Vacant job

We are looking for you who want to be part of our journey towards a better everyday life, a stronger future, and increased quality of life for the residents of Perstorp. With us, you will find a workplace where joy in work, engagement, and development are a natural part of daily life. We believe in thinking new, working smart, and always getting a little better together.

Perstorp Municipality is located in the heart of northern Scania, in the middle of the dynamic Öresund Region – one of Sweden's most expansive areas. Here, the proximity and security of a small town are combined with access to both nature experiences and larger cities. The municipality has approximately 7,300 inhabitants and around 560 employees who together drive development forward.

We are proud of our strong business life and our focus on public health, sustainability, and quality of life. Here, there are good opportunities to influence, develop, and make a difference every day.

Description

The primary task of the Labor Market Unit is to actively work to enable more residents to become self-sufficient while simultaneously helping local companies acquire the right competence. Through coordinated efforts, unemployed residents are supported in strengthening their position on the labor market, ultimately enabling them to support themselves through work or studies. The Labor Market Unit (AME) offers various labor market measures such as internships, individual guidance, group guidance, and matching with both public and private employers.

Collaboration is of utmost importance to the operations. This is primarily with other municipal departments but also with the Swedish Public Employment Service, the Social Insurance Agency, healthcare, and the 11 municipalities within the Family Helsingborg network. Projects are also conducted through FINSAM NNV Skåne.

Job Responsibilities

We are now looking for a Labor Market Consultant for our team, with a main focus on group and individual guidance. The position involves all existing work within the operations with the aim of mapping and investigating the individual's prerequisites for work, and through guidance and intervention coordination, support the individual to achieve a sustainable foothold on the labor market. Great emphasis is placed on working with clients referred from social services who receive financial support.

As an employee at the Labor Market Unit, you are part of a team where we, through engagement, service, and professional treatment, work together to achieve our set operational goals. Our operations are built on trust, respect, and understanding for each other, as well as a positive spirit.

The work includes among other things:

• In collaboration with others, investigate, plan, coordinate, and carry out various types of labor market measures.
• Motivate, guide, and support clients to strengthen their position on the labor market, with the ultimate goal of becoming self-sufficient.
• High demands on documentation and follow-up, as well as quality responsibility throughout the entire process.
• Collaboration with internal, external, and/or referring actors regarding joint clients.
• Contact with employers to assist in the recruitment process and meet competence needs through matching with participants.
• You will be involved in the development of the operations and have the opportunity to influence processes.

Qualifications

We are looking for you with adequate higher education or other competence/experience that the employer deems equivalent and relevant for the position. You have at least two years of relevant work experience and experience in relationship-building work aimed at developing and maintaining good relationships with various collaboration partners.

Personal Attributes

To succeed in the role, you need to possess the following attributes/abilities:

• Receptiveness and communication skills in meetings with clients to create and maintain a good and professional relationship.
• Good teamwork skills, where respect, trust, and lack of pretension are of utmost importance.
• Administrative skills and computer literacy, based on high demands for documentation in operational systems and extensive digital communication in the current situation.
• Initiative to start activities, achieve results, and also complete what has been started.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing. Other language skills are meritorious but not required.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

The position is a fixed-term contract for 1 year.

Before the recruitment, we have taken a stance on recruitment channels and publication channels, which is why we kindly decline all contact with salespeople in this matter.