Special Educator for Hedesunda School in Gävle

Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At 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 welcome your application!

Our school has approximately 185 students and 20 employees. We offer quality after-school care at our leisure center. For the older students, there is a youth club at the school.

All work at Hedesunda School is based on the safety and well-being that we create together through mutual care and active safety initiatives. We have a good working environment in a beautiful and stimulating setting.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to contribute competence, development, and support to students' learning? Are you driven by the desire to inspire and challenge both educators and students? Great! Then we want you to apply for the position of Special Educator at Hedesunda School! Come and shape the future of Hedesunda's children together with us!

As a Special Educator, you are a support in the school's preventive and health-promoting work. You represent the Student Health Team and collaborate with teachers in identifying students' needs. You follow up on assessments conducted in various classes together with teachers and collaborate with the principal and other staff from the Student Health Team.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have:

• A teaching degree and teaching license, as well as further education as a Special Educator with a specialization in language, writing, and reading development.
• Knowledge of the curriculum for primary school as well as for preschool class and leisure center.
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Experience working with digital tools, for example, documentation in Unikum or Office 365.

To succeed in the role, you are:

• Structured and plan your work in a thoughtful manner.
• Relationship-building, take initiative in social contexts, and have the ability to create trust in your professional relationships.
• Collaborative and have an egalitarian approach in your cooperation with colleagues, students, and guardians.
• A clear leader who demonstrates secure leadership, naturally motivating students and creating an environment where they thrive and feel good. You have a good ability to create open dialogue and adapt your language to the situation and target group.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Fixed-term employment.
Duration: 3–6 months, start date: 2026-08-12. Possibility of extension, end date: 2026-12-31.

YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO US!

As an employee at Gävle Municipality, you have:

• Generous holiday conditions, and as a new employee, you are entitled to paid leave already during your first year of employment.
• Compensation for health and fitness activities when employed for more than three months.
• Various insurances through our collective agreements, including sickness insurance and work injury insurance.

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

OUR VALUES

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for carrying out our mission 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 expressed values.

As a final candidate, you must be able to present a criminal record extract from the police for work within schools or preschools. This should not be attached to your application.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work at 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 is part of the Finnish-speaking administrative area. Therefore, if you speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it can be an asset.

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