Vacant job

We are now looking for a native language teacher in Finnish, 100%, to the Native Language Unit in Södertälje Municipality.

Your responsibilities

Your task is to support and teach multilingual children and students in their native language across all school activities from preschool to upper secondary school. You will also conduct study guidance for newly arrived students in various school subjects across all school forms. The work will be distributed across different preschools and schools in the municipality, in close collaboration with preschool and school management, educators, and teachers.

The Native Language Unit works actively to support children and students in their learning. Together with other native language teachers, you will drive and develop the operations based on our governing documents and the goals in the curriculum and course plans.

Who are you?

Requirements:

• Swedish teaching license with eligibility to teach native language Finnish, or alternatively other education or experience that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• Native Finnish speaker.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.
• Category B driver's license and access to a private car.

Personal qualities:

• You are structured, have good social skills, and find it easy to establish contact and collaborate with students, colleagues, and guardians.
• You are independent, confident, creative, solution-focused, and engaged.
• You dare to challenge "traditional" teaching, think new thoughts, and can put your ideas into practice.

We offer you:

Every day, approximately 6,000 people go to work in Södertälje Municipality. We have many different roles and want to offer you a meaningful job where you have the opportunity to contribute to society while experiencing joy. As an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop and make a real impact.

As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered, among other things, secure employment conditions, a generous wellness allowance, and the opportunity to exchange the holiday day supplement for extra days off. Within certain operations, there is also some flexibility regarding working hours and work methods. We have a wide range of training and competence-enhancing initiatives for you as an employee. For more detailed information about our benefits, please read more on our external website:

https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner (https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner)

Södertälje is a municipality that invests in schools and is turning the trend around. As a teacher in Södertälje, you will be part of developing innovative methods that improve the quality of our schools. The municipality's employees are always its most important asset. Every day, approximately 6,000 people go to work in Södertälje Municipality.

The Native Language Unit currently has approximately 106 native language teachers who offer instruction in approximately 50 different languages to approximately 5,000 children and students.

Other information

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

We have many positions where we conduct background checks. A certificate of good conduct (criminal record and suspicion register) from the Swedish Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a decision on employment is made.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security classification. A security clearance with background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some of our security-classified tasks, Swedish citizenship is required.