Job Openings for Physical Education Teachers

We aim to become a leading school city, and to achieve this, we need the best teachers! As a physical education teacher, you create good habits and contribute to ensuring that our students have the right conditions to achieve their goals. Through activities like dodgeball, floorball, and outdoor days, you inspire movement joy and lifelong health!

Your Responsibilities

You plan and implement modern and creative teaching and find strategies to reach each student and strengthen their development both academically and socially. By leading and motivating your students, you create an environment where they feel safe to explore their physical abilities and develop a healthy lifestyle.

You emphasize the importance of regular physical activity and help students understand how it can contribute to their well-being and performance in school. By adapting your teaching to individual needs and abilities, you ensure that every student has the opportunity to grow and develop in the subject.

You plan, implement, and evaluate the educational work together with your colleagues based on the school's governing documents and the students' needs. Together, you work for a good learning and working environment for both students and staff, and you actively participate in the school's development work.

Current Needs

Job openings are updated continuously. Start HT 2026, unless otherwise stated.

• F-6, S:ta Gertruds School, Physical Education 50% and 50% other subject (link (https://skola.vasteras.se/grundskolor/sta-gertruds-skola.html))
• F-9, Gäddeholm School
• 1-6, Hammarby School, 50% Physical Education and Health, 50% Wood and Metal Craft, grades 3-6, school year 26/27
• 7-9, Kristiansborg School
• 7-9 Kristiansborg School, temporary position for parental leave, school year 26/27
• F-6, Malmaberg School
• F-6, Norra Vallby School
• 7-9, Rönnby School, temporary position 2026-08-10 to 2027-06

Read more about our schools here: Primary School - Västerås (https://www.vasteras.se/barn-och-utbildning/grundskola.html#letter/S)

Your Qualifications

You are a certified teacher in primary school with qualifications in Physical Education and Health. It is an advantage if you are qualified in another subject. You are comfortable using compensatory aids in your work to meet students' needs, and digital tools are a natural part of your teaching.

With a secure pedagogical leadership, engagement, and clarity, you create participation, trust, and good collaborations with students, guardians, and colleagues. You are structured and plan, organize, and prioritize your work while flexibly adapting teaching to students' needs and changing conditions. Collaboration is a natural part of your work, both in planning and in sharing knowledge and experiences.

We Offer

Among our employees, there is a diversity of knowledge, and we actively work to develop forms for collegial learning. You will become part of a large school organization with opportunities for new challenges without having to change employers. We offer various forms of professional development such as training, networks, mentorship, and opportunities for career paths as a lead teacher or lecturer. We also have a trainee program for future school leaders.

Here, you will be part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we show initiative in both big and small matters. We live our values in our interactions with each other and those we serve. Every day, all year round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with your approximately 11,500 colleagues around the city, you will have Sweden's most important job.

Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offerings here: Jobs and Careers (https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarri%C3%A4r)

Recruitment Process

We have a central and common recruitment process for teachers in primary school. Positions are filled continuously based on the needs of the schools, and the advertisement is updated regularly with available positions. When you submit your application, you will have the opportunity to express your school preferences, and if you proceed after an interview, you can visit the schools that match current needs.

If you are not a qualified teacher, your application may be forwarded to principals with temporary positions available.

If you already work as a teacher at our schools today but are interested in changing units, you need to apply here. However, you do not need to go through the entire recruitment process.

When you make your application, you fill out a survey and have the opportunity to indicate which school or schools you are interested in. In your application, we would like you to attach:

• CV
• Your teaching certification including qualification list

If you have questions, feel free to contact us!

Welcome with your application!

Additional Information

Before you can be employed, you need to present an approved extract from the police's criminal record.

In connection with the interview, you need to verify your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a personal certificate along with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required under the Aliens Ordinance. All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined.