Preschool Teacher at Melskogsvägens Preschool

Are you a preschool teacher who enjoys a large pedagogical freedom, present leadership, and the forest as your closest neighbor? Welcome to Melskogsvägens Preschool – where we care for both children's learning and educators' sustainable work life.

Your Responsibilities

As a preschool teacher, you have the overall pedagogical responsibility for education and teaching. You lead a team consisting of three childcare workers, and together you create a safe and stimulating environment based on the curriculum. Your mission is characterized by professional freedom where you have ample space to shape the teaching. You are expected to be a good pedagogical leader who collaborates relationally with both children, colleagues, and guardians.

To provide you with the right conditions, we have structured time for reflection every week. You have one hour set aside for collaboration with other preschool teachers in the building and one hour for planning together with your closest team. In addition to this, you also have your own planning time as a preschool teacher. We work thematically with a particular focus on language development, and we value teamwork and helping each other across departments.

Your Workplace

The preschools in the Sturefors, Bestorp, and Brokind areas are close to nature, and our guiding principles are Engagement, Competence, and Joy at Work. The vision for all preschools in Linköping municipality is "We make every child succeed!".

The current position is at Melskogsvägens Preschool, located in the same building as Brokinds School, within walking distance to forests and other stimulating play environments. We have a close collaboration in the building and open and close together. The preschool also has a furnished preschool bus that travels to various excursion destinations – a unique asset that inspires new learning environments.

As a preschool teacher in the area, you become part of a team that is constantly learning and developing. You have access to present leadership and strong support functions in the form of special educators, lead preschool teachers, health inspirators, ICT coordinators, and cultural representatives. We care for your professional development through regular training and conduct annual surveys of placement wishes to create the best possible conditions for you.

We want to create a sustainable work life through favorable conditions such as extended partial parental leave, generous wellness compensation, and free parking. The school has its own kitchen where our fantastic chefs prepare meals from scratch, providing opportunities for pedagogical meals for 20 SEK per day. Thanks to its location, Melskogsvägens Preschool has good commuting options by both bus and car from Linköping, Åtvidaberg, and Kinda municipalities.

Who We Are Looking For

Primarily, we are looking for someone with a preschool teacher's license. Secondly, we are looking for someone with a diploma from a preschool teacher education program. Alternatively, you may be at the end of your preschool teacher education.

It is a requirement that you have experience working with children in a curriculum-driven preschool through practice, employment, or volunteer work.

You have good communication skills in spoken and written Swedish. This is necessary because, according to the curriculum (Lpfö18), you must organize and carry out the work so that the child receives support in their language and communication development. You are responsible for ensuring that each child can use the Swedish language in a rich and nuanced way.

In your role as a preschool teacher, you create good relationships and collaborate well with children, colleagues, guardians, and other contacts in the community relevant to your profession. You have a good understanding of people's differences and relate to them in a responsive manner in teaching and the everyday life of the preschool. You lead the work with both children and colleagues through motivation, engagement, and participation. The role also involves working with current goals and quality standards for the preschool together with your colleagues.

In this recruitment process, we use language tests in the selection.

Additional Information

When applying for a position in Linköping municipality, you register your application by logging in via e-identification (such as BankID or FrejaID) instead of using an email address. If you lack e-identification, please contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and they will help you register your application.

Start Date: By agreement

Employment Type: Permanent Employment
To be eligible for permanent employment, a preschool teacher's license must be presented; until then, a fixed-term employment applies.

Employment Rate: 100%

Number of Vacant Positions: 1

Ref. No: 16600

In this application, you do not attach a personal letter. If you have an issued preschool teacher's license and qualification list, please attach these as files along with your application documents when applying for the position. If you are a qualified preschool teacher but have not yet applied for a preschool teacher's license, please attach your educational certificate. If you are in training to become a preschool teacher, attach a study certificate for the courses completed so far at a college or university.

Your engagement makes us better
Within Linköping municipality, there are many opportunities, a wealth of knowledge, and various responsibilities. We work together where your sense of responsibility is a valuable driving force. With your engagement, you contribute to making Linköping even better.