Mother Tongue Teacher in Amharic

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Description Would you like to make a difference in students' learning, language development, and identity formation? Language is humanity's primary tool for thinking, communicating, and learning. Through language, we develop our identity, express thoughts and feelings, and understand others. For multilingual students, their mother tongue is an important key to both knowledge development and learning security. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket), mother tongue instruction strengthens students' opportunities to achieve school goals by developing both their mother tongue and Swedish. We are now recruiting a mother tongue teacher in Amharic to Karlstad Municipality! The position is placed at the mother tongue unit, where we organize mother tongue instruction and study guidance in approximately 35 languages within primary and secondary schools. You will become part of an engaged and competent work group with approximately 45 colleagues who together work to provide students with the best possible conditions to succeed. Job Responsibilities As a mother tongue teacher, you are responsible for planning, implementing, and following up on mother tongue instruction and/or study guidance in Amharic for students in the municipality's primary and secondary schools. You create high-quality instruction where students' linguistic and knowledge development are in focus, and you actively work to create an inclusive and safe learning environment. Your duties include stimulating students' interest in language and culture and strengthening their multilingual identity. By adapting instruction to students' needs and conditions, you contribute to their goal attainment in various subjects. You plan and structure your instruction independently and use digital tools as a natural part of both instruction, documentation, and follow-up. You are also expected to continuously monitor students' development and provide feedback that supports their learning. As a mother tongue teacher, you have an important role in collaboration with the school's other staff. You cooperate with classroom teachers, subject teachers, and student support services to create good conditions for students' learning and participation. Instruction is held at multiple schools within Karlstad Municipality and can also be conducted through distance learning, which requires flexibility and a good ability to plan and organize your work. Qualifications We are looking for someone with a teaching degree or other relevant academic degree with a pedagogical focus and good knowledge of school curricula. You have Amharic as your mother tongue and very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. It is meritorious if you have teacher certification with qualification in mother tongue, additional education in language or pedagogy, and experience with mother tongue instruction, study guidance, or similar assignments. According to Skolverket, instruction should primarily be conducted by certified and qualified teachers. If certification is lacking, employment may still be considered, provided that you have the right competence and are deemed suitable for the assignment. Working in schools also requires good knowledge of the Swedish language equivalent to at least level C1, as language is a central part of the assignment. As a person, you are responsible and independent in your professional role. You have a pedagogical and flexible work approach, are solution-focused, and open to developing new methods. You feel confident using digital tools as support in instruction. You have good collaboration skills and contribute to a positive work environment. Your instruction is characterized by quality, clarity, and a strong focus on students' development. You adapt instruction based on students' different needs and create a safe and inclusive learning environment. The positions are filled subject to required decisions being made. We Offer Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work in Karlstad Municipality at karlstad.se/jobbahososs Information about salary levels can be found here (select "Se lönestatistik"). This recruitment concerns AID code 401019. We warmly welcome your application! When you apply for a job with us, you will need to submit your CV and answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area. This means you should not attach a cover letter as part of your application. About Karlstad Municipality The Children and Youth Department is responsible for preschool and school for approximately 13,200 children and students and is the municipality's largest department with over 2,400 employees. We have preschools, family daycare homes, open preschools, preschool classes, primary schools, adapted primary school, after-school centers, and a cultural school, and we also work with child and student health issues. We equip children for the future. Do you want to be part of creating the Karlstad of the future? With us in the Karlstad Municipality corporation, you can make a real difference. Here, every employee is an important part of the whole, and together we help realize our vision of "A better life in Solstaden". Come and grow with us! Other Information To quality assure the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application through our recruitment system and not via email or paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement. If you have protected personal information, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system and should not send them via email. Instead, contact the municipality switchboard at 054-540 00 00 for further handling.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Karlstad

Address

Västra torggatan 26

GPS

59.3835313, 13.5229996copyopen in

Phone

054-5404768

Views

2

Published

9. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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