Activity Leader - Future Workshop Kristianstad

Do you want to be part of creating meaningful and developmental activities for children and youth in Charlottesborg, Kristianstad? Do you also have experience leading groups and building trusting relationships? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

Welcome with your application!

Erikshjälpen Future Workshop in Kristianstad is now seeking activity leaders to strengthen our operations. The scope is 8-20 hours per week per person, depending on which activities you participate in.

Responsibilities

Your tasks as an activity leader involve planning and leading activities based on our operational plan, together with the operations coordinator.

An important part of the work is building trusting relationships with the target group. Some activities take place in collaboration with other organizations, so we see that you have good collaboration skills.

The work is mainly scheduled for afternoons and evenings, but weekend work may also occur. Activities are primarily carried out in Charlottesborg, but excursions with participants may also be relevant.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a relationship builder and has a heart for working with children and youth. You are accustomed to meeting people in different life situations and contexts, and feel comfortable working in a multicultural setting. You have the ability to create trust, participation, and engagement.

As a person, you are self-sufficient, responsible, and good at collaborating.

You have:

• Upper secondary education, preferably with a focus on children and leisure, behavioral science, sports and health, or aesthetic subjects. (If you are in your third year of upper secondary school with one of the described orientations, you are also welcome to apply.)
• Experience working with children and youth.
• Alignment with our values based on three fundamental principles: Eriks's spirit, a Christian view of humanity, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Meritorious if you have:

• Multilingualism
• Experience of engagement in civil society, preferably a sports association
• Experience in children's rights issues and rights-based work

As part of the recruitment process, you will need to present a criminal record extract before the final candidate can be offered the position.

Conditions

Employment type: Fixed-term employment

Scope: 4-20 hours/week

Start date: By agreement

Location: Erikshjälpen Future Workshop, Charlottesborg

Apply for the position

Apply for the position by sending your application with CV and cover letter. Write "Activity Leader Kristianstad" in the subject line. Apply no later than May 31.

Contact

If you want to know more about the position, please contact unit manager. Union representative

For more info about Erikshjälpen, visit our website.

Erikshjälpen is a children's rights organization with non-profit second-hand operations. In our work in Sweden, we run Erikshjälpen Future Workshops in several locations. There, Erikshjälpen, together with children, youth, and parents, aims to create conditions for personal development, social mobilization, and participation in area development. By strengthening the children's and youth's own dreams, driving forces, and abilities, we create hope for the future and conditions for long-term positive change. The work is carried out in close collaboration with municipal operations, the business community, and other civil society organizations.