Description:
1 position(s). Here you will get varied work with the opportunity to think creatively, be innovative, and drive development. At Bäckby meeting place, you will be able to contribute to the continued development of the operations together with others who really want to make a difference for our seniors. Your Responsibilities We are healthier and live longer than before, and today's seniors have new wishes, interests, and needs. As an activity leader, you influence how we meet these needs by developing and creating a modern and attractive meeting place. A vibrant environment for the city's seniors characterized by community, health, and meaningfulness. You work preventatively and promote health with the goal of strengthening seniors' well-being, participation, and quality of life. You independently manage the operations and the work is varied. This means you plan, lead, and develop activities based on visitors' interests and needs. This can include conversation meetings, lectures, and physical activities. By encouraging and inspiring seniors to actively participate and organize events themselves, we build an active meeting place. You collaborate with associations, organizations, and colleagues from other meeting places. You are skilled at thinking innovatively and create new collaborations to develop activities and create meaningful content. Your responsibilities also include handling practical tasks related to daily operations at the meeting place to ensure everything runs smoothly. Your Qualifications You have a genuine interest in the elderly as a target group and are motivated by strengthening their independence and well-being. We are seeking someone with post-secondary education. You have experience working in care and social services or social work. We also view it positively if you have experience with health promotion work with elderly populations, activity planning, or collaboration with external actors. We would like it if you have a class B driver's license since the position may involve working at several of our meeting places, though a license is not a requirement. As a person, you are confident, self-directed, and take initiative. You enjoy building good relationships, collaborating, and can easily adapt to new situations with people with different needs. You are creative and comfortable combining planning and leadership with practical daily tasks. Your IT skills are strong and you are comfortable with digital tools. Experience with digital communication and marketing, as well as strong communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, are merits for the position. What We Offer The position is located at Bäckby meeting place in Bäckby House, a vibrant and multicultural meeting place where people of different ages and backgrounds come together. Several operations are gathered under the same roof here, creating good opportunities for collaboration and cross-generational activities. You will get varied work with considerable scope to think creatively, be innovative, and contribute to the development of our meeting places for seniors. With us, you have the opportunity to create meaningful activities, build relationships, and help develop the operations together with engaged colleagues and visitors. You will be part of the new preventive unit, an exciting operation within the care and social services administration. You will have colleagues including digital mentors, family consultants, accessibility fixers, senior guides, vision and hearing instructors, activity leaders, development leaders, and operations developers. Together we work to promote health, community, and participation among seniors. Here you will be part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we demonstrate initiative in both the big and small things. We live our values in our meetings with each other and those we serve. Every day, all year round, we ensure that Västerås works. Together with your approximately 11,500 colleagues throughout the city, you have Sweden's most important job. Learn more about opportunities, career paths, and what we offer here: https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriär Other Information Before you can be hired, we will conduct a background check and you will need to show a valid criminal record excerpt from the police. Activities may occasionally occur in the evenings and on weekends. You therefore need to be able to work these times when needed. During the interview, you will need to demonstrate your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or personal certificate along with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must provide proof that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have one. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the alien regulations. All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined. Employment Type: Permanent employment. Duration: Entry date: by agreement.
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Overview
- Type
- job
- Status
- active
- Visibility
- public
- City
- Västerås
- Address
- Västerås
- GPS
- 59.6185805, 16.4566227
- Published
- 14. 8. 2026
- Edited
- 16. 8. 2026