Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager for Vamos Jyväskylä at the Nuortentalo Katutasoo, for a fixed-term position from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026. Working hours are 80%. Welcome to Diakonissalaitos Vamos Jyväskylä! Vamos is a versatile service by Diakonissalaitos for young people aged 16–29. Vamos has developed a comprehensive service that addresses the needs of young people who are outside education and employment, consisting of intensive individual, community and group coaching. The goal is to support the well-being of the youth and help them find their path to education and the labor market. In the street-level community work, we meet more than 800 different youths per year, and in the evenings there are about 40–60 youths at the premises. The work emphasizes maximum youth participation and development of a sense of community. The objective is to prevent loneliness and enable inclusion and ownership for 18–30-year-olds. Duties and goals: In the role you will meet young adults in an open community and provide support through individual coaching and community activities. The work includes evening and weekend shifts, and often done independently. As a Project Manager, your duties also include network and advocacy work, shift planning, budget responsibility and overall responsibility for the operations. Individual work includes walk-in crisis work. The activities are goal-oriented and evaluation of impact is part of your duties. Among attendees there are many LGBTQ+ youths and about half are immigrants, so the work approach must be gender- and culturally sensitive. We expect from you: experience in organizing strength-based community work with people in difficult life situations, an autonomous and goal-oriented work style and ability to manage overall responsibilities, experience in development tasks, monitoring of goals and evaluation of activities, a qualifying higher education degree, good Finnish language speaking and writing skills (other languages are an asset), a proactive and courageous work attitude, ability to operate in changing situations and excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills. We are a non-smoking and substance-free workplace. We require a criminal background check under Act 504/2002 to be made available; the background check must not be older than six months. We value diversity and encourage applicants from different backgrounds to apply. For inquiries, contact: Hanna Lamberg, phone 044-7677964, hanna.lamberg@diakonissalaitos.fi. Diakonissalaitos works to support the wellbeing of its employees and aims to build a respectful and equal work culture where everyone can grow. We value a safe and inclusive workplace and use safe-space principles to ensure everyone feels valued and comfortable. For more information about the employer: www.hdl.fi