Labor Market Coordinator, Southern Sweden

Description of the project

Your main responsibility will be to work toward Erikshjälpen’s social goals. We run a program where we interact with a diverse group of people from various backgrounds and life situations. In our stores, we provide internships and job training for approximately 8,000 interns each year. We want—and need—your help to equip and empower people to become self-reliant and self-sufficient in Region South and Region West.

Our stores also have a large number of volunteers for whom you have a special mission: to promote a positive work environment and attract new recruits. As a labor market coordinator, you’ll work strategically to support managers in matters of social sustainability in their day-to-day work. In this role, you’ll help more people find a meaningful path to employment and strengthen Erikshjälpen’s role as a social actor in the labor market.

For employer-related matters, you will collaborate with other colleagues in the HR department. In your social responsibility role, you will report to the Head of Sustainability.

Examples of tasks

• Together with the current labor market coordinator (Eastern and Central Regions), support operations managers in connection with labor market policy measures and projects (Southern and Western Regions). Travel within the regions is part of the job.
• Maintain contact with the Swedish Public Employment Service, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, and other government agencies at both the regional and local levels.
• Train and support store management in onboarding concepts, mentoring, and impact assessment for participants in labor market programs.
• Play a role in developing our strategic work related to our social mission.
• This work is carried out in close collaboration with the children's rights organization and as part of Erikshjälpen's "Framtidsverkstäder" (Future Workshops) program.
• Work strategically to develop methodologies and support selected stores in retaining and recruiting volunteers.
• Manage and develop staffing issues in collaboration with the HR department.
• Stay informed about employer-related issues with the HR department.
• Identify areas for improvement with the aim of developing Erikshjälpen into an attractive employer.

Qualifications

You:

• has a college degree in the social sciences, or experience as a manager or leader in the nonprofit sector.
• has experience leading through managers, either in a managerial role, a project management role, or an equivalent role[CK1]
• is accustomed to monitoring and interpreting laws and changes in labor market policy
• has experience with some form of organization-wide responsibility, such as leading strategic initiatives or having a designated area of responsibility for the organization as a whole
• You have at least 3 years of experience working at, for example, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Swedish Public Employment Service, social services, or a nonprofit organization.
• has experience working with labor market policy measures
• shares our core values.

We want you to

• has a positive view of people and is very skilled at building and maintaining relationships.
• is good at both collaborating with others and taking the initiative on their own.
• is organized and has strong teaching skills.
• can juggle many tasks at once and is solution-oriented.
• wants to play a part in helping people and organisations and develop.

We offer you

As an employee at Erikshjälpen, you’ll be part of an organization where you, together with a dedicated team and colleagues around the world, work to promote children’s rights. Through your work, you’ll help raise funds for social and humanitarian interventions.

By promoting and developing the reuse of used goods, you are contributing to sustainable development and a more efficient use of the earth's resources. You also become part of a broad social community, as Erikshjälpen Second Hand's stores provide meaningful employment for employees, volunteers and interns.

We are committed to ensuring that our employees have a good work-life balance. We offer our employees a wellness allowance of 2000 Swedish kronor (SEK) per year.

As an employee, you are covered by the collective bargaining agreement for civil society employees, which was signed between Fremia and Unionen.

As an employee with us, you have the opportunity to help make a difference—for a future where children’s dreams come true. We welcome applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds and value diversity in all its forms.

About the workplace

Erikshjälpen is a child rights organisation a nonprofit secondhand business. Together, we share a common vision: a better where children’s dreams come true.

We work to combat poverty and vulnerability by promoting children’s rights in 16 countries. In Sweden, our work on children’s rights is primarily carried out throughErikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad, in close collaboration with our secondhand stores. In total, we operate about 50 “ Erikshjälpen Second Hand ” stores in Sweden and Norway. One of Erikshjälpen Second Hand’s missions is to generate as much “ surplus ” as possible for the children’s rights organization Erikshjälpen.

Terms and conditions

Employment Type: Permanent position , with a six-month probationary period.

The position is located in Southern Sweden, Region South, and Region West. A good base of operations is central Skåne or the Gothenburg region, as you will be working from your home address. You will spend some workdays at our head office in Huskvarna. Travel is part of your assignment.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Scope: Full-time

Start date: Immediately or as agreed

Does that sound exciting?

Please submit your application, resume, and cover letter by November 27 at the latest.

We kindly decline any contact with advertisers and recruitment agencies.

Application

You can apply in Kontek via the link

Ansök senast: 2026-11-27

Referensnummer: C15759

Number of job openings posted: 1

Contact us

If you would like to learn more about the position, please feel free to contact:

Christina Grafström, HR Manager, christina.grafstrom@erikshjalpen.se

Cathrine Kylesten, Head of Sustainability, cathrine.kylesten@erikshjalpen.se