Native Language Teacher in Finnish at Lerum Municipality

Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural areas with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 inhabitants but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute drive from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intense 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.

Furthermore, Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large urban municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities regarding schools, healthcare and social care, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business life, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

About the Unit

The Multilingualism Unit organizes native language instruction, study guidance, and reception of newly arrived students. The teachers at the unit teach in 24 different languages. Through collegial learning, we continuously strive to improve and develop pedagogical practice. Our focus is on pedagogical development, professionalism, and job satisfaction.

The unit has meeting rooms and workspaces at Torpskolan, centrally located in Lerum and easily accessible by train/bus.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

Your assignment includes teaching students in native language Finnish for both primary school and upper secondary school. Study guidance may also be part of the role.

You participate with motivation and enthusiasm in the meetings and competence development that occur for your professional learning.

You plan, implement, evaluate, and develop the pedagogical work both independently and together with the work team.

Once a week, the work team meets for collegial learning and development of the operations where you practice, test, and share. The unit is divided into forum groups to create involvement in the unit's common goal picture.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• You have didactic knowledge in Finnish and good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. Native language teacher certification is desirable. For a permanent position, a teaching certificate is required.
• At least upper secondary school education or equivalent is required.
• Knowledge of the steering documents of the Swedish school system.
• The work requires that you are experienced in handling digital tools.

Merits:

• University courses in education.
• Previous teaching experience.
• Driver's license and access to a car are desirable as part of the position is mobile.

To work with children and young people, an extract from the Police's criminal record register is required. You order it yourself via the Police's website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/)

The recruitment process is ongoing during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Employment Terms

• Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
• Duration: 3-6 months.
• 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 operations, 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 have access to a range of benefits, such as fitness allowance and employee care programs. 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 job for authentication in, for example, 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 warmly welcome 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.