Vacant job

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Skärholmen District Administration is one of Stockholm City's 11 district administrations and covers the districts of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. Here, more than 1,000 employees work for our 38,000 residents. We offer a municipal service that we are proud of, and we have fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution!

Welcome to us

In Skärholmen's municipal preschools, we always put the child at the center. We give every child the promise to contribute to the tools they need to develop and live in a constantly changing world. Our prioritized goals are language, democracy, and health, where play forms the platform that permeates our education and teaching.

Our preschools are located in a multicultural area with apartment buildings, row houses, and villas, and the majority of our children are multilingual. Communication opportunities are good, and the preschools are surrounded by beautiful natural environments such as Lake Mälaren, forest areas, parks, sports fields, and playgrounds.

The preschools are led by a principal and a unit manager and have access to quality and education leaders as well as special needs educators. In Skärholmen, we have 18 preschools and 3 open preschools.

We are now looking for an experienced preschool teacher for the Sätra preschool area.

We offer you

In our unit, you will have a significant role in a activity that values your commitment to children's development through play and learning. You will become an important part of our work to both maintain and further develop a quality education and teaching with high ambitions and goals. We believe in collegial learning and exchange experiences and learn from each other. With us, you get to create joy, imagination, and a lifelong desire to learn and contribute to teaching with high ambitions.

With us, you get:

• Network with opportunities for collegial exchange and learning
• Scheduled reflection time both individually and in groups
• Regular competence development
• Mentoring from a special needs educator
• Work clothes
• All departments have tablets, computers, and smartphones

We also offer subsidized fitness. Gyms and swimming halls are close to the workplace, and annual passes to the city's swimming halls can be purchased at a very favorable price.

Please read more about our benefits within Stockholm City.

Your role

In your role as a preschool teacher with us, you work to create a safe, fun, and educational preschool. You adapt the teaching and education to promote each child's development and learning based on their conditions, experiences, and needs. You create curiosity and a desire to learn, both in planned activities and spontaneous moments. You play an important role in building a good pedagogical environment and have knowledge and ideas on how you, together with your colleagues, should realize the curriculum's goals and values.

As a preschool teacher, you lead and coordinate the pedagogical work in close collaboration with your work team, and you have good opportunities to influence and develop the activity. The role includes planning, implementing, documenting, following up, and evaluating the preschool's education and teaching. You work systematically with observation, reflection, and analysis as a natural part of the daily work. You are expected to collaborate with instances such as the autism center, habilitation services, and other external partners in close cooperation with guardians.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for you who have a great commitment, are curious, and want to make a difference for the children you meet every day.

To be considered for the position, we require:

• Preschool teacher certification
• Good knowledge of children's development and learning
• Good familiarity with the preschool's steering documents and the ability to translate their intentions into practice
• Knowledge of and experience in systematic quality work for both the individual department and the preschool as a whole
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, as well as basic IT skills

You are well aware that the preschool's education and teaching should be based on scientific grounds and proven experience, and you practice accordingly.

It is meritorious if you have experience of coordination tasks within preschool.

Your personal skills and abilities

You are a preschool teacher who constantly wants to develop and learn new things together with the children. You adapt the teaching and learning to the children's individual conditions and meet each child with respect, sensitivity, and humility. With an inclusive approach, you ensure that the children are part of a context with other children in the preschool.

As a leader, you are proactive, responsible, and structured. You have a holistic view of your assignment, are clear, and can organize the work together with your work team.

You are confident in your professional role and maintain your calm even in stressful situations. Furthermore, you have good collaboration skills and a professional attitude, and you actively contribute to creating good relationships with colleagues, guardians, and external partners.

Other

We conduct selections continuously during the application period, so do not wait with your application. We select based on CV and a number of selection questions that you answer when you apply for the position, so we do not accept personal letters.

The position includes a background check, and applicants must provide a digital extract from the police's criminal record register before employment begins.

Welcome with your application!

Stockholm City works with competence-based recruitment aimed at considering each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.