Teacher in Social Studies and Sociology at Lerum Upper Secondary School

Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural settings with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 inhabitants but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is located just a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intense development with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure both good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Furthermore, Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as schools, healthcare and social care, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business life, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

Lerum Upper Secondary School is to be one of the region's most attractive upper secondary schools and a natural choice for young people in Lerum. We are now looking for you who, together with students, staff, and school leadership, want to be part of this work.

With approximately 1,200 students, Lerum Upper Secondary School is an attractive and popular school with a strong value base focusing on security, attendance, and challenges. The school is characterized by breadth and specialization. We have nine national programs, special upper secondary education, and IM, divided into five school units, each led by a principal. The school also has an administrative director and an operations director for coordination. Teachers are organized in work teams around the students in the different programs. The upper secondary school is located in a fantastic environment, with a green park area, right next to the Säveån river, just a few minutes' walk from Lerum center and the train station.

1 position(s).

Job Description

The position is planned for the academic year 2026-2027 and involves teaching in social studies and sociology, 80 percent. In the future, the position may include other subjects and courses, depending on qualifications. Social studies will continue to be the foundation of the position.

The role includes being a mentor for a class. You will also be part of a work team.

Selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have subject competence and a teaching license in social studies and another subject. It is important that you are a pronounced team player who, together with your colleagues in the work team, works to ensure that students reach as far as possible. Your mentoring is characterized by a great commitment to the whole person, and you understand the value of active mentoring in contact with the student and guardians.

You see collaboration with other teachers and resource persons (school librarian, study and career counselor, student health care staff) as a matter of course and a prerequisite for student success. You also value your own learning and development together with others. We also place great emphasis on flexibility and solution-focus, and that you can collaborate and communicate with students, colleagues, school leadership, and other staff.

Employment Terms

• Employment type: Permanent position
• Duration: Permanent
• Working hours: Daytime

The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our management is based on the global goals in 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 offensive behavior.

We value a good work environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as a fitness allowance and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be requirements to use personal Bank-ID in the position for authentication in, for example, system logins or other verification.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.

We warmly welcome your application!

In connection with this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly decline to be contacted for further offers regarding competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.