Lead Teacher in Adult Education

In Trelleborg, we work together for a growing successful community where it is good to live. Our 61 villages and 21 districts are creative meeting places that bubble with life. Here we want to do things, tell about them, and come just as we are. This means we welcome others in the same generous and curious way.

Welcome to take your place on the journey!

The Workplace

Do you want to work with adult education, skills supply, and labor market issues? We are looking for someone with the energy and courage to contribute new methods and approaches to succeed with our mission.

With us, you will have the opportunity to work in an organization that truly makes a difference, both for the students, businesses, and the municipality. You will work in an environment where development work is a natural part of everyday life, and where you contribute your expertise to help us achieve our goals. We live our values, and it is important that you support them in word and deed. The same goes for our labor market perspective, which is the foundation of our organization.

Job Responsibilities

As a lead teacher focusing on learning environments based on the conditions and needs of adult students, you will primarily teach adult learners and lead the pedagogical work in the unit together with the principal. This means that you will be part of the school management and work closely with the principal. Additionally, you will be part of a teaching team characterized by collegial support and collaboration. Besides teaching, you will lead development assignments with various purposes and needs, for example, based on the identified needs of the labor market committee. The overarching goal for you as a lead teacher is to develop teaching for higher goal achievement. The position consists of 80% teaching and 20% lead teacher assignments.

You thrive in the flexibility of adult education and naturally work with the individualization of teaching as expressed in the curriculum for adult education. You collaborate and cooperate with various roles within the Labor Market Administration and see skills supply as an important perspective in education.

The position consists of teaching both remotely and in classrooms. Courses and teaching content will vary over time, depending on the student base. Evening teaching may occur.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with experience in adult education and broad knowledge of available learning environments for adult learners with varying needs. You are skilled at providing students with support and stimulation so that they can achieve as much as possible and have good experience leading processes and colleagues in development work. You are driven by working closely with research and have a good ability to translate theory into practice.

You are a driving force in skills development initiatives and collegial learning, and you are an inspiration to colleagues and the entire Labor Market Administration.

You are well acquainted with the curriculum for adult education and the national goals. Labor market issues are close to your heart, and you enjoy planning your teaching based on different study paces and study forms.

We are looking for someone who has:

• At least four years of well-documented work with teaching within the school system and a good ability to improve student results.
• Teaching certification with qualifications in English and another subject at the upper secondary level.
• Good digital competence.
• Experience with adult learning and their varying needs.
• Thrives in environments with high variability.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience in adult education.
• Experience working with multilingualism and knowledge- and language-developing approaches.
• Good ability to individualize teaching.

We place great importance on personal qualities.

Working Hours/Duration

Permanent full-time employment. Vacation position.

Start Date

August or by agreement.

Contact Person

Karen Lind, Principal, 0734-66 74 52 karen.lind@trelleborg.se (mailto:karen.lind@trelleborg.se)

Union Organizations (https://www.trelleborg.se/naringsliv-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/fackliga-organisationer/)

Application Deadline

April 7, 2025, via our recruitment system, not by mail or email. We are working with ongoing selection.

In preparation for the recruitment process, the municipality of Trelleborg has carefully considered recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly request not to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Please note that we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with qualification and selection questions. This is for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you applying for a job with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.