Career and Guidance Counselor Wanted at Malmö Latin School

Malmö Latin School is seeking a career and guidance counselor for a temporary position during the spring term of 2026, with a workload of 50%. Depending on your availability, a lower workload, but at least 30%, may also be possible.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will guide and inform students, prospective students, and visitors about study and career opportunities. You will work to increase students' knowledge about themselves, their options, and future paths. Through guidance conversations, follow-up on study plans, and coordination of the school's workplace-based learning (APL), you will create conditions for students to make thoughtful and sustainable choices.

As part of the school's student health team, you will contribute your expertise to support students in their development. You will collaborate with career and guidance counselors throughout the city to strengthen students' understanding of the labor market and education. Together with your colleagues, you will develop guidance and contribute to a learning and sustainable organization.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from a career and guidance counseling program (180 credits)
• Experience working with children and adolescents
• Good knowledge of the school's goals and governing documents
• Good digital competence
• Very good Swedish in spoken and written form.

Meritorious:

• Experience as a career and guidance counselor with a background of working closely with the business community,
• Experience working in high schools or classes in middle schools
• Good experience collaborating with other authorities and being part of various networks.

For this position, you need to be solution-focused and adapt your working methods based on students' needs and changing conditions. With an analytical and pedagogical approach, you see connections and help students explore their possibilities. You have good collaboration skills and contribute to both individual and organizational development. Your work is characterized by a responsive and relational approach, and you plan, organize, and prioritize your work in a structured and efficient manner. You value diversity and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect oneself and others.

About the Workplace

Malmö Latin School is a popular school in central Malmö characterized by a creative and aesthetic environment. Our students are encouraged to feel curiosity, mutual respect, a desire to learn, and to be challenged. Many humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences students choose our school because it is an attractive, fun, open-minded, and stimulating environment. Here you can participate in rock concerts, exhibitions, or live broadcasts from the podcast studio during lunch. The school offers nine higher education preparatory programs with various orientations and profiles. With us, you become part of a vibrant workplace with imaginative expressions alongside engaged and well-educated colleagues.

Want to know more about us?

Visit: Malmö Latin School - Malmö City (https://malmo.se/jobb)

The High School and Adult Education Administration is one of three school administrations in Malmö City. We are responsible for the development and implementation of high school and adult education. Today, we have about 1800 employees and are present throughout Malmö. We work to ensure that young people and adults achieve their educational goals and become active in our society. We exist to create the best possible conditions for Malmö residents to grow through lifelong learning.

The student health of the High School and Adult Education Administration is HBTQI-certified, which strengthens the strategic work aimed at creating a good working environment.

The activities of Malmö City are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we develop an even better city to live, work, and be in; diversity, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

Information about the Position

Employment type: Temporary position during spring term 2026
Workload: Part-time
Number of positions: 1
Start date: 2026-01-07

In this recruitment, we apply continuous selection, but the position will be filled only after the application deadline.

Other

According to the Education Act, a police record extract is required before employment in high schools and adapted high schools. You can order the extract via the Police's website at polisen.se (https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623)

Please note that in Malmö City, we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.

Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity present in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer meeting the needs of Malmö residents.