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Do you want to work with mapping to ensure our students receive the right support and adjustments? As a substitute special educator with us, you can make a significant difference and contribute to more students completing their education. Welcome to us at the Center for Adult Education!

Your responsibilities

As a special educator, you will be part of our study team, contributing the special educational perspective regarding preventive measures and adjustments. You will further map, analyze, and document students' needs for support and adjustments. Another of your tasks is to mentor and support teachers at the various schools (both within the municipality's own administration and the authorized schools) within the municipal adult education to increase knowledge development and higher goal fulfillment.

You are expected to work both independently and in groups, as well as in close collaboration with other functions at the workplace. Furthermore, you will also work with information for groups, marketing in various contexts, development work, environmental scanning, and other tasks.

The target group studying within adult education is heterogeneous.

Adult education offers both classroom and distance learning. Since most courses are conducted online, you need to be well-versed in digital tools. The role of special educator requires great innovation and engagement to meet the needs of our different target groups. The assignment is dynamic and places high demands on flexibility and the ability to adapt to new circumstances with short notice.

The position is a parental leave substitute from 2026-09-01 to 2027-04-30.

Your workplace

The Center for Adult Education is a unit that consolidates the municipality-wide functions and authority exercise of adult education in Linköping Municipality, providing conditions for effective leadership, control, and operational follow-up.

The unit is led by the area manager and principal, who are tasked with consolidating and developing various assignments within adult education: admission to adult education, study and career guidance, quality follow-up, communication, information, and outreach activities, support services, operational follow-up, and evaluation of authorized adult education. The Center for Adult Education is tasked with ensuring the quality of the education provided by the education providers that have agreements with Linköping Municipality. This assignment includes systematically and continuously following up on the schools' adult education, analyzing results, and ensuring that current agreements are followed, and based on that, planning and creating materials for further development of adult education.

You who apply

We are looking for you who have a degree in special education and who need to be well-versed in the Swedish education system. It is meritorious if you have previous experience of adult learning and experience of working with several different assignments simultaneously. It is also meritorious if you have experience and knowledge of second language acquisition and ADHD/ASD (NPF).

You preferably have experience of working in a politically governed organization as we work systematically and result-oriented according to the board's goals. You have good knowledge of IT-based technology and digital tools. We would like to see that you have experience of driving various development issues within your profession and that you actively want and can contribute to the development of our operations.

You are self-reliant, responsible, and accustomed to driving your work both on your own and together with others. Through a conscious approach, you create security, trust, and good relationships. You see connections and prioritize the right questions, listen in, and create understanding while you act and are flexible in changes. Since the position involves a lot of communication and many contact surfaces, it is a requirement that you have good knowledge of Swedish, both orally and in writing. It is of great importance that you show personal maturity, have the ability to distinguish between the professional and the private, and that you have the ability to meet people based on their individual conditions.

Apply today!

Other information

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Start date: 2026-09-01 or as agreed

Employment type: Fixed-term employment from 2026-09-01 to 2027-04-30

Employment level: 100%

Number of vacant positions: 1

Ref. no: 17402

You do not attach a personal letter to this application

We make it possible for you to succeed

With your contribution, we can achieve greater success together. Therefore, as an employer, we want you to thrive and have the best conditions to succeed in your assignment within Linköping Municipality. We want you to be able to develop and reach your full potential!