Mother Tongue Teacher in Vietnamese

Do you want a meaningful role where you help students develop and preserve their mother tongue? Are you attracted to being part of an engaged team passionate about mother tongue education? Do you want a varied job where you can control and take responsibility for your time and tasks? Then apply for the role of mother tongue teacher in Vietnamese today!

The position is a temporary contract of 30 percent between February and March. There may be a possibility for extension.

Your mission

In the role of mother tongue teacher, you will teach primary and secondary school students whose mother tongue is Vietnamese. You are responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the teaching based on the curriculum. You will use digital tools and adapt the teaching according to the students' needs, interests, and conditions. You will follow up, assess, grade, and document students' knowledge development. Additionally, attendance reporting, dialogue with guardians, and study guidance for newly arrived students may be included as needed.

As a teacher in the Mother Tongue Unit in Nacka, you will be mobile and have workplaces at several different schools in the municipality. You control and are responsible for your time and tasks. Remote or distance teaching is not applicable.

Your experience

For this position, you are required to have:

• Teaching certification with subject competence as a mother tongue teacher in Vietnamese
• Vietnamese as your mother tongue
• Good knowledge and understanding of the values and knowledge perspective of the curriculum
• Good digital competence with experience working with digital pedagogical tools
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish both orally and in writing.

It is advantageous if you also have:

• Knowledge of the syllabus in the subject of mother tongue
• Experience and knowledge in pedagogical planning, assessment, and grading
• Experience in teaching students and adapting teaching according to different ages and knowledge levels.

Is this you?

To succeed in the role of mother tongue teacher, it is important that you have both the interest and ability to collaborate, communicate, and create good relationships with students, guardians, colleagues, and schools. You are clear and communicative, both in writing and verbally. You have the ability to independently plan and take responsibility for your time and tasks. Since teaching takes place outside the students' regular schedule and at different schools in the municipality, it is important that you are flexible. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We offer

The Mother Tongue Unit in Nacka is a municipal unit belonging to the Sickla principal area. We work to maintain and develop multilingualism among children and youth. Our mission is to provide students with a mother tongue other than Swedish the best conditions to achieve their goals. Through teaching, students have the opportunity to develop their spoken and written language, which strengthens their confidence in their language ability and provides tools to express themselves in different contexts and for various purposes. The teaching also promotes a comparative perspective on languages and cultures. Learn more about us here

As a mother tongue teacher with us, we offer you an exciting, inspiring, and varied job where you have great opportunities to plan your workday. You will be part of a wonderful team where everyone is passionate about mother tongue education and ensuring that students can engage with and continue to develop their mother tongue. To give you the best start with us, we also offer you a mentor who works as a mother tongue teacher.

Interested?

We recruit without a personal letter and assess applications based on your CV and your answers to questions you will need to respond to during the application process. Selection and interviews may occur continuously during the application period. Welcome with your application by 2026-01-26!

A background check may be applied. The position is filled on the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation.

Please visit Nacka's municipal schools and preschools career page here

Nacka is one of Sweden's most attractive and reputable municipalities. With a focus on goals, results, sustainable employee engagement, and continuous development, Nacka strives to be the best at being a municipality. Nacka municipality is the employer for you who innovates and makes a difference with great freedom.