Vacant job

As an employee of Härnösand Municipality, your primary task is to provide good service to residents and visitors together with your colleagues. Our culture should be characterized by trust, curiosity, and learning, and we want you to have a long-term sustainable working life.

We are convinced that our attitude towards each other and our work has a direct connection to the residents' experience of our welfare services. We are also sure that equality and diversity develop and raise the quality of our operations.

We encourage lifelong learning and give you the opportunity for development and career.

Härnösand is part of the High Coast with World Heritage nature constantly present. Here we have the sea in the middle of the city. The pride for our place is great and the community is strong. Creativity gives innovative companies and a club and cultural life that lives on a broad basis and delivers on a high level. In Härnösand, there is time for experiences together.

Härnösand Municipality works purposefully to create a school where everyone can grow and develop, both students and staff. An important part of this is mother tongue instruction and study guidance in the mother tongue, as Härnösand has many students with a different language background than Swedish. As a mother tongue teacher/study guide in Härnösand Municipality, you are part of Wendela Hellmanskolan's organization, but work in all of the municipality's schools. Mother tongue instruction and study guidance in Härnösand Municipality takes place from grade 1 in primary school up to and including upper secondary school.

We are now looking for a mother tongue teacher and study guide with Tigrinya as their mother tongue.

You must be a qualified mother tongue teacher in Tigrinya with documented good knowledge of speaking and writing. You should also have good knowledge of culture and traditions in the areas/countries where Tigrinya is spoken. Study guidance in the mother tongue is included as an important part of the position. To be able to be a study guide from grade 1 all the way up to upper secondary school, you must have a university education in a subject relevant to the school. Documented good knowledge of Swedish in speaking and writing corresponding to upper secondary level is a requirement.

We assume that you have experience working as a mother tongue teacher and study guide in Tigrinya. You are a positive person who is engaged in your job and wants students to succeed. You have good cooperation skills and are easy to create relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues. In your role as a study guide, you will collaborate with several class/subject teachers in the municipality's various schools. Therefore, it is important that you are a structured person with good planning skills who communicates easily with other people. Personal suitability is crucial.

As a mother tongue teacher, you will conduct teaching from primary school grade 1 up to upper secondary school. We work with phased teaching. The work includes planning and conducting lessons based on the steering documents in the subject of mother tongue, as well as assessing students' knowledge and giving grades. You will also help inform students and guardians about mother tongue instruction and how to apply.

As a study guide, you work to support students in their regular schoolwork. This can range from translating and explaining lesson assignments, to preparing for tests and translating/discussing speeches and texts, both individually and during ongoing lessons. You have close collaboration with the student, subject teacher, the student's mentor, and guardians. The work requires a high degree of independence and flexibility and that you always have the student's needs in focus.

Since the position involves moving between schools, a driver's license and access to a car are meritorious. Knowledge of Amharic is also meritorious.

A extract from the criminal record is required for work within the school.

The position is filled subject to necessary decisions being made.

Employment: Temporary position from 2026-08-11 to 2027-06-17.

Scope: 100 %

Salary: Individual salary setting

To be considered for employment, you must be able to at the interview:

• Show valid ID
• Provide a copy of grades or diploma if needed
• Prove that you have the right to work in Sweden by showing a valid work permit
• Provide a valid driver's license if needed
• Provide a valid professional license if needed

Register Check

For some positions, you need to show an extract from the criminal record before employment can become current. You can read more about which operations are covered on the Swedish Police Authority's website.

Security Check

For some positions, a security check is conducted according to security protection legislation. If you become current for such a position, you must:

• Undergo and pass the security check

For some positions, Swedish citizenship may be a requirement.

Application

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we ask you to send your application via this advertisement. We do not accept applications in any other way.

If you have a protected identity, please contact the responsible recruiter.