Näringsliv is part of Umeå municipality's City Management Office and we are Umeå municipality's operational and strategic body for business development and growth. The department has broad expertise in development and business issues and works closely with the business community, universities and other actors to create the best possible conditions for Umeå's growth. The overall goal is to bring more jobs and businesses to Umeå! Project Gateway Umeå works with the major challenges linked to skills supply that exist today and in the longer term. The primary target group for the project is primarily small and medium-sized companies in industry, digitization and cultural and creative industries. However, the ambition is that a wide range of employers in Umeå will benefit from the project's resources and activities. Expected results are that participating companies' skills needs are better met and that we have further developed the skills supply and location attraction work in Umeå. We are now looking for a person who wants to work with talent attraction on a longer fixed-term employment until April 30, 2027. Welcome with your application! Your work tasks Your mission will be to create the conditions for small and medium-sized companies to develop their skills supply work. Your efforts will strengthen the companies' reception capacity and structure for introducing new employees but also their employer brand linked to talents. You will work in an outreach capacity to identify employers' needs and lead skills development activities for companies, which may include meetings and workshops, participation in recruitment fairs, networking events and other similar activities. You will work in a team of four people in the Sales and Marketing unit and you will report to the Sales Manager. The position is located within Umeå municipality Näringsliv, which has a total of 18 employees. The service is a fixed-term employment of 100% from Oct 1, 2025 until April 30, 2027. About you We are looking for you who have a university degree in HR, Economics or other relevant field. You have experience of skills management issues - preferably linked to international talent. We also believe that you have experience of working with project-funded activities. You also have knowledge and experience of outreach work, as a large part of the work involves identifying companies' needs for support in skills supply issues. We are looking for you who have: drive, ideas and organizational skills to create and follow up activities and events. You simply get things done! good ability to independently seek knowledge and insights good interpersonal skills and inspire confidence and commitment in the target group good structure and ability to follow time and budget constraints Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English, as you will have a lot of contact with both Swedish and international talents. We offer you Close cooperation and support from colleagues and manager in a culture characterized by many external contacts and forward thinking. Flexible working hours that facilitate the balance between work, leisure and family. Subsidized health care with agreements at most fitness facilities. Membership of our staff association Sporren, where you can take part in various activities, benefits and discounts. Read more about your benefits here. Welcome with your application! We would like you to attach a personal letter and CV. Other information The position is a temporary position starting October 1, 2025 until April 30, 2027. About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.