Business Development Manager

Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan (SV) is one of Sweden's largest study associations with operations in all of Sweden's municipalities. We offer creative meeting places that provide people with opportunities for knowledge, education, and civic engagement. Do you want to go to work and feel like you're making a real difference every day? Apply to us! About the Role As a business developer, you will work to drive and develop activities across various areas. This is an outward-facing position where you organize practical conditions for conducting courses, study circles, and cultural activities based on needs and interests. A significant part of the work also involves maintaining and developing good relationships with partner organizations and creating contacts with new organizations and associations. The base is located in Motala, with development work primarily in adjacent municipalities. The department's work area is Östergötland. Work tasks include: • Independently planning and organizing study circles and cultural activities • Recruiting, supporting, and developing circle leaders • Ensuring that operations comply with current regulations from state, regional, and municipal authorities • Administering operations in our database Gustav Your Profile We place great importance on your personal qualities. To succeed in the role, you need to be proactive, take initiative, and actively seek challenges. No two days are the same, and you need to be comfortable with different types of tasks and able to handle multiple assignments in parallel. It is crucial that you are a team player. You have good collaboration skills through a non-prestigious focus on the common goal and can adapt to find win-win solutions. Furthermore, you are outgoing and socially active, with an easy ability to create new relationships and strong communication skills in both speech and writing. You have at least a high school diploma, and a college or university degree in behavioral science, pedagogy, or equivalent is meritorious. Of course, you share SV's core values of equal rights and dignity for all. It is an advantage if you have experience in popular education and preferably an established network within civil society. The work requires good basic computer skills, as we use various systems. The position also involves travel throughout the county, which requires a driver's license and access to a personal vehicle. We Offer You • A meaningful job where you make a difference for society and its citizens • Stimulating and varied work tasks • Goal-oriented working hours, which means you have the freedom to schedule your work based on job requirements. This also means work sometimes occurs in the evenings and on weekends. • A job in an organization with a non-prestigious and wonderful team who gladly shares their knowledge Location: Motala. Our head office is in Linköping Scope: 100%. Permanent employment. We apply a 6-month probationary period. Job Start: By agreement, preferably January 1, 2026. Application In this recruitment, we will not request a personal letter as an application document. Instead, applicants will be asked to answer a series of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area. Application Deadline: November 30 To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and comply with GDPR, we only accept applications through our recruitment system and not via email or in paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement. Warmly welcome to Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan! Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan is an idea-driven popular education organization with a vision of a society where people grow through knowledge, insight, and participation. We are one of Sweden's largest study associations and currently have operations in all of the country's municipalities. Each year, we reach over 210,000 unique individuals in study circles, with many participating in two or more circles. Together with open events such as lectures and cultural programs, we reach approximately 3.5 million people with our activities nationwide. Our departments ensure that study circles and cultural events take place and are directed to the right participants. Our core values assert the principle of equal human dignity based on fundamental human rights. Our view of education is built on human ability to shape one's own life together with other people. It is based on the individual's rights and responsibilities as an active citizen to take responsibility for societal development that strengthens liberal democracy.