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Are you passionate about young people's participation in rural development? Do you want to help develop eastern Skåne? Apply for a job as a project manager/youth coach with us!

Leader Eastern Skåne is looking for a project manager & youth coach

Are you passionate about youth participation in rural development?
Do you want to help develop eastern Skåne?

We are looking for someone who wants to work as a project manager and coach for our youth project "”YOUNG in Eastern Skåne”". You will be part of a small and creative team with an important development mission. As a project manager/youth coach, you will ensure that the young people's drive and ideas are taken advantage of and support them in implementing them.

To succeed in the role of project manager/youth coach, you need to have a passionate interest in young people's participation in rural development. You are stimulated by helping young people and realizing their project ideas. As a person, you are structured, committed, educational, solution-focused and responsible. You have good collaboration skills and can take your own initiative.

The association and the employer

Leader Östra Skåne works with rural development through the Leader method and grants project funds to associations, companies and public organizations. The activities are financed with support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the Swedish state and the following municipalities: Bromölla, Hässleholm, Kristianstad, Osby, Perstorp, Simrishamn, Tomelilla, Ystad and Östra Göinge. The Leader method is a successful method that has been used in the EU since 1991. The method involves conducting development work based on local conditions and local initiatives.

Job duties

Your main tasks are to seek out, support and coordinate young people between the ages of 15 and 25 in eastern Skåne with ideas or wishes. Your role is then to attract the young people's own potential and support them in their work to realize these ideas. You are with them all the way in the implementation of small or larger sub-projects that in various ways make eastern Skåne a more attractive place to live and work. A large part of the work is also to make the youth project and its opportunities visible in different contexts and on different platforms such as schools, festivals, the web and social media.

You are responsible, with support from other staff at the leader office, for the project's (and sub-projects') planning, implementation, budget, marketing and reporting. The assignment also involves close contact with, among others, municipal representatives, association activists and leisure educators.

Qualifications

  • Experience working with youth and rural development
  • Experience in project management and project accounting
  • Relevant university degree or other considered qualifications
  • Good communication skills in both speech and writing
  • Good knowledge of digital platforms for young people
  • B driving license and access to your own car required

It is an advantage if you have previous experience from one of the EU's structural and investment funds.

Scope of employment

Employer: Leader Eastern Skåne
Employment type: Special fixed-term employment, max. 24 months
Scope: 50-100 % (work in the evenings and weekends occurs)
Access: By arrangement
Salary form: Monthly salary
Location: An office is available in Tollarp, but work is primarily done remotely (from home) or in the operating area.

Application

Send your application together with a cover letter and CV via email to: jeanette@leaderostraskane.se
We are accepting applications until August 31, 2025. Any questions will be answered no earlier than August 11 (after the holidays).

Contact

Jeanette Junge, operations manager
jeanette@leaderostraskane.se, 0723-12 55 59

Lars-Göran Wiberg, chairman
wiberglgw@gmail.com