Substitute Preschool Teacher in Lerum Municipality

Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations 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 undergoing an intensive development 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!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are now looking for a substitute preschool teacher for our preschool in Stenkullen, Åkerslätt. The preschool started its operations on May 2, 2017, and is inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy. The preschool has modern facilities tailored to our educational focus, with five age-divided departments spread over two floors. In Åkerslätt, we also have a department that is open around the clock. Adjacent to the preschool, we have beautiful natural areas and Stenkullen's recreational facilities. The indoor and outdoor environments inspire play, movement, and health. The youngest children have their own outdoor yard and learning environment. With us, children develop a foundation in natural sciences with an extra focus on health and can use up to a hundred different forms of expression.

At Stenkulans preschools, we work based on a common approach that stems from our defined view of children:

"We start from the premise that children are competent knowledge bearers and knowledge creators. Children and educators learn with and from each other, side by side. Everyone has the right to feel successful based on their abilities. Differences enrich. One is not, but becomes, based on the context one is in."

We are now looking for a preschool teacher who, together with the team and other educators, will be responsible for the preschool's mission, which includes learning, development, and care. The position may be extended.

We are looking for someone who is attracted to new working methods and challenges and has a passionate interest in working inspired by Reggio Emilia. If you are drawn to developing the educational environment and following the children's development as they transition departments with increasing age and take on new challenges, this means you will follow the children from their introduction to their transition to school. Then you might be the preschool teacher for us.

We hope you:

• are interested in pedagogical development
• can contribute your experiences from previous work with children
• have a well-considered view of your role as an educator and your view of the child and their learning
• can show both warmth and set boundaries
• have good insight into the preschool curriculum
• are flexible and have strong social skills
• are driven and love challenges

We offer you:

• A dynamic environment where imagination and creativity are given ample space.
• A workplace where children and educators feel a desire to learn, are involved, and have their skills placed in context.
• Good development opportunities in the work.
• Support from a special educator
• Free pedagogical meals
• Work clothes
• Wellness allowance

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a licensed preschool teacher and has good collaboration skills, is open, flexible, positive, and creative. It is an advantage if you have experience working in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool environment. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

It is also advantageous if you have experience working with alternative communication such as TAKK.

At our workplace, we encourage diversity and equality.

Selection and interviews will take place continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. Welcome with your application.

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 allowances and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

As an employee of 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!

In preparation for this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly ask not to be contacted for further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.