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Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural areas 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 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.

Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, 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!

The Multilingualism Unit organizes mother tongue 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, a central location in Lerum that is easily accessible by train/bus.

1 Position(s)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your assignment includes teaching students in the mother tongue subject of Danish for primary school. Mother tongue instruction at the upper secondary level may also occur. Study guidance may also be part of the role.

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

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

The work team meets once a week 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

We are looking for you who is a positive force at work and has an easy time creating and maintaining good social relationships with those you meet, such as colleagues, students, and guardians. You are developmental in your leadership and employee relations.

You are flexible in your pedagogical approach and meet students with respect, encouragement, and high expectations. In meetings with pedagogical staff at schools, you are collaborative and solution-oriented, while also being skilled at communicating what your assignment entails.

Requirements:

• You have didactic knowledge in Danish and good knowledge of Swedish, both in speech and writing. Mother tongue teacher certification is desirable. For a permanent position, a teacher's license is required.
• At least upper secondary education or equivalent is a requirement.
• Knowledge of the steering documents of the Swedish school system.
• The work requires that you are experienced in handling digital tools.

Merits:

• University courses towards education.
• Previous teaching experience.
• Driver's license and access to a personal car are desirable as part of the role 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 type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.
Working hours: Daytime.

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 will have access to a range of benefits, such as a fitness allowance and an employee welfare 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 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 of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.