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We are looking for you who want to make things happen so that young people with intellectual disabilities (ID) have a clear place in democracy.

We see that you are driven, structured, and able to both lead the day-to-day operations of the project and inspire others to join in and move forward the position of young people in society. You want to take a key role in our small and fast-paced team, and be part of our journey to make the greatest possible difference before the association is dissolved in 2030.

"Alla röster tillsammans" (All Voices Together) is a three-year foundation project that is now entering its second year. The project aims to strengthen young people's influence and inclusion in democracy – with a special focus on young people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

The project builds on previously tested methods and focuses on developing, spreading, and anchoring inclusive working methods together with young people, which strengthens municipalities' ability to work with young people's democratic influence. Part of the project also involves highlighting young people's voices and experiences in the public debate.

The project is carried out in partnership with Ung i FUB and several municipalities.

Youth 2030 Movement is a non-profit association that brings together democracy activists, young leaders, child rights campaigners, and allied adults.

We are looking for a project manager who can turn goals and ideas into concrete action, create engagement, and get people to move forward together. You see yourself primarily as part of the team at Youth 2030 Movement with a common agenda, and secondarily as specifically responsible for one of our flagship projects and the deliverables associated with it.

As project manager, you hold the project together and are responsible for planning, implementation, follow-up, and reporting. You keep the various parts, collaborations, and processes of the project together and ensure that the work is driven forward with quality and structure.

You work closely with young participants, municipalities, and the project's partners, and coordinate the work together with a team of colleagues responsible for engaging young people, developing methods, and supporting communication around the project.

The role requires that you can switch between long-term change work and operational implementation. You have strong self-leadership and handle multiple tasks independently, while translating the organization's overall strategy and goals into concrete action in the project. You also represent the project externally and contribute to creating engagement for more inclusive democracy work.

Part of the job involves planning and carrying out activities together with young people, such as democracy camps and trips to arenas where young people's voices need to be heard. It may also involve supporting the production of an influence film, reporting to the Swedish Foundation for Cultural and Youth Affairs (Arvsfonden), coaching municipalities in their implementation work, or planning how the project's lessons can best be spread through conferences and networks.

You need to be able to travel regularly within Sweden, especially within Västra Götaland. Evening and weekend work occurs.

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Project Management and Implementation: You coordinate the overall project, set direction, and are responsible for planning, implementing, and following up on the project in line with set goals. You ensure structure, quality, and clarity, and are responsible for budget follow-up, documentation, and reporting according to the Foundation's guidelines. You lead certain activities together with young people, coordinate local efforts, and ensure that things actually happen.
• Relationship Building and Collaboration: You build long-term relationships with municipalities, partners, and other key actors. You create conditions for collaboration, lead and coordinate the project's various groups, and get different actors to work towards common goals.
• Dissemination and Change: You create conditions for the project's working methods to be implemented in more municipalities, disseminate the project's results and lessons, and work to ensure that the methods become part of long-term structures.
• External Representation and Influence: You represent the project in meetings, networks, and public contexts, and contribute to creating engagement and understanding for young people's influence and inclusion.
• Analysis and Learning: You follow up, analyze, and visualize what we have learned, and ensure that experiences and results are documented and can be used further.

Qualifications

• Documented experience of leading, planning, implementing, following up, and reporting on complex projects within civil society, the public sector, or other relevant contexts, including financial follow-up.
• Experience of driving development or change work and creating engagement among different actors.
• Experience of collaboration with municipalities, authorities, or other actors in the public sector.
• Very good ability to express yourself both verbally and in writing.
• Experience working with young people in various contexts, preferably through co-creative working methods.
• Experience working inclusively, with a rights-based and norm-conscious approach.
• Capable of carrying a high degree of self-leadership, with the ability to plan and drive work independently and, if necessary, contribute to several different projects simultaneously.
• Has relevant higher education or equivalent work experience.

Merits

• Experience leading dissemination efforts or implementing working methods in several organizations.
• Experience working with young people with various functional variations, especially young people with intellectual disabilities (ID), or experience from the disability rights movement.
• Experience leading collaborative projects with multiple parties and different logics.

Please read the full advertisement via the application link before applying.

Scope: Full-time, fixed-term employment until June 30, 2028

Benefits: We have a salary structure adapted for the non-profit sector, we offer goal-oriented working hours, 30 days of vacation, 3,500 SEK per year in wellness allowance, and more.

Start Date: As soon as possible or by agreement.

Location: Gothenburg or another location in Västra Götaland, with travel within Sweden

Union Contact: Jêran Rostam, Unionen, reachable via [email protected]