Substitute Recreation Coordinator and Operations Support
About the Position
Proximity to Vindelfjällen and the undeveloped Vindelälven river allows Sorsele municipality to offer many different environments and a variety of activities. Here you have every opportunity to live an active life whether you are interested in sports, outdoor recreation, or culture. Sorsele is a small community in the heart of Lapland, with the advantages of a small community: proximity and simplicity. Here we work together. Sorsele municipality is a Sámi administrative municipality and we would appreciate if our employees have Sámi language and cultural competence. There is a great need for workforce throughout the municipality, so if you have a family, we can help with tips on employers for your respective needs.
About the Workplace
You will be part of the Development Department, which manages culture and recreation activities, supports community associations, and develops business in the municipality. This is a role for someone who wants to help create community, growth, and activity throughout the municipality. You will work alongside colleagues who each have different areas of expertise and experience, and together we work to make the municipality a more attractive place to live.
Our current culture and recreation manager will be on leave to try a new job, and therefore we are now looking for a person who can take over parts of the department's administrative tasks and provide support to the manager and operations until the end of the year. Combined with this, the recreation coordinator will also be on leave for six months to work more focused on crime prevention work for children and youth. Therefore, we are now seeking a full-time position with a combined assignment where you will be an important part of most of what happens within the Development Department.
Your Responsibilities
Your assignment consists of two parts where approximately half your time will consist of various administrative tasks and the other half pertains to the recreation coordinator duties.
- Operations Support:
o Association grants and business support
o Department support in project monitoring including finance, applications, and reporting
o Together with others, create events for different target groups
o Communication activities
- Recreation Coordinator:
o Plan, implement, and develop recreation activities together with young people.
o Create a safe and welcoming meeting place for everyone.
o Organize activities, events, and themed evenings.
o Collaborate with schools, associations, guardians, and other municipal departments.
o Work to promote and prevent, strengthening young people's well-being and participation.
Your Qualities
You are a confident and committed person who inspires and enthusiasts others, especially the children and youth you meet. You are flexible, responsible, and enjoy working both independently and in a team. You enjoy administrative tasks and have good structure and organization. You are creative, solution-focused, and like to support others.
Competencies and Qualifications
We are looking for someone with a complete upper secondary education.
Education or practical experience in economics and project application/project reporting is advantageous.
Experience working with children and youth in your professional role, through community engagement, or equivalent is advantageous.
An extract from the criminal record will be requested.
Other Requirements:
B-class driver's license
Good knowledge of Swedish, spoken and written
Good computer skills
Duration/Working Hours
Fixed-term employment 100% position until 2026-12-31. Start date by agreement.
Salary
According to agreement. The municipality applies individual salary setting.
If you wish to receive salary information on the starting salary range, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Department at [email protected]. Here you can find more information about which collective agreements we are covered by: https://skr.se/kollektivavtal.1236.html
If you want to know specifically which agreement the position is covered by, you can contact the recruiting manager or the union contact person listed in the announcement.
In Sorsele municipality, trust-based management is applied. Our values are courage, joy, and respect.
Read more:
Work in Sorsele municipality: https://www.sorsele.se/jobb-och-arbetsmarknad/
Move to Sorsele municipality: https://portal.sorsele.se/flytta-hit
Submit your application to: Sorsele kommun, 924 81 Sorsele or via email to [email protected]
Recruiting firms and staffing agencies are not encouraged to apply.
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