Preschool Assistant for Skärholmen's Preschools

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Skärholmen district administration is one of Stockholm's 11 district administrations and includes the neighborhoods of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. More than 1,000 employees work here for our 37,000 residents. We offer a municipal operation that we are proud of, and we have a fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution!

Welcome to Us

In Skärholmen's municipal preschools, we provide our children with the tools they need to live and develop in a constantly changing world.

Based on this, we have chosen to prioritize language, democracy, and health in our development work, where play forms the platform that permeates our education and teaching.

Preschool Unit 5 in Vårberg belongs to the Skärholmen district administration. Vårberg is a multicultural area with apartment buildings, townhouses, and villas. Our target groups are children with guardians from all over the world. The unit has about 210 children, the majority of whom are multilingual. The unit is led by a principal and unit manager, and it has access to a pedagogical development leader and special educator.

The preschool is the place where children begin their journey within the education system. For the first time, children encounter a larger social arena than family and friends. It is a great responsibility that rests on all of us working in preschool, and we must provide children with good experiences of their first encounter with preschool. This is where we lay the foundation for joy and the desire to play and learn throughout life. The unit has agreed on an overarching theme that will permeate the education and teaching that children encounter every day: "Joy, play, and joyful learning with language at the center,” which aligns well with the district's prioritized goals in the operational plan.

The unit consists of the following preschools:

• Rönnholmsgränd 42
• Vårbergsvägen 64
• Torpgläntan 8

We Offer

• Scheduled planning and reflection time, both individually and with the work team
• Collegial learning with the other preschool teachers and childcare workers in the unit
• Special educational guidance from a special educator
• Personal learning tablet to facilitate smooth communication and documentation
• Educational meals
• Work clothes for outdoor use
• Wellness allowance

Your Role

As a preschool assistant, you are an important part of the work team, and together with your colleagues, you contribute to ensuring that the days in preschool form a whole where play, learning, and care go hand in hand. You are active, engaged, and contribute your skills to the pedagogical development work based on the preschool's curriculum and the goals of the operation. You help ensure that everyday life in preschool runs smoothly and that care and daily pedagogical work are based on children's participation and engagement.

Together with other colleagues at the preschool, you create a positive, meaningful, and developing learning environment for each child and for the entire group of children. You actively participate in the pedagogical development work – planning, implementing, documenting, reflecting, following up, and evaluating the preschool's education and teaching. You participate and contribute to collaboration with guardians in both smaller and larger contexts, such as parent meetings and development conversations.

Together with colleagues, you want to help create accessible and inviting learning environments for play, development, and learning. You have knowledge and ideas about how you and your colleagues can realize the goals and values of the curriculum. You are flexible and want to work with children of all ages.

Your Competence and Experience

A high school education in child and youth studies or another education that the employer deems equivalent is required. You must also be able to express yourself very well in both spoken and written Swedish.

It is an advantage if you have experience with language-developing methods, using play as an important tool in preschool education and teaching, and developing inspiring and inviting learning environments together with the children and colleagues.

As a person, you are engaged, flexible, and responsible. You have a clear child focus, a positive attitude, and want to make a difference for the children and families you meet in preschool. You collaborate with children, colleagues, and guardians in a responsive and smooth manner and listen, communicate, and handle conflicts constructively. You act in accordance with decisions made, the curriculum, goals, policies, and guidelines. You are calm, stable, and have the ability to focus on the right things. We are looking for one or more preschool assistants for permanent employment.

Interviews will be conducted continuously, and you are warmly welcome to submit your application today.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination.