About the workplace
At Burgården, we educate for the real world, and just like in reality, our school is a vibrant place with many specializations, people, and connections. We offer vocational programs, university preparatory programs, and introductory programs. We are a multicultural school with 1,400 students from all parts of the city and surrounding municipalities. Future musicians, hairdressers, and fashion designers walk these halls alongside social scientists, personal trainers, childcare workers, hotel receptionists, natural scientists, animal care workers, and security officers. With us, you have the opportunity to grow in your profession and be an important part of our development journey to become an even better school. We work with an open mind, great heart, and infectious professional pride.
Job responsibilities
As a teacher in this position, you will teach and work with a student group that is being prepared during their upper secondary school years for work in animal care. In addition to teaching, you will support students as a mentor by understanding their needs, following their studies, and participating in the goal of helping them achieve their upper secondary school diploma. You have experience and a strong ability to collaborate with teachers, student support services, employers, and families for the student's benefit.
The position is 80% full-time.
Qualifications
To succeed as a teacher in the natural resources program, you have several years of experience in similar work and feel confident in your professional practice. We are looking for someone with prior professional experience who is a certified teacher for the course on animals for research purposes plus one additional subject at upper secondary level.
As a teacher, you have patience and understanding for all individuals' different circumstances. You are also skilled at finding individualized solutions so that students can reach their goals. As a colleague, you are flexible and self-reliant, but also enjoy working as part of a team with other colleagues. You are passionate about helping students structure their work and develop their potential.
You should be clear and organized. You also need strong social skills, great patience, and determination. You need the ability to motivate and convince, as well as to find new ways and solutions to help students reach their goals. To work with young people, it is important that you are a role model and a boundary-setting adult.
Teacher certification/qualification for upper secondary instruction is a requirement.
Other
Selection and interview processes may be conducted continuously during the application period.
To your interview, you must bring a passport/national ID and, if applicable, proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EES. This is so we as an employer can verify your identity and ensure you have the right to work in Sweden.
In accordance with laws governing background checks, anyone offered this position must provide a criminal record extract before an employment contract can be established.
For positions with education requirements, you will be asked to submit documentation supporting your qualifications, such as certification or diplomas, as you progress in the recruitment process. You can also attach these directly to your application.
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About us
Our vision is for Gothenburg to be an internationally leading education and knowledge city. The Education Administration in Gothenburg operates municipal upper secondary schools, adult education, professional higher education, adapted upper secondary school, adult education as adapted training, and vocational guidance services.
In our work, we maintain a clear student focus that places knowledge and skills in a context where intrinsic motivation, co-creation, and the desire to learn are important ingredients. We work based on the equal value and rights of all people. Together, we create a work environment where both students and staff are engaged and work for each other's success.