Labour Market Coach with Focus on Business

Do you want to make a real difference for people while building strong relationships with employers and the business community? Perhaps you have experience from the business sector and want to use your skills to make a difference for people. Or maybe you already work in the public sector and want to broaden your scope of work by collaborating with the private business sector. With us, you will have a varied role where you move between the public sector and business, building bridges between people and employers.

You now have the opportunity to become part of our labour market unit, where we together drive the work of supporting individuals towards self-sufficiency. A lot is happening in the municipal labour market world right now, and we need to strengthen our unit with a labour market coach with a focus on business. We are a relatively small unit in a relatively small municipality, which means there are good opportunities to help shape the structure and work so that it is best adapted to the individuals who are part of our target group.

Our unit consists of a manager, labour market coaches, supervisors, and an administrator. You will be one of our two labour market coaches. You will work closely together but will also be responsible for your own cases and processes. Your role will focus more on flow-out into work, and this is where we see that you have good skills in establishing contacts in the local business community. A central part of the assignment is to establish and maintain contact with employers, with the aim of creating opportunities for internships, work training, or supported employment, such as wage subsidies. To succeed in the role, it is required that you have an understanding of the opportunities on the labour market and the ability to see the situation from both the job seeker's and the employer's perspective. In short, you will match individuals with existing and new work training, internship, and job placements in and around Valdemarsvik.

1 position.

Job Responsibilities

Examples of job responsibilities:

• Map the individual's strengths, needs, and goals based on work capacity
• Create and follow up on individual action plans with clear goals and activities
• Motivate and support individuals towards work, studies, or other measures that lead to self-sufficiency
• Collaborate with employers, the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassa), healthcare, and other actors
• Establish and maintain contact with employers
• Handle and advise on labour law issues and employment contracts in collaboration with employers and authorities
• Match participants with employers for internships or supported employment
• Document and follow up on the individual's development and adjust measures as needed

Qualifications and Merits

We are looking for you who see the potential and opportunities in the individuals you meet. You are motivated by supporting and leading people in, and towards, development. Your commitment and positive attitude permeate your personality. You have good social and communicative skills, are relationship-building, and work actively to maintain good relationships and create trust. You are pedagogical, confident, and clear in your role in your daily work with individuals and can adapt to changed conditions. You enjoy working with people and are good at organizing and planning your time. You must be able to work independently and take initiative. The job places high demands on flexibility, accuracy, teamwork, and the ability to structure and plan work. To succeed in your role, you need good computer skills and documentation abilities, good communicative skills in Swedish (both spoken and written), and hold a Swedish Category B driver's license. Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

The following are considered meritorious:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, e.g., social work, occupational therapy, behavioral science, pedagogy, HR, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer
• Good knowledge of labour law and previous experience working with employment contracts and employer issues
• Experience of employer contacts or collaboration with the business community
• Knowledge of the labour market and society's support measures
• Experience with the target group of the Labour Market Unit
• Experience with Lifecare or similar operational systems
• Knowledge and experience with BIP (Employment Indicator Project)
• Knowledge and experience with the Supported Employment method

Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: Start: 2026-10-01, Start according to agreement, End: 2027-09-30.

The position is part of a project planned to last for another two years. After that, there is a good chance of extension. The project is carried out together with the collaboration partners Economic Assistance (Social Services), the Swedish Public Employment Service, and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, and the goal is to develop and implement a new way of working regarding the Labour Market Unit's target group.

The Location

Valdemarsvik is an archipelago municipality in southern Östergötland with approximately 7,500 inhabitants. The central town of Valdemarsvik is located right by the Valdemarsvik bay, and from the office, it is only a few minutes to get down to the water. There are good bus connections from Norrköping and Söderköping, and all parking spaces are free.