Vocational Teacher for Plumbing and Property Programme at Polhemsskolan

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Polhemsskolan is Gävle's largest upper secondary school with approximately 1,100 students. The school offers 9 national programmes, including one university-preparatory programme and eight vocational programmes. At Polhemsskolan, there are well-developed work teams and extensive quality work aimed at increasing student goal achievement. The Plumbing and Property programme is a vocational programme for young people training to work in the plumbing, industrial piping, and cooling and heat pump technology sectors.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to make a difference for young people while contributing your professional expertise? Polhemsskolan is now looking for a vocational teacher for the Plumbing and Property programme who wants to inspire future professionals through knowledge, commitment, and close collaboration with the industry.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Teaching, having class responsibility, and being responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating lessons, primarily in plumbing courses but also in basic courses common to the entire programme. The work is performed according to decided goals and guidelines.
• Acting as a mentor and, together with your colleagues, designing a good, enjoyable, and varied school day with the students' best interests at heart.
• Collaborating with the industry regarding workplace learning (APL) placements and programme councils. You are also responsible for supervising students during their workplace learning at external workplaces.

You challenge and support students so that they achieve good study results. The work is carried out in collaboration with student health services, guardians, and other actors outside the school.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who:

• Has education and professional certification in plumbing (VVS).
• Has work experience from the plumbing industry.
• Has experience and has been professionally active within plumbing.
• Can express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

Additional qualifications for the position include:

• Knowledge of and experience with working with digital tools.
• Having a teacher's degree and authorization to teach plumbing subjects.
• Familiarity with the upper secondary school curriculum.

To succeed in the role:

• You have the ability to work with other people. You listen, show empathy, and respect.
• You are unpretentious and notice and reward others' contributions to the operation.
• You have the ability to see what needs to be prioritized, are efficient, and use resources to achieve results in the best possible way. You also have the ability to find solutions to emerging problems.
• You have an unpretentious approach in your collaboration with colleagues, students, and other actors.
• You are structured and plan your work well.
• You have a good ability to make students feel a sense of belonging and inclusion. You have the ability to lead and motivate students and get them to thrive and feel good at school.
• You create an open dialogue and adapt your language based on the current situation.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

As a final candidate in the recruitment process, it is a requirement that you present an extract from the criminal record for work in schools or preschools. You order the criminal record extract from the police website.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-08-12 or by agreement.

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee in Gävle Municipality, you have

• generous holiday conditions and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid holiday already during your first year of employment
• compensation for fitness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months
• several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example, sick leave insurance and work injury insurance are included.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our Values

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best possible way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle Municipality here:

https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization:

https://www.gavle.se/organisation (https://www.gavle.se/organisation)

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Swedish-speaking administrative area. Therefore, if you speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it can be an advantage.

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