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Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We are growing in tandem with the municipality's development, which includes more residents, more housing, and a wider range of services. We are always looking for new competencies – colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live in, work in, and call home.

Do you want one of the most important and rewarding roles available? Join us and create a love for learning!

Your new job

We are looking for a textile arts teacher to join our team! As a textile arts teacher, you will work with planning, teaching, and follow-up according to the national curriculum. Together with engaged and experienced colleagues, you will also be involved in collegial learning at the school.

Welcome to us

The Hovslätt school area, consisting of Hovslättsskolan and Grästorpsskolan, is located just south of Jönköping's city center. Hovslättsskolan is a grades F–6 school with approximately 425 students and 60 staff members, while Grästorpsskolan is a grades F–3 school with approximately 105 students and 15 staff members.

Both schools offer a workplace with engaged and competent staff where we work according to the guiding principles of safety, knowledge, and joy. Qualifications are high across all operations, and together we work consciously with quality improvement based on the curriculum. We care about each other and strive to create a workplace where everyone thrives and is given the opportunity to develop.

Read more about Grästorpsskolan here: Grästorpsskolan (https://www.jonkoping.se/barn--utbildning/grundskola-anpassad-grundskola-och-fritidshem/grundskolor-och-anpassade-grundskolor-a-o/grastorpsskolan-f-3)

Read more about Hovslättsskolan here: Hovslättsskolan (https://www.jonkoping.se/barn--utbildning/grundskola-anpassad-grundskola-och-fritidshem/grundskolor-och-anpassade-grundskolor-a-o/hovslattsskolan-f-6)

Read about what it is like to work in Jönköping Municipality here: Working in Jönköping Municipality (https://www.jonkoping.se/naringslivarbete/jobbaijonkopingskommun.4.74fef9ab15548f0b8001425.html)

Your qualifications

We are looking for you who are a certified teacher with the eligibility to teach textile arts and who have a burning interest in pedagogical issues and students' social development. You have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, as well as basic IT skills.

We would appreciate it if you had experience supporting students with ADHD/ASD (NPF) or other special support needs, as part of the role involves working as a teacher resource. As a person, you are a clear and secure leader, both in the classroom and in collegial settings, and your positive attitude contributes to a good work environment. You treat students and guardians professionally and communicate in a responsible manner.

Furthermore, you have good collaboration skills and work well together with school leadership and colleagues. You actively contribute to good co-leadership and are a good ambassador for both the workplace and the teaching profession. You are flexible, can work in different teams, and are well grounded in the primary school's mission and its governing documents.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Good to know

This position is job-evaluated and falls under base group F. For more information about the salary interval for this position, see: Salary and salary statistics (https://www.jonkoping.se/jobba-hos-oss/jonkopings-kommun-som-arbetsgivare-/lon-och-lonestatistik)

To facilitate the recruitment process, we ask you to attach relevant certificates and grades with your application. According to the Swedish Education Act, all employees hired within our operations must present a valid extract from the criminal record. The extract is ordered via the Police Authority under the category work in school or preschool: Order extract from criminal record (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/)

From March 1, 2026, extended register checks were introduced for persons who are to work with children. This means you will need to submit an additional extract prior to employment. The second extract is ordered via the Police Authority under the category for work with children in other operations than school and childcare: Order extract for work with children (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-annan-verksamhet/)

Before employing new staff for our teaching positions, we must ensure that there is a valid teaching license. We therefore ask you to attach a current teaching license obtained from the Swedish National Agency for Education within the last two months. Please log in via the Swedish National Agency for Education's e-service using the following link: Swedish National Agency for Education e-service (https://login.skolverket.se/idp/lleg-etjanst/select?returnUrl=https://lleg.skolverket.se/)

Selection and interviews may take place before the application deadline has passed.

Want to know more?

Feel free to contact any of the contact persons specified in the advertisement or find a union representative via the link: Union contact (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligaubf)

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. With us, you get more than just a job. Welcome to apply for the position of Textile Arts Teacher.

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly but firmly decline all inquiries regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.