Experienced Social Studies Teacher with Strong Relational Competence

Burlövs kommun · Full-time

Box 53, Arlöv, Sweden

Burlöv is an exciting municipality in the growth region between Malmö and Lund. We have a close organizational culture that enables and emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and a sustainable work life. Together we develop our operations and create value for our citizens. Do you want to be part of building an attractive, accessible, sustainable, and safe Burlöv? Burlöv is an education municipality where we create good conditions for the future with creativity and joy in learning. We have close collaboration with Sweden-leading researchers regarding teaching development in preschool, primary school, and adult education. We are bold and test new innovative ideas such as VR in teaching. We consider movement both in new construction and development of outdoor environments and offer movement analysis to our staff. We implement early interventions together with social services and have a shared mobile team to help students with problematic absenteeism. We follow up on goal achievement in earnest and act on our results. We work to become skilled in trust-based leadership and have close leadership with few employees per manager. 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES One of our skilled senior teachers has been offered a project position at our department and will therefore be on leave for the remainder of school year 26/27. We are now seeking a highly competent and engaged substitute to fill his shoes! You will teach Social Studies, History, and Religious Studies at primary school level. You will also serve as a resource to a teacher colleague in certain lessons, as we maintain double staffing in our groups to the greatest extent possible. Mentorship for a maximum of ten students is also part of the position. You will participate in the unit's development work, which during the current school year focuses on the social learning environment and developing mentorship to improve attendance. You will also participate in meetings every week with the school's student health team and other staff. QUALIFICATIONS To thrive with us and our students, you need to have commitment beyond the ordinary! You think outside the box, are inventive in your teaching, and adapt it to the students' needs, which can look very different. Having high relational competence that you implement in relational pedagogy is a prerequisite for meeting our students, who often feel let down by the adult world and school. You are flexible, empathetic, yet a clear leader in the classroom. Humor and spontaneity can be other valuable qualities. You are a certified primary or secondary school teacher in at least one social studies subject. If the other subjects are not covered by your certification, you need to have experience teaching them. It is desirable that you have experience teaching students in need of special support, sometimes extensive support. It is meritorious if you have good English skills since you may need to communicate in English with students who are newly arrived and in Language Introduction. Welcome to apply and become part of our team! Employment type: Fixed-term position. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: Immediate start or by agreement, end date: 2027-06-15. To learn more about Burlöv municipality, we welcome you to www.burlov.se. Regarding this recruitment, we have made decisions about recruitment channels and therefore we decline any further offers of recruitment services or advertising assistance. If you have protected personal information, contact the person responsible for the recruitment according to the announcement for information on how to submit your application documents. According to the Education Act, a certificate from the police suspicion and conviction register is required when hiring in preschool, school, and school childcare. A form to order the certificate can be found at: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ Note that the normal processing time at the police is approximately two weeks. If you do not have a current certificate, please order it when you apply for the position. To access Burlöv municipality's salary statistics, visit: https://burlov.se/naringslivarbete/jobbahososs/lonestatistik.4.7f27b6c219e6306263d425cc.html