Mother Tongue Teacher in Italian

Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic places with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents but expects to grow significantly in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Recently, Dagens Samhälle awarded Lerum the title of winner in the category of metropolitan municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business, and future factors like digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

The Multilingual Unit organizes mother tongue instruction, study guidance, and the reception of newly arrived students. The teachers in the unit teach in several different languages.

Through collegial learning, we continuously strive to improve and develop pedagogical practice. Our focus is on pedagogical development, professionalism, and joy at work. The unit has meeting rooms and workspaces at the Dergårds area together with Lerum High School, a central location in Lerum that is easily accessible by train/bus.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Your role includes teaching mother tongue Italian in all school forms for both primary and secondary education. Study guidance may also be included in the assignment.

You participate with joy and enthusiasm in the meetings and professional development that occur. You plan, implement, evaluate, and develop the pedagogical work both independently and together with your colleagues and within the work team. Once a week, the work team meets for collegial learning and development of the operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a positive force in the work and has an easy time creating and maintaining good social relationships with those you meet, such as colleagues, students, and guardians. You are developing in your leadership and are a good listener. You are fundamentally a person who easily finds solutions in challenging situations.

You have didactic knowledge in Italian and good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

You are flexible in your pedagogical approach and meet students with respect, encouragement, and high expectations. In your interactions with pedagogical staff at the schools, you are collaborative and solution-oriented while being skilled at conveying what your assignment is.

You care about your own learning and development alongside others. Flexibility and a solution-focused mindset are important, as well as your ability to collaborate and communicate with students, colleagues, school management, and other staff.

The work requires that you have good experience in handling digital tools.

For a permanent position, a teaching license is required.

At least high school eligibility or equivalent is a requirement. Completed SFI and at least SAS basic or equivalent. Higher education is an advantage.

A driver's license and access to a personal car are desirable.

To work with children and youth, an extract from the Police's criminal record is required. You order it yourself via the Police's website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/)

OTHER

The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030.

We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for gender equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and harassment.

We care about a good working environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee with us, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as wellness grants and employee welfare programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be a requirement to use personal Bank-ID in the service for authentication in, for example, system login or other verification.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.

Warm welcome with your application!

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