English Teacher for Grades 7-9 at Vittra Örebro

Vittra Schools, one of Sweden's leading independent school companies with 24 preschools and primary schools across the country. Together, we are responsible for approximately 8000 children and students and have about 1000 employees. We started our first school in 1993 and have been part of AcadeMedia, the largest education 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 with our unique pedagogical direction based on three components: conscious learning, courageous culture, and clear structure.

About the Assignment

Vittra Örebro has been a newly established school since August 2022, with 153 students distributed in grades 6-9. The school operates at Karlsgatan 30, centrally located in Örebro. For the 2026-27 school year, we are looking for a qualified English teacher for grades 7-9 at 50%. The position can be combined with another subject.

About Vittra

At Vittra, you will encounter an organization with strong commitment, high quality, and lots of joy. You 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, based on collegial learning and the individual needs of the students. Together, we build a safe and challenging environment where everyone can develop based on their own conditions, both students and adults.

At Vittra, we believe in conscious learning, a courageous culture, and community-oriented teaching 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 is done, among other things, in connection with local and global goals. It is important to us that students practice and learn to think for themselves, express themselves to become more aware of their learning and development.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a qualified and authorized English teacher for grades 7-9 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 belong to a working team, and it is important that you are interested in participating in and contributing to collegial learning.

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 will become part of 23 other Vittra schools in central and southern Sweden with a clear and common working method. This provides an opportunity to influence both the school's and your own development.

The position as an English teacher for grades 7-9 is 50%, starting in August 2026. The position can be advantageously combined with another subject, thereby increasing the position. We apply a 6-month probationary period. Individual salary setting, collective agreement exists.

If you have questions about the position, please contact Deputy Principal Aligul Erkisi; phone number 076-140 46 19 email: [email protected], or Principal Magdalena Iljans; phone number 076-1156846 email [email protected]

We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, and the position may be filled before the application period has expired, so do not wait with your application.

Please attach your teaching certification with a list of qualifications. A police record extract 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!