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Stockholm – our capital city filled with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Culture is an important part of Stockholm's nervous system and touches millions of people every year. At the Department of Culture, we work together to strengthen cultural life in Stockholm.

We have an open working climate where employees are highly involved in development. Join us and contribute to Stockholm growing with culture!

The Culture School has operations throughout the city of Stockholm; see address and location in the job description.

Welcome to the Culture School

In our world, culture is important. We need spaces for culture. Places that give room for play, creativity, and dreams. Rooms where one can discover, develop, and express oneself. Rooms for imagination!

In the Culture School, children and young people between the ages of 6 and 22 have this space. Here they get the opportunity for their own creation in their spare time in one of the Culture School's many subjects within music, singing, theater, musical, dance, circus, art, and media. Through various events, large and small, students can perform in front of an audience. The teaching is given in own premises, with professional equipment, as well as in schools throughout Stockholm.

Your role

• Piano, singing, and musical.
• Take responsibility for your student groups and work for good contact with the students and their families.
• In consultation with the manager, be responsible for scheduling and follow-up of the schedule, as well as the administration required for the task.
• Together with the manager, colleagues, and students, plan and actively participate in activities based on the Culture School's goals and commitments, such as outward-facing activities, concerts, performances.
• Actively participate in meetings and further education.

Your qualifications and experience

We are looking for you who have:

• A university-level education in music pedagogy with singing as the main subject.

Knowledge and experience of teaching:

• in groups. By group teaching, we mean a pronounced group methodology that is based on the individual student's as well as the group's development.
• of all ages that the Culture School targets.
• at both basic and advanced levels.
• in piano.

It is highly meritorious if you have experience of teaching in musical and/or choir.

You should have pedagogical insight and good cooperation skills, as well as be self-reliant and proactive. It is also important that you have good general digital competence and are accustomed to structuring your work independently. Personal suitability will also play a role in the recruitment process.

Conditions

Afternoon and evening work. Working days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Weekend work may occur. The position is located in Rinkeby (1 day per week) and on Kungsholmen (3 days a week). An extract from the criminal record must be presented before employment.

Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

The position may be filled immediately after the application period has ended. A trial lesson may occur as part of the recruitment process.

The Department of Culture

The Department of Culture works to ensure that the cultural offering in Stockholm consists of a variety of different expressions, offerings, and opportunities, while simultaneously containing both breadth and excellence. The Department of Culture is responsible for the majority of the municipally driven cultural activities and provides support to the free cultural life.

The Department of Culture has approximately 1,000 employees and includes the Culture School, Stockholm City Library, Liljevalchs Art Hall, Stockholm Art, and the City Museum. The Events Department arranges large public events such as the Stockholm Culture Festival. The Department of Culture's activities have approximately 11 million visitors every year.

A challenge for the Department of Culture is to reach a broader audience, and groups that we do not reach today. Everyone should feel welcome in our activities, which places high demands on the employees' competence and engagement. We work actively with sustainability and strive for gender equality and diversity. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at looking at each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.

We recruit without a cover letter to strengthen the focus on competence and experience for this role. When you submit your application, you will answer a number of questions. We would like you to answer the questions concretely and concisely, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV. When we assess your application, we base it on your CV and the questions you have answered. After the last application day, we go through all applications.

Here you can read more about the Department of Culture. The Department of Culture invests in and prioritizes digital competence and offers competence development for all employees.

Read more about our benefits here, and read more about what it is like to work in the City of Stockholm.