in different locations, and at varying times.

The work is performed both in the evenings and during the day.

The work is located in all districts of Lerum but is based in central Lerum.

Qualifications

To qualify as a field secretary, a university education as a social worker (socionom) or other education deemed equivalent by the employer is required.

We are looking for someone who is confident in themselves and has a genuine interest in working with young people and outreach work. We are looking for someone who sees solutions instead of obstacles.

It is essential that you have the social competence and motivation to meet and approach young people you have never met before and make them feel comfortable in the conversation. We also appreciate that you have drive and commitment, but also patience to wait for results, as it can take time to understand the field secretary role and the work is based on long-term results.

We want you to be satisfied with working both independently and in a group, and that you have the courage to take your own initiatives. You who apply find it easy to cooperate and build relationships. You also adapt easily if things do not go as planned. You are structured.

It is meritorious if you have previous experience of youth work as well as insight into youth culture and social media.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

A category B driver's license is a requirement.

Employment Terms

Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
Working hours: Shift schedule.

The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our management is based on the global goals in Agenda 2030.

We believe that our differences enrich and develop the individual, the operations, and society positively. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for gender equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and offensive treatment.

We value a good working environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as a fitness allowance and an employee welfare program. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be requirements to use a personal Bank-ID in the job for authentication, for example, in system logins or other verification.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.

We warmly welcome your application!

In connection with this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly decline to be contacted for further offers regarding competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.