Vacant job

The project "Det va på tiden!" (It's about time!) targets seniors (65+), young people in the care and nursing program, and professionals who work with seniors. The project runs for 3 years and is conducted by RFSU Malmö with funding from the Swedish State Heritage Fund (Allmänna Arvsfonden).

The purpose is to strengthen sexual health and sexual rights among seniors and to increase knowledge about SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) among healthcare staff. The sexuality of seniors is often rendered invisible and met with prejudice, despite many describing their sexuality as important. Care providers need greater knowledge about SRHR to improve sexual health, especially for seniors. The project aims to provide seniors with arenas to break social isolation and gain knowledge about sexual health, to base competence-building measures for healthcare staff on seniors' experiences, and to use seniors' knowledge to increase SRHR engagement among young people. The goal is also to develop methodological material adapted to the target group's needs. The project is based on experiential learning, problem-based learning, and intergenerational learning.

RFSU Malmö conducts workshops for seniors and/or nursing students based on the methodological material with films, images, and discussion exercises developed within the project. Collaborations are made with upper secondary schools with care and nursing programs, municipal and non-profit meeting places for seniors, study associations, and elderly care. Seniors are trained as circle leaders for continued knowledge dissemination, and free methodological material becomes a permanent resource. The project builds bridges between generations and creates long-term change within care and nursing. The methodological material will be used after the project by, among others, local branches within RFSU, activities targeting seniors, schools, within our collaboration organizations, and by other stakeholders.

About the position

The position involves launching the project "Det va på tiden!". The work includes conducting reference interviews as well as planning and implementing competence-building training on SRHR.

You will work in a team with at least one project management colleague and based on an existing project plan. Together, you are responsible for marketing the project, developing methodological material, and monitoring the project's budget.

You will also become part of the secretariat at RFSU Malmö. This means participating in cross-organizational planning, such as APT (Annual Work Planning), organizational development, and collegial supervision, as well as initiating collaborations that can benefit RFSU Malmö's activities. The position also includes monitoring other relevant funders for the development of RFSU Malmö's activities.

We are looking for someone who has

• experience working with the target group of seniors
• knowledge of one or more of the following subjects: senior health, ageism, SRHR, LGBTQIA+, intersectionality, anti-racism, social vulnerability
• good computer skills, experience and habit of working in various digital systems
• good knowledge and ability to communicate orally and in writing sufficiently well to perform the tasks in Swedish, as the working language is Swedish

It is meritorious if you have

• experience leading conversation meetings, study circles, and/or education
• professional education in care and/or social work (nursing assistant, nurse, occupational therapist, social pedagogue)
• language skills beyond Swedish and English
• competence in project management
• experience with and/or interest in social media and digital communication

Personal qualities and drivers

You thrive in target-group-oriented work with seniors and have a commitment to senior health. We also appreciate if you have an interest in SRHR and sexual politics.

You are solution-focused, development-oriented, independent, and can translate theory into concrete action in a pedagogical manner. In the work, you are unpretentious, accustomed to building relationships, meeting many people in different roles, and creating trust in others. You are self-starting and take responsibility for your tasks by structuring your work yourself and driving it forward based on set goals.

We assume that you share RFSU's values, read more here rfsu.se/om-rfsu/om-oss/styrdokument/ideprogram.

We offer

The position is a fixed-term employment at 85% during the period Sep 1 - Feb 28. The employment percentage may change based on news from other applied funds.

RFSU Malmö has a collective agreement with occupational pension, goal-directed working hours, and benefits such as wellness allowance and wellness hour. Full-time working hours are 37.5 h/week.

Evening and weekend work occurs. The position implies that you need to be flexible with your working hours so they correspond to the organization's needs.

RFSU Malmö has offices on Helmfeltsgatan, near the Opera in Malmö.

Equality

RFSU has active anti-racist and disability rights work. We work systematically for an equal and inclusive organization where more people with different perspectives and experiences want and can engage. The goal is to combat discrimination that limits groups' access to sexual and reproductive rights. Therefore, it is important that all our employees have an understanding of, or interest in learning about, intersectional, feminist, and anti-racist perspectives. We also view lived experience as competence, for example, experience of racism and/or ableism.

Application

We use a competency-based recruitment model and therefore do not accept cover letters. You fill in your contact details and answer some selection questions and upload your CV. The last day for applications is July 5.

Interviews are planned for week 29 (July 13-16) and can be conducted digitally if necessary.

About RFSU Malmö

RFSU Malmö is a local branch within RFSU working for improved sexual health and increased knowledge of sexual and reproductive rights for people in Skåne. Today, RFSU Malmö has approx. 1500 members and a secretariat with 10 employees.

We offer competence development in SRHR to staff who meet young people and young adults as well as migrants within e.g., LSS (Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments), social work, and schools.

Furthermore, information activities and sex education directed at schools and other meeting places for young people are conducted, as well as open café evenings and peer-led sex education for people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism where the sex educators themselves belong to the target group.

We also offer sex education to people within addiction services, community and elderly care, foster homes, parents, and other important adults, and collaborate with academia through authoring studies on, for example, schools' work with SRHR.