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What we offer

Nya Rösparksskolan is a preschool to year 4 school with approximately 400 students located in the town of Åmål. The school operates in newly built premises that provide excellent conditions for pedagogical activities. The schoolyard is large and invites play and creativity with nature close at hand. As staff at the school, you will be part of an engaged team working together for the best interests of the students. As an employee with us, you are our most important asset. Read more about the benefits you receive as an employee of 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 teaching assistant, your role is linked to year 2 and involves creating a safe and inspiring learning environment where all students feel seen and respected. You work to ensure that every student develops their full potential by supporting their path towards achieving learning goals as well as their development into democratic citizens. You build positive and sustainable relationships by creating a safe and open atmosphere where students feel respected and heard. Through active listening, providing feedback, and being a clear adult role model, you contribute to strengthening students' self-esteem and their ability to collaborate and communicate with each other. You promote learning outcomes and development for all students by ensuring that you clarify and adapt the teacher's instruction to meet the different needs and prerequisites of the students, so they receive the help and support they need to achieve the knowledge goals specified in the curriculum. You are an active part of preventing and handling conflicts and problems inside and outside the classroom by encouraging cooperation, empathy, and responsibility. You support students in developing their social skills and ability to handle both successes and setbacks in a constructive manner. You collaborate with colleagues to create a consistent thread in the teaching.

Who you are

We are looking for you who are a good relationship builder with great patience and flexibility. To meet the students' needs, it is required that you can make adjustments and handle unexpected situations. In the classroom, you offer support in understanding the context and clarifying the teacher's instruction with a clear structure where everyone knows what is expected of them. You are confident in your role in student-oriented work and are engaged.

In Åmål Municipality, we are working on a major development project regarding language and knowledge-enhancing working methods, which will permeate our competence development during the coming 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 competence-enhancing methods.

Formal competency requirements

• Good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing
• The employment presupposes that you have a category B driving license
• Digital identification with BankID

Merits

• Experience from working as a teaching assistant
• Interest in employee development (MI)

Employment

Fixed-term employment 100% from 2026-08-03 to 2027-06-30 with a possible option for extension. Start date 2026-08-03 or as agreed. The position of teaching assistant is currently located at Nya Rösparksskolan within the Department of Culture and Education, which is organized directly under the Board of Culture and Education. The direct manager is the principal, Kent Jönsson.

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

Application

We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. Different backgrounds, experiences, and qualities make us collectively better. So whoever you are – warmly welcome with your application in the form of a cover letter and CV. Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period, and we may call for interviews before the final application deadline. To ensure the quality of 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!

To view information regarding regulations on salaries and allowances, see excerpts from our job portal (https://amal.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/hitta-lediga-jobb) as well as information on central collective agreements. Mainly, the sector's Main Agreement and its General Provisions and appendices apply. In some cases, salary collective agreements apply alongside the Main Agreement, for example, PAN, RiB, or BEA. For information on central collective agreements, we refer to SKR (https://skr.se/kollektivavtal/allmannabestammelserab.655.html).

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