Coordinator for the Employment Market Unit

Business Description Do you want to make a real difference in people's lives? Do you have a strong commitment to helping people move toward employment or education? Then this position might be for you! The Employment Market Unit has an important societal mission – to support and guide people outside the regular labor market toward self-sufficiency through employment or education. The unit operates seven different workplaces with varying focus areas. We are also responsible for receiving and settling newly arrived immigrants assigned to Gällivare. The municipality's summer jobs for young people and the municipal activity responsibility for young people not completing upper secondary education are also tasks under the Employment Market Unit. Job Responsibilities As a coordinator, you will have a central role in work with the Municipal Activity Responsibility (KAA) and Gällivare Municipality's summer jobs. As a coordinator, you will also work together with the management group and political leadership to develop and coordinate the department's work on various issues. The role requires great flexibility as the operations constantly face new challenges. This means that work tasks can vary over time and be a combination of administrative and operational work within all our operations. As a coordinator, you have an important function in, for example: - Coordination issues - Skills supply - Contact with schools, social services, and other internal and external actors - Administration - Support to managers - Project support Responsibility may also arise in areas such as logistics, training, and facilities. Examples of concrete work tasks: - Participate in management group meetings, for example booking visits and taking notes - Work on cross-departmental assignments within skills supply - Carry out assignments from the management group, for example in audit reviews, work processes, and information materials - Collaborate with schools in both upper secondary and adult education Qualifications You have higher education in, for example, social work, behavioral science, or another field that the employer deems relevant for the position. Experience working with people who have physical and/or mental limitations. You have good administrative skills and are experienced in working with follow-up, finance, and have good computer skills. To succeed in the role, you are a confident, engaged, solution-oriented colleague who is communicative and collaboration-oriented. You are organized with good ability to prioritize and are attentive with a genuine interest in people. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Class B driver's license required. Under the national minority language law, Gällivare Municipality is an administrative municipality for Sámi, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is meriting when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality. Working Hours/Duration Full-time, permanent position. Trial employment may be applied. Salary Monthly salary; we apply individual salary setting – please indicate salary expectations in your application. Start Date/Application With your application, we would like you to include a CV. Upon request, original documents will be submitted. Interviews may be held on a rolling basis. Start date: By agreement Application deadline: 2026-08-25 Information Unit Manager Mikael Eriksson Phone: 0970-81 87 70 Trade union representatives Vision, tel: 0970-185 31, [email protected] Gällivare Municipality offers you: - Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret - Wellness hour - Access to the workplace's Wellness fund - Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's leisure association) - Opportunity for vacation exchange - Developing and meaningful work - Opportunity to influence and develop the operations - Engaged colleagues and operations with a strong societal focus Here you can read more about Gällivare Municipality as an employer: https://gallivare.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete- Warm welcome to submit your application!

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