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Welcome to Härryda, a municipality that dares!

Here, we aim to have Sweden's best schools and business climate, care of the highest quality, and attractive community building. Together, we are 3,000 employees who make the meeting with Härryda Municipality easy. With courage, innovation, and drive, we inspire each other and deliver service with competence and quality. For the past four years, Härryda Municipality has ranked at the top in Dagens Samhälle's annual ranking of the Year's Super Municipality.

We are looking for you who are engaged, open to different perspectives, and want to create solutions that will last for future generations. You will find us between Gothenburg and Borås, with Landvetter Airport right in the middle of the municipality. Together, we achieve more!

Your Role

We are now looking for a Field Secretary for a fixed-term position lasting until June 27, 2027. As a Field Secretary, you work with outreach, preventive, and supportive measures at the individual, group, and structural levels. In your daily work, you primarily meet with young people and maintain a family-centered approach at all times. You serve as a resource and support for the young people you encounter in your professional role.

As a Field Secretary, you work to map the situation and needs of young people and strive to be a good role model and a secure adult for them. The main focus is on building trusting relationships with young people to initiate various types of interventions. Field operations are primarily conducted where young people spend their time, such as in schools, at leisure activities, and in other public spaces and environments throughout the municipality. The role includes conveying knowledge about youth issues and the youth situation to others, as well as collaborating closely with SSPF (School, Social Services, Police, and Leisure).

You work scheduled hours during days and evenings, as well as some weekends. The work should be based on the needs of young people and in close cooperation with the network around them, both private and professional. In collaboration with other social services, schools, leisure activities, meeting places, police, associations, and more, you are an important part of the work to counteract negative development among young people.

Field Secretaries work to reach young people who display norm-breaking behavior early on. Another important function of the Field Secretary is to notice and encourage young people's own ideas and initiatives for meaningful activities, as well as participation in various leisure and association activities to create a positive leisure time. This also includes participating in and leading other promoting activities in collaboration with the voluntary sector and local actors.

With us, you have the opportunity to work preventively and make a difference for children and young people.

Requirements for the Position

The competency requirement is a university degree or other post-secondary education deemed equivalent by the employer, along with relevant professional experience with the target group of children and young people aged 11–18. Experience working with young people, preferably from both schools and social services, is meritorious.

It is of utmost importance that you are comfortable working in an outreach capacity and working at the individual, group, and structural levels. You thrive in working together with others to handle tasks and achieve goals.

We are looking for you who are a secure and stable person with good self-insight. You easily connect with young people, can work independently, and have good collaboration skills. The work as a Field Secretary requires great engagement and a belief in the individual's ability to change. You must be good at listening and meeting people in different life situations, and able to utilize their own resources.

Since contact with the target group is voluntary, we value your ability to build a good relationship with the young people you meet. Additionally, you have knowledge and understanding of different cultures and can apply this in your work. You understand intersectionality and have the ability to adapt to the different contexts in which the Field Secretary operates.

It is important that you appreciate a flexible working style that allows the work form to be created as you go. You enjoy working in youth environments and feel secure in new situations. It is of utmost importance for the role that you have the ability to take initiative in your work and adapt to different situations. For the position, great weight will be placed on your personal suitability and maturity. A driver's license is required.

To obtain employment, extracts from the Police Register of Offenses must be presented. An extract from the Suspicion Register may also be required depending on the position.

What We Offer You

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About Härryda Municipality

Härryda is a municipality that dares!

Here, we aim to have Sweden's best schools and business climate, care of the highest quality, and attractive community building. Together, we are 3,000 employees who make the meeting with Härryda Municipality easy. With courage, innovation, and drive, we inspire each other and deliver service with competence and quality. For the past four years, Härryda Municipality has ranked at the top in Dagens Samhälle's annual ranking of the Year's Super Municipality.

We are looking for you who are engaged, open to different perspectives, and want to create solutions that will last for future generations. You will find us between Gothenburg and Borås, with Landvetter Airport right in the middle of the municipality. Together, we achieve more!

Other Information

We would like to inform you that your application is a public document according to the principle of public access. If you, as an applicant, have protected personal data, please send your application in paper form to: Härryda Municipality, Personnel Services, Sofia Götberg, 435 80 Mölnlycke. Your application will be handled according to the municipality's routine for handling protected personal data during recruitment and employment. Please state the advertisement reference number in your application so we know which position you are applying for.

We primarily see that you apply for the position through our recruitment system. In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Employment Type: Fixed-term employment.

Duration: Fixed-term position.

Start Date: According to agreement.

Term: The fixed-term position lasts until June 27, 2027.