School Librarian with Pedagogical Assignment at Leksand Upper Secondary School

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Do you want to use literature, culture and relationships to inspire a love of reading and give young people new opportunities to succeed in school? Do you also thrive in a varied teaching role where you get to teach, support students and be an important part of the school's pedagogical work? Highlights of the job: Close contact with young people Being part of developing the school's reading promotion work Wonderful colleagues and a central role at the school Your tasks This is a combination position where the school librarian role is 50% and the other 50% is as a teaching teacher. As a school librarian, you work on developing the school's reading promotion efforts and play an important role in supporting students in their knowledge development. We are looking for someone who is creative and innovative in the school librarian role and has an interest in young people, their living environments and the culture they participate in. An important part of the assignment is to work on reading promotion with students who don't naturally gravitate towards books, libraries or reading. You work to create and maintain an inclusive and inspiring library environment and collaborate with school staff to integrate the school library into the school's learning environment. You work together with teaching teachers in all subjects to plan and implement progressive information retrieval and media literacy education. Together with the school's resource team, you work to ensure that students in need of special support have the right conditions to benefit from the teaching. School librarian duties also include cataloguing, weeding and ordering the school's physical and digital learning materials. The other half of the position consists of teaching and pedagogical support in the school's activities. Depending on the school's needs, you can teach as a regular teacher, work as a substitute teacher or support students in the role of educational assistant. It is a varied role where you meet different student groups, collaborate closely with colleagues and contribute to a safe and developmental learning environment. Together with the school's other staff, you work to create the best conditions for students' learning and development. The position also includes coordinating and holding extra examination sessions that take place approximately once a month. Your profile Since this is a combination position, we would like you to have experience in both library work and teaching. We are looking for someone with genuine commitment to young people, especially young people with limited reading experience and low motivation for schoolwork. You have the ability to build relationships, spark curiosity and create pathways into reading and culture even for students who are far from literature. Since daily work involves collecting and structuring different media, you need to have good ability to plan, prioritize and organize work. You also need to find it easy to build and maintain good relationships with both colleagues and students. We are looking for someone with teaching experience at upper secondary level, where it is a merit if you have teaching certification. As a school librarian, you have a bachelor's degree (180 higher education credits) of which 90 credits are in the main subject of library and information science or in relevant fields. You have very good Swedish in speech and writing. We place great emphasis on your personal profile in this recruitment process. If the position sounds appealing - do not hesitate to submit an application. About the workplace Leksand Upper Secondary School has fresh, pleasant and fit-for-purpose facilities and is known for its warm and positive atmosphere. We currently have approximately 550 students distributed across university preparatory programs, vocational programs, introductory programs and adapted upper secondary school. Our school is characterized by safety, comfort and closeness. We have a good atmosphere with plenty of laughter, good collaboration where we like to share and help each other. Coherence in teaching is important and we place great value on the expertise our staff possess. Our students are curious, interested and appreciate the closeness to us staff and we would like you to become part of our team. We offer you For us it is important that all our employees find a balance between work and home, feel secure in their employment and an increased quality of life by working in the municipality. If we succeed with that, there are good conditions for also succeeding with our shared task, which is: We do what we should by taking shared responsibility for our democratic mission, using our resources wisely and always keeping focus on those we are here for. We do it well and are proud of our work and the results we achieve, and we welcome engaged and courageous employees who want to develop and improve together with us. We do it together by collaborating and learning from each other. Dialogue is important to us, and we find new solutions together with those we are here for, with trust, consideration and respect. We strive for a health-promoting work climate, job satisfaction, community and personal development. Skills development is a given, and we encourage our employees to develop further through courses, training and networking. On our website we have collected information about what it is like to work for us. For more information, please see https://leksand.se/jobba-hos-oss For applicants, we have the opportunity to offer relocation assistance, see further http://www.rekryteringslots.se Your application To ensure the quality of the recruitment process at Leksand Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link. Application documents consist of CV and cover letter. Identification to verify your identity needs to be presented at a possible interview. This is standard in all our recruitment processes. Please note that certain positions within Leksand Municipality are subject to background checks. What type of check is carried out depends on the position's content and responsibilities. If the current position is subject to this, you will be informed about it in connection with the recruitment process. The closing date for applications is August 2, 2026. We will call interviews during week 32. Appointment is made by agreement. Follow us on social media and read more about us at www.leksandsgymnasium.se. Welcome with your application!Do you want to use literature, culture and relationships to inspire a love of reading and give young people new opportunities to succeed in school? Do you also thrive in a varied teaching role where you get to teach, support students and be an important part of the school's pedagogical work? Highlights of the job: Close contact with young people Being part of developing the school's reading promotion work Wonderful colleagues and a central role at the school Your tasks This is a combination position where the school librarian role is 50% and the other 50% is as a teaching teacher. As a…

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26. 6. 2026

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1. 8. 2026

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