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Do you want to make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a secure and inspiring environment. We offer you a workplace built on trust, where you can develop professionally and grow as a person. We look forward to receiving your application!

About the Position

We are now looking for a Crafts Teacher who wants to be part of our team at Staffansskolan Staffan and Brynäs, starting in the autumn term of 2026. These two school buildings are centrally located in Gävle, covering grades Preschool Class to Year 6. Staffanskolan Brynäs has new, beautiful facilities and a pleasant outdoor environment for all students in grades 3–6. Staffanskolan Staffans offers activities for all students from grades F–2, with adaptations and space for the needs of younger children.

The school also has hearing-impaired classes. Here, we have a diversity of languages and cultures that provide opportunities for different working methods and approaches. To give our students the best conditions for success and to ensure the school is accessible to all students, our starting point is an NPF-safe school with a strong focus on digitalization.

We value student participation and influence in both teaching and other contexts where the student is present. In daily life at our school, many good encounters are created that strengthen students' social competence. Secure, clear adults provide a calm environment with peace and joy in work. At our school, it is important that all staff are aware and work based on the school's value base.

If you feel you would like to be involved in continuing to develop Staffansskolan Staffan and Brynäs together with us, we look forward to your application!

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

Do you want to awaken the joy of creation and creativity in the next generation?

We are looking for an engaged crafts teacher who wants to help develop teaching in a subject that combines creativity, craftsmanship, and problem-solving. The assignment includes planning, implementing, and following up on teaching in accordance with current regulatory documents, as well as creating an inclusive and stimulating learning environment for all students. You challenge and support the students so that they achieve good academic results and adapt your teaching based on all students' needs and prerequisites. The work is performed in collaboration with other educators, student health services, guardians, and other actors outside the school.

Qualifications

In this role, you actively contribute to a culture where we together take responsibility for creating the best conditions for students' learning and development. You are happy to share your ideas, take in other people's perspectives, and see collegial learning as a natural part of the assignment.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has teacher certification with eligibility to teach crafts in grades 3–6.
• Is familiar with and has knowledge of the curriculum for compulsory school.
• Has the ability to express yourself well in the Swedish language, both orally and in writing, as this is required in the work in dialogue with colleagues, guardians, and students.
• Has experience and knowledge of working with digital tools.

To succeed in the role, you have:

• A natural ability to lead and motivate students and to make them happy and well.
• The ability to create trusting relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues, and has a good and non-hierarchical approach in your way of collaborating.
• An inclusive working style that makes every student feel a sense of belonging and security.
• The ability to create calm and clarity in both groups and in meetings with individual students.
• Curiosity and creativity, open to new solutions.
• The ability to plan and organize your work well.

Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis, so apply today!

The final candidate must be able to present a criminal record extract from the police for work within school or preschool. This should not be attached to your application.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent, Start date: 2026-08-12.

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee in Gävle Municipality, you have:

• Generous vacation conditions, and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid vacation already during your first year of employment.
• Compensation for fitness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months.
• Several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example, sickness insurance and work injury insurance are included.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our Value Base

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our assignment in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle Municipality here: https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization: https://www.gavle.se/organisation (https://www.gavle.se/organisation)

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it can be an asset.

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