Mother Tongue Teacher in Portuguese

In Varberg municipality, we are about 5,000 employees who share the same mission: We aim to simplify people's everyday lives and inspire them to achieve their dreams. We do this in many different ways, with more than 135 different professions in our broad operations. Varberg is growing, and the demand for municipal services is both increasing and changing; therefore, we need your expertise.

Do you want to grow with us?

The Multilingual Unit consists of a large team of about 50 teachers who guide and teach approximately 800 multilingual children and students spread across most preschools/schools in Varberg municipality (currently, we offer about 30 languages).

Collegial exchange, openness, respect, and responsibility are the shared values of the unit. The Multilingual Unit offers you a work environment with stimulating tasks, professional development, and compensation for wellness activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a mother tongue teacher, you will be responsible, together with relevant colleagues, for the students' continued language development and goal fulfillment, where a solution-focused and independent working method in the team is a prerequisite for a successful learning environment. You will primarily work with study guidance in primary school and language support in preschool, but mother tongue instruction in primary school/high school may also be relevant. Individual interpreting assignments in the Multilingual Unit regarding the assessment of newly arrived students may also be relevant.

Your work is very independent, but you will also be part of a team and various development groups, thus requiring good collaboration skills and proficiency in Swedish (Swedish 3 or equivalent).

Motivating and inspiring students is your greatest drive. Together with your colleagues, you shape a relational leadership where the quality of teaching is the focus. We create the best possible meeting for learning.

As a teacher with us in Varberg municipality, you play a central role in creating a safe, developing, and motivating environment for the students. By planning, implementing, and following up your varied teaching, you give students the opportunity to develop both academically and socially.

Together with your colleagues, you plan and follow up on teaching based on your choices of pedagogical and didactic strategies and methods, adapted to the students' needs and conditions, and resting on scientific and proven experience. You meet each student in their knowledge progression and contribute to developing learning environments that encourage students' learning, participation, and influence.

Professional development based on the school's needs is a given for us, as is an organization for planning and evaluating teaching. We expect you to see your assignment as an opportunity for personal and professional development—a significant and challenging role where you take responsibility for being a good role model and feel real pride in your work.

As an employee in Varberg municipality, you also have access to benefits such as discounted commuter passes, wellness grants, staff associations, and the possibility of a benefit bicycle.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for mother tongue teachers and study guides in the mother tongue as well as language support in preschool in Portuguese. We want you to have a teaching degree or other pedagogical education and experience. You thrive in an environment that demands punctuality, responsibility, flexibility, decisiveness, a high level of service, and social competence.

You should be able to work and communicate digitally via learning platforms, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite/Classroom. Please describe your digital competence in your application.

As a teacher, you are engaged and have a formative approach with the ability to create motivating and activating teaching. Your teaching is based on proven experience and scientific foundation with an exploratory approach.

You thrive in collaboration with colleagues and actively contribute to developing the organization by planning and following up on teaching together. You have a good structure in your work and can adapt teaching based on students' needs and the school's goals. Together, we are responsible for creating a sustainable work environment where both students and staff feel good, can grow, and develop.

Please attach, via Public Jobs, grades, diploma, and if applicable, preschool teacher certification or teaching certification.

OTHER

It is advantageous to have a driver's license and access to a car as the work may involve travel between different schools.

We place great importance on personal suitability. You should have an understanding of the school's core values and respect the confidentiality that applies in schools.

Varberg municipality has a political decision on the desired employment degree. This means that the employee has the right to work full-time or desired part-time.

If you are offered employment within the Preschool and Primary School Administration, you are required to present an extract from the criminal record before the employment contract takes effect. You can order the correct criminal record at the following link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/)

The position is filled on the condition that it is not needed by permanently employed staff.

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