Vacant job

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Job Responsibilities

As a Senior Teacher at Höjaskolan, you play a key role in driving pedagogical development forward and contributing to raising the quality of teaching across the entire school. Your assignment places a strong focus on collegial learning, where you actively share your subject knowledge and professionally recognized expertise with your colleagues.

You take special and overarching responsibility for leading and developing subject didactics and subject development in Swedish, Swedish as a Second Language (SSL), and Social Studies (SO). Through your strong commitment, you inspire others and become a driving force in the school's joint work to develop and refine teaching methods, always with student goal achievement and study results in focus.

Qualifications

To be considered for the role, you must be a certified primary school teacher (Grades F–3) with qualifications in Swedish, Swedish as a Second Language (SSL), and Social Studies (SO). Having qualifications in additional subjects is seen as a plus. You must be able to communicate at a high level in Swedish, both orally and in writing. In your professional role, you have demonstrated a particular ability to improve students' study results, and you are driven by a strong interest in developing teaching. It is also highly meritorious if you have previous experience working as a Senior Teacher or if you have previously led various development processes within the school's operations.

To be considered for the Senior Teacher position, you must be able to document, through records, at least four years of well-regarded work after graduation involving teaching within one or more employments in the school system. Furthermore, we would appreciate experience in driving pedagogical development processes based on systematic quality work.

Naturally, you have a professional attitude and work towards building good relationships with our students, their guardians, and all your colleagues at the school.

We look forward to receiving your application!

About the Workplace

Höjaskolan is a Grades F-9 school with approximately 520 students and 70 employees in the eastern part of Malmö. We stand for a collaborative culture that permeates the entire operation, where collegial learning is central. We are making a long-term investment in the development of teaching, and we have a clear structure for continuous joint monitoring of operations. What our employees describe as distinctive about us is a welcoming and supportive environment where one can develop professionally in collaboration with a school leadership that both sees and hears its staff. Here, you should never feel alone in your teaching profession. We value that everyone, both students and staff, should be proud of their school and feel the joy of learning. Our strength is the diversity among our students and the commitment of our well-educated staff.

The Primary School Administration – the city's largest administration with approximately 80 schools, 6,300 employees, and 36,000 students – offers a workplace for everyone. Here, we want to grow, develop, and challenge ourselves in our learning together – every day. We ensure that everyone gets a good working environment and invest in leadership. Together, we all work for the best school for every student!

Malmö City's operations are organized into 14 administrations. Our joint mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with the people of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

Read about Malmö City as an employer here: malmo.se/jobb

Information about the position

Employment type: Fixed-term contract until 2027-06-16

Scope: Full-time

Number of positions: 1

Start date: 2026-08-10

Other

Please note that Malmö City has removed the personal cover letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker. Your answers will become an important part of our selection work.

According to the Education Act, a certificate of good conduct (extract from the police record) is required for employment in preschools, schools, and school-age care. The form to order the extract can be found at: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/)

Malmö City strives for its employees to represent the diversity found in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us, as an employer, meeting the needs of the people of Malmö.

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