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Åmål Municipality is looking for teachers in Swedish, Mathematics, English, Science, Social Studies, and Humanities for grades 4-6

What we offer

Södra Skolan is a school for grades 5-6 located in central Åmål. The school boasts a positive work climate among its 170 students and approximately 20 staff members.

As staff at Södra Skolan, you will become part of a dedicated team working together for the best interests of the students.

We are currently seeking a teacher qualified in Swedish, Mathematics, English, Science, Social Studies, and Humanities for grades 4-6, with experience teaching in a support unit. The position involves teaching a smaller group of students who require various adjustments and support.

As an employee, you are our most valuable asset, and we offer additional benefits beyond your salary. Read more about the benefits of working for Åmål Municipality here: https://amal.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/vart-erbjudande/ (https://amal.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/vart-erbjudande/)

Your role

As a teacher for grades 5-6, your mission is to create a safe and inspiring learning environment where all students feel seen and respected. You work to ensure every student reaches their full potential by supporting their path toward meeting educational goals and developing into democratic citizens. You build positive and sustainable relationships by fostering a safe and open atmosphere where students feel respected and heard. Through active listening, constructive feedback, and being a clear adult role model, you contribute to strengthening students' self-esteem and their ability to collaborate and communicate with one another. You promote educational achievement and development for all students by ensuring teaching is adapted to their individual needs and conditions, and that they receive the help and support necessary to meet the knowledge goals set out in the curriculum. By using varied teaching methods, clear goal orientation, and formative assessment, you ensure that students not only achieve their goals but also develop an understanding of their own learning processes and how they can improve. You play an active role in preventing and managing conflicts and issues both inside and outside the classroom by encouraging cooperation, empathy, and responsibility. You support students in developing their social skills and their ability to handle both successes and setbacks constructively. You collaborate with colleagues to create a coherent thread in teaching and ensure fair assessment and instruction. You communicate regularly with parents and guardians to ensure students' needs are met and that there is a shared understanding of how to support student learning both in and out of school.

Who you are

We are looking for you who are a good relationship builder with great patience, flexibility, and solid experience working in a support unit, which involves teaching a small group of students requiring various adjustments. To meet the students' needs, you must be able to make adaptations and handle unexpected situations. In the classroom, you offer a calm learning environment with clear structure where everyone knows what is expected of them. You plan and follow up on your teaching using the systems provided by the school. You are confident in your role as a leader in the classroom and are highly engaged. As a team member, you collaborate with colleagues, school management, and student health services for the benefit of all students. For this position, personal competencies are highly valued.

In Åmål Municipality, we are working on a major development project focused on language and knowledge-developing working methods (SKUA), which will permeate our competence development during the upcoming school year. All educators participate in the project, and we would be pleased if you, as a new employee, have a strong interest in working with language and knowledge-developing approaches.

Formal competency requirements

• Qualified teacher for grades 4-6 with teacher certification
• Good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written
• Employment assumes you have a valid Category B driver's license
• Digital identification via BankID

Merits

Experience working as a teacher is considered a merit.

Employment terms

Permanent position at 100% with start date 2026-08-12 or as agreed. The employment may begin with a probationary period.

The position as a teacher in lower secondary school is currently located at Södra Skolan within the Culture and Education Administration, which is organized directly under the Culture and Education Committee. Your direct manager is Principal Kristina Eldh Gustavsson.

The positions will be filled subject to necessary decisions being made.

Application

We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. Different backgrounds, experiences, and traits make us collectively better. So, whoever you are, you are warmly welcome to apply with a cover letter and CV. Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period, and we may invite you to an interview before the final application deadline. To ensure quality in the recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the application button.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For information regarding salary and compensation regulations, please see excerpts from our https://amal.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/hitta-lediga-jobb (https://amal.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/hitta-lediga-jobb) and information about central collective agreements. Primarily, the Main Agreement of the agreement area and its General Provisions and appendices apply. In some cases, salary collective agreements such as PAN, RiB, or BEA apply alongside the Main Agreement (HÖK). For information on central collective agreements, we refer to https://skr.se/kollektivavtal/allmannabestammelserab.655.html (https://skr.se/kollektivavtal/allmannabestammelserab.655.html)

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