Vacant job

Ref: 20261692

Job Description

We are now looking for a teacher for grades 4–6! You will be part of a team of teachers where you will jointly plan and be responsible for the students' education and development, as well as decide on any needs for, for example, subject integration or project studies in your teaching. Your focus lies on creating the best conditions for each student in a safe and trust-based environment.

You will teach students in grades 4–6 in English, Swedish, Mathematics, and Social Studies. In this role, you will support students in their social and academic development. You challenge students to take initiative, develop their interests, and take responsibility for themselves and others. At our school, you are offered opportunities for professional development, exciting assignments, and work in close collaboration with educators throughout the entire school operation. In addition to your teaching team, you will collaborate with teachers in practical-esthetic subjects, leisure center staff, and be led by a manager who is close to the operations and engaged in the school's teaching and quality.

Your duties also include mentoring students in your class and grade. In your role as a mentor, you have specific responsibility for a group of students, which gives you the opportunity to follow them more closely in their academic development and personal maturity. As a mentor, you inform and keep the student's guardians updated on the student's academic development through regular development meetings.

Qualifications

You are a certified teacher with eligibility to teach grades 4–6 in English, Swedish, Mathematics, and Social Studies. Previous experience as a teacher is considered an asset. You have good insight into and knowledge of the school's governing documents and can use them effectively in your daily work. Furthermore, you have strong didactic and pedagogical skills, allowing you to lead and organize your work to create a calm study environment and a good learning atmosphere for our students throughout their school day. Based on evidence-based research, you can develop your work, and with good knowledge and experience, you work efficiently with relevant digital tools. Experience with cooperative structures is an asset. Similarly, experience in planning within work teams is considered an asset.

Of course, you have a professional approach and work to build good relationships with our students, their guardians, and all your colleagues at the school. It is important that you see opportunities in collaboration and believe that all students are everyone's responsibility. You feel confident in your leadership, have the ability to adapt teaching and activities so that students can succeed based on their unique conditions, and work in teams while seeing development work as an important part of your role.

We welcome your application!

About the Workplace

Kulladalsskolan is a grades F–6 school with approximately 560 students, and the after-school center has over 380 students. At Kulladalsskolan, you work in close collaboration with your colleagues to create a holistic experience for the students. Here, relationships are important, as is seeing each student's needs and opportunities, ensuring that every student feels included in a learning community. At Kulladalsskolan, you will work with a very high proportion of qualified colleagues across all professional categories. Working in work teams and subject teams is the core idea of Kulladalsskolan for high quality, equity, and shared responsibility. The school has a school library with a librarian and a student health team consisting of a school nurse, counselor, student coordinator, school psychologist, special education teachers, and senior teachers in special education, who together with you strive to create teaching that is accessible to all students. The school prioritizes practical-esthetic subjects with subject-specific teaching already from preschool class. The school's priority focus areas for the academic year 2025/2026 are to develop language- and knowledge-enhancing teaching in all subjects and to ensure teaching is accessible to all students. As an employee at Kulladalsskolan, you are expected to contribute to development to create the best school for each student. We learn and develop together.

The Primary and Secondary School Department – the city's largest department with approximately 80 schools, 6,300 employees, and 36,000 students – offers a workplace for everyone. Here, we want to grow, develop, and challenge ourselves in our learning together – every day. We ensure that everyone has a good working environment and invest in leadership. Together, we all work for the best school for every student!

Malmö City's operations are organized into 14 departments. Our joint mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

Read about Malmö City as an employer here: https://site201.reachmee.com/malmostad/malmo.se/jobb

Information about the position

Employment type: Permanent

Scope: Full-time

Number of positions: 1

Start date: As soon as possible

Other

Please note that Malmö City has removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker. Your answers will become an important part of our selection work.

According to the Education Act, a certificate of good conduct (extract from the police's criminal and suspicion register) is required upon employment in preschool, school, and school-age childcare. To protect your personal integrity, we ask you not to attach your extract from the criminal and suspicion register to your application to us. If it becomes relevant for the position you are applying for, we will request this later in the process. If you want to be prepared, the extract can be obtained here: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/

Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity found in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer meeting the needs of the residents of Malmö.

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