Vacant job

Mötesplats Mariatorget is a dynamic, inclusive, and sustainable meeting place that promotes community, prevents exclusion, and contributes to Stockholm City Mission's vision of a more humane society for all. The meeting place is a hub for Stockholm City Mission and offers a rich range of activities where the distinctive elements of food & community, culture, popular education, and social operations collaborate and sometimes overlap. This creates a vibrant building where we meet on current societal issues as well as the eternal big questions about what it means to be human.

The social operations at Mötesplats Mariatorget are characterized by their clear connection to popular education, culture, and existential health. In the role of guide, you are the person our participants and visitors usually meet first. In the meeting with guests, you must ensure that everyone feels seen when they step into the building. You are the person our participants and visitors turn to first. In your role, you work together with your colleagues to ensure that all participants and visitors can be, do, and experience things in a safe place.

Responsibilities

• Act independently, take initiative, and communicate with both guests and participants.
• Have guiding conversations with participants who need support in obtaining the right support measures (e.g., linking to external actors or representatives).
• Staff the information desk.
• Ensure that all participants are seen and that their needs are mapped to enable the right support in collaboration with other units/actors.
• Provide information about activities and events at the Meeting Place.
• Assist with practical tasks such as rearranging furniture and preparing for various activities and events.
• Issue memberships for Matmissionen (Food Mission) and Mat & Gemenskap (Food & Community).
• Work to create a sense of security in the open operations.
• Work to increase the participation of participants and other visitors in the operations, as well as plan and carry out activities with them.
• Supervise people in work training, community service, etc.
• Provide all visitors and participants with an inclusive and good reception where everyone feels safe.
• Lead discussion groups with colleagues.
• Contribute to and promote operational development and a good working climate.
• Stay updated on what is happening in the building (cultural stage, other social operations) as well as maintain an active awareness of the external environment.

Other tasks may also occur within the scope of the assignment, and the content and conditions of the work may change over time.

Requirements

• Education level: Social pedagogue or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Broad experience working with people in socio-economic vulnerability (homelessness, addiction, mental health issues, etc.).
• Great importance is placed on personal suitability as the work requires great flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt in a changing and sometimes unpredictable environment.

Merits

• Experience in conducting and organizing popular education and cultural activities.

We Offer

The position is located at Mötesplats Mariatorget and is a temporary position (100%) until 2026-12-31. Start date: 2026-09-01.

We offer an open, dynamic, and welcoming workplace with engaged and non-hierarchical colleagues. Together we work to make a difference for the people Stockholm City Mission meets, and we dare to promise that you will see that your efforts yield great returns for the operations you work with.

Application

In this recruitment, Stockholm City Mission has chosen to remove the cover letter from the recruitment process. Instead, we ask selection questions during the application to learn more about your motivation/interest and how well you meet the job's requirement profile.

If you have questions regarding the position, we are available during weeks 29 and 32.

Apply now!

Stockholm City Mission is a faith-based organization working to create a more humane society for all. We do this by working with social care, education, and work integration. Something we have done since 1853 when we were founded to help those who had it worst in society.

Our goal is for everyone to get new life chances, strengthen their self-efficacy, and be part of society. Stockholm City Mission offers people emergency help, advice, and support for social rights, housing, work training, and education to prevent and break out of exclusion. Our main tool is that people strengthen their belief in themselves and their own abilities. In this way, we create together a sustainable and more humane society for all.