Career Coach, Rovaniemi
Open position: Career Coach, Rovaniemi
Fixed term contract, 11 months (until 30.06.2026)
Starting time – August 2025
🚀 Startup Refugees is a social innovation founded in Finland that supports asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants in employment, skills development, and entrepreneurship. The Startup Refugees network includes around 5 000 companies, public sector actors, communities, educational institutions, and individuals. Over 2 000 people have already been employed through Startup Refugees, our business program has supported over 1 200 migrants in entrepreneurship, and thousands of people have been trained in a number of skills ranging from fire safety to coding through our mentoring and skills development programs.
We are now looking for a Career Coach to join our Recruitment Team in Rovaniemi. The team is part of the Employment Program team, where over a dozen professionals from various backgrounds support international job seekers and employers.
✅ Ideally you would:
✔️ Be fluent in English and in some other language, preferably Arabic. Basic knowledge of Finnish is a plus but not a requirement
✔️ Have a customer-oriented mentality and genuine interest in customer service
✔️ Have good IT skills with common tools and platforms
✔️ Have good communication skills and a team player mentality
✔️ Have a positive attitude and a will to learn and develop your skills
✔️ Live already or be ready to move to the Rovaniemi region
Be committed to our values of: No false promises, Hands on, Based on need, Everything is possible and Together. HERE.
🦾 Your responsibilities at Startup Refugees:
As a Career Coach you coordinate and provide services for refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants interested in employment in the Lapland region. You meet and support our customers in different phases of employment. You will help them in setting professional goals, mapping and developing skills, and finding jobs. You will also organize training and recruitment events together with companies, public services, and other partners. You will network and collaborate closely with companies, communities, and individuals. More importantly, you will target the support of the Startup Refugees network to the people who need it the most.
We hope you will have a positive can-do attitude, and you get along well with other people. You can create a safe and caring relationship with the people who participate in our activities. The work requires traveling in the region, so it’s a bonus if you have a driver’s license. We also have teams in Oulu and Helsinki, and sometimes we organise joint meetings, training, or social events that might mean traveling to these cities.
We use the OKR method to keep us on track and maintain a growth mentality. We appreciate that you have a strategic way of working and are open to learning new skills.
🤝 What we offer you:
✔️ The salary range for this role is 2800-3300 euros depending on the level of your experience and educational background.
✔️ Possibility to take off Eid, Nowruz, Hanukkah or whatever your preferred Celebration Day is.
✔️ Healthcare from Heltti and flexible working hours and possibility for partial remote work.
✔️ Smartum exercise and culture benefit.
✔️ A passionate, fun, and diverse team that is committed to be a brave and safe workplace for all.
🫶🏽 Committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
Our team is made of people who have laughs that fill a concert hall! We strive to
have the kind of culture where everyone is welcome to be exactly themselves and shine.
We believe in learning by doing and get results by putting in the work. We are a committed group and know the importance of being flexible. We don’t have all the answers but are willing to find them out. Every day we meet challenges and make mistakes but we also experience great successes, learn new things, and take care of each other.
We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds and minority groups to apply.
Sounds like you? Reach out!
Apply for the position by sending your CV and a short application letter under the title “Career Coach, Rovaniemi” to rekry@startuprefugees.com by Sunday 25.05.2025. For more information about the position, please contact our Northern Recruitment Manager Rima Depo (+358 44 242 2780) on Friday 09.05. at 10-12 or Tuesday 13.05. at 12-14.
The first round of interviews will take place between 2.- 6.06.2025. Interviews may start already during the application time.
If you move on from the first interview, you will receive an assignment (it will be short and sweet; don’t worry!) and have a second interview on 12.-13.06.2025.
We hope you can start in August.
Looking forward to talking to you soon!