Teacher for the Introduction Programme 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 residents but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is located just a 20-minute drive from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intensive development with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Dagens Samhälle has also recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large urban 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, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

About the Role

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

With approximately 1,350 students, Lerum Upper Secondary School is an attractive and popular school with a strong value base focusing on safety, attendance, and challenges. The school is characterized by breadth and specialization. We have nine national programs, an adapted upper secondary program, and the Introduction Programs, 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's center and train station.

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Responsibilities

We are looking for a confident and creative teacher in Swedish and English (preferably with additional subjects) for the Introduction Programs, where you will have your workplace and affiliation. In addition to teaching your subjects, you will lead study sessions and participate in our two-teacher system, where you attend other teachers' lessons to support students. You will work closely with your work team in the Introduction Program (IM) and also be part of a subject group that meets regularly for knowledge exchange. At IM, observation and pedagogical discussions are a natural part of teaching development.

The role also includes shared mentorship for a class together with one of your closest colleagues. Mentorship is a major part of the work at IM, involving close communication with mentee students, guardians, student health services, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a certified teacher and qualified to teach Swedish and English at the compulsory school or upper secondary level. We place special emphasis on your didactic competence and your active work with adaptations in learning environments, as well as experience with students in need of support.

It is important that you are a strong team player who, together with your colleagues in the work team, works to ensure that students reach as far as possible in their knowledge and life development. Your mentorship is characterized by a strong commitment to the whole person, and you understand the value of active mentorship in contact with the student and their guardians.

You see collaboration with other teachers and student health services as a natural prerequisite for developing your teaching to meet students' needs. You value your own learning and development together with others.

Employment Conditions

Selection and interviews take place on an ongoing basis. Start date August 12 or by agreement.

The position may be filled subject to necessary decisions being made.

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

About Lerum Municipality

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 treatment.

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 an employee wellness program. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://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 role for authentication, for example, in 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 look forward to receiving 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.