Licensed Swedish Teacher for Vittra Örebro

Vittra Schools, one of Sweden's leading independent school companies, operates 24 preschools and primary schools across the country. Together, we are responsible for approximately 8000 children and students and have around 1000 employees. We started our first school in 1993 and have been part of AcadeMedia, the largest educational company in the Nordic region, since 2008.

Vittra is a socially engaged preschool and primary school where children and students learn about themselves and the world. With us, conscious children and students are shaped, equipped with the right tools and knowledge to create a better and more sustainable society. We achieve this through our unique pedagogical direction based on three components: conscious learning, courageous culture, and clear structure.

Vittra Örebro is a newly established school since August 2022, with 153 students in grades 6-9. The school operates at Karlsgatan 30, centrally located in Örebro. For the 2025-26 school year, we are looking for a qualified Swedish teacher for grades 6-9.

About Vittra

At Vittra, you will encounter an organization with strong commitment, high quality, and lots of joy. You will work in a stimulating and safe environment, with close pedagogical relationships between adults and children. At Vittra, we have high expectations of ourselves and our collective work, which is based on collegial learning and the individual needs of the students. Together, we build a safe and challenging environment where everyone can develop according to their own conditions, both students and adults.

At Vittra, we believe in conscious learning, a courageous culture, and a community-oriented education where students engage with society outside of school in various ways. In our teaching, we weave in current societal issues and explore what happens beyond the school walls. This occurs, for example, through editorial work and projects linked to local and global goals. It is important to us that students practice and learn to think for themselves, express themselves to make a difference.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a licensed and qualified teacher in Swedish for grades 6-9 who, together with future colleagues and new students, wants to help create a positive school culture at Vittra Örebro.

You need to be a confident and clear leader with a focus on students' goal fulfillment. We see you as a teacher who builds your teaching on close pedagogical relationships with students and who is passionate about meeting students in their individual development based on their experiences, prior knowledge, needs, and abilities. The position includes being a class teacher.

At Vittra, we strive for an interdisciplinary approach that gives students a holistic view and understanding of how different subjects and reality are interconnected. To enable such meaningful learning and development, you will be part of a work team, and it is important that you are interested in participating in and contributing to collegial learning.

At Vittra, we want to be at the forefront regarding digital tools for increased goal fulfillment, so it is an advantage if you are interested in and have experience using IT in your teaching, such as Google Apps for Education.

We Offer

We offer a developing work environment with many career paths. Vittra has a training program consisting of various external and internal training sessions, including a leadership development program for team leaders and networking meetings for lead teachers. As a teacher with us, you become part of 23 other Vittra schools in central and southern Sweden with a clear and common working method. This provides the opportunity to influence both the school's and your own development.

The position as a Swedish teacher is 100% and will commence in August 2025. We apply a 6-month probationary period. Individual salary setting, collective agreements are in place.

If you have questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact Assistant Principal Aligul Erkisi; phone number 076-140 46 19 email: [email protected], or Principal Magdalena Iljans; phone number 076-1156846 email: [email protected].

We interview continuously, and the position may be filled before the application period has expired, so do not wait to submit your application.

Please attach your teaching license with a list of qualifications. A criminal record extract from the police is mandatory to sign the employment contract.

Want to Know More About Us?

If you want to know more about Vittra, you can visit our website, www.vittra.se or visit the school's own website, https://vittra.se/orebro/. We also have a film about Vittra's operations that you can find at www.youtube.com/vittrakanalen.

Warm welcome to submit your application!