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Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We are growing in line with the municipality's development, with more residents, more housing, and a wider range of services. We are always looking for new competence – employees with different backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Do you want one of the most important and rewarding assignments available? With us, you will inspire joyful learning – every day, all the way. We call it "learning joy".

Your new job

In your role as a student assistant, you work with students in grades 1–6 at the adapted primary school, as well as in the leisure center before and after school. The goal of the student assistant's assignment is to increase the individual's independence. Your task is to create good conditions for the student's development and learning through pedagogical and social support, while providing security and structure in daily life. Through your work, you contribute to the students' well-being and their ability to benefit from the school's teaching, while ensuring a meaningful leisure time. The work also involves planning, implementing, and evaluating pedagogical activities at the workplace together with teachers and other staff. You contribute to achieving the goals of the curriculum and the Education Act, and perform your duties in a way that meets the goals and guidelines for the operations.

This is a fixed-term position for a maximum of 3 months, starting on August 10th.

Welcome to us

Kålgården's adapted primary school for grades 1–6 is centrally located with easy access to the city center and its amenities. Here, you will work together with dedicated and competent colleagues. Our work is guided by the keywords language development, independence, and study environment, and we value a secure, inclusive, and pleasant workplace where both students and employees have the opportunity to grow and develop.

You are welcome to read more about our operations on our website: Kålgården's adapted primary school (https://www.jonkoping.se/barn--utbildning/grundskola-anpassad-grundskola-och-fritidshem/grundskolor-och-anpassade-grundskolor-a-o/kalgarden-anpassad-grundskola-1-6).

Read about what it is like to work in Jönköping Municipality at the following link: Work in Jönköping Municipality (https://www.jonkoping.se/naringslivarbete/jobbaijonkopingskommun.4.74fef9ab15548f0b8001425.html).

Your qualifications

We are looking for you who have experience working with students in adapted school forms and have a great interest and commitment to the work. You are an engaged student assistant who is curious, creative, and playful. As a person, you must also function well in interaction with both students and colleagues.

Furthermore, you are accustomed to working structured to stimulate and develop students towards set goals, recognizing the student's needs and making adjustments where necessary. You have good collaboration skills, are responsible, have a good attitude towards people, and are sensitive to the students' needs.

You have a driver's license and are willing to drive a minibus when needed. You are a swimmer and feel safe being in the water together with students during lessons. Seeing an active workday with movement and varied activities as a natural and positive part of the work is essential.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Good to know

Working hours vary between 06:00–18:00. Selection and interviews begin in week 32.

This position is job-evaluated and falls under base group D. For more information about the position's salary interval, 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 Education Act, all employees hired within our operations must present a valid extract from the criminal record register. The extract is ordered via the Police Authority under the category work in school or preschool: Order extract from criminal record register (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 before employment. The second extract is ordered via the Police Authority under the category for work with children in other activities than school and childcare: Order extract from criminal record register for work with children (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-annan-verksamhet/).

Selection and interviews may take place before the application period has ended.

Want to know more?

You are welcome to contact any of the contact persons specified in the advertisement or look up a union representative via the link: Union representation (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligaubf).

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position of student assistant.

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 calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.