Teacher for Spanish and English, Grades 7-9 – Vimmerby Municipality

Vimmerby is the small municipality in Småland that has much to offer; in addition to the rich cultural heritage from Astrid Lindgren, the municipality is also characterized by a diverse business life, strong local engagement, active club life, beautiful nature, and a peaceful environment.

Through our core values; Responsibility, courage, and imagination, we work to provide the best possible service and care to Vimmerby Municipality's approx. 15,800 residents, businesses, and all who visit the municipality. These values permeate the municipality's conduct and working methods and are something everyone carries with them in their daily work.

The Child and Education Administration in Vimmerby Municipality is responsible for all pedagogical operations, from preschool to university, and is also responsible for Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) and societal orientation for newly arrived refugees. Our common goal is that Vimmerby Municipality's children and young people should get the best possible conditions to meet the future and develop into creative, curious, and secure individuals.

1 position(s).

DUTIES

As a teacher, you, together with your colleagues, are responsible for planning, implementation, and evaluation of the pedagogical work at your workplace. You are well-versed in the Swedish National Agency for Education's curriculum for compulsory school and are accustomed to working with current goals and quality standards within the compulsory school's operations. You are a good role model and follow the norms and values set by the curriculum, contributing to carrying out and fulfilling the compulsory school's mission with high quality. Your task is to promote each student's learning and development, as well as to create the best possible conditions for students, guardians, and colleagues to thrive and feel secure in the school's operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Astrid Lindgren School is looking for you who is a certified teacher with eligibility to teach Spanish and English in grades 7-9. Together with certified teaching colleagues, we work at the school with heart and competence to meet the differences of all students.

You are well-versed in the compulsory school curriculum, and we would like you to have previous experience in the teaching profession. The position also includes mentorship duties.

To succeed and thrive in the role, we see that you are a secure and stable leader who works to create motivation, engagement, and participation among both students and colleagues. You have a good understanding of people's differences and relate to others in an open and listening manner, both in your teaching and in the school's daily life. In this way, you contribute to creating an open and non-hierarchical collaborative climate where questions and potential challenges can be solved constructively, and where everyone takes joint responsibility for achieving set goals. This approach makes it easy for you to build good and trusting relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues.

Furthermore, we see that you are a responsible person who is secure in planning and structuring your own work based on current goals and quality standards within the compulsory school's operations. At the same time, we value innovative thinking in operations and would like you to be a person who brings ideas and new thoughts that you also put into practice to contribute to the development of both daily work and the operations as a whole.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

Vimmerby Municipality works with competency-based recruitment to ensure a fair and inclusive process where each candidate's competence is in focus. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences and place great emphasis on personal suitability based on the competencies described in the advertisement.

The position will be filled on the condition that no employee with priority rights claims it.

To maintain quality and security in our recruitment, certain checks may become relevant prior to employment. We will inform you about which checks apply to this specific position during the interview.

Before employment, you as a candidate must be able to show a valid ID document and a certificate of no criminal record (personbevis).

Before the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on advertising channels and marketing. Therefore, we decline further contact with media/advertising sales, recruitment sites, and similar.

For contact details of union representatives, email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

We warmly welcome your application!

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