Sign language teacher for Fjällrävens preschool
Kiruna, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Sign language teacher
Work model On location
Application due date 3 July 2025
Are you the one?
One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are the teacher who makes your little brother read his first words and the after-school staff who make you laugh after school. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the librarian who brings literature close. Together, we fight for knowledge, for meaning-making and for the fun everyday life of children and young people. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for the future in Kiruna municipality? Come and be part of the community at the Culture and Education Administration. We look forward to hearing from you! WORK TASKS As a sign language educator at Fjällrävens preschool, you work closely with teaching educators to create a safe, stimulating and language-developing environment with a focus on both sign language and written language. Your main tasks include: Supporting deaf children educationally through sign language and writing throughout the day, in both play and learning. To work actively with language development in Swedish sign language and in written language. To communicate in sign language in assemblies, activities and teaching situations. Collaborate with educators to create a good and accessible learning environment where lighting and visual factors are an important part. To work both in groups and individually, according to the needs and conditions of the children. With us, you will have the opportunity to make a difference every day by helping to build a preschool where all children's languages can take place. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have an upper secondary school diploma and good ability to communicate in Swedish sign language. You have an ability to create safe and trusting relationships with both children and adults. As a person, you are responsive and cooperative, you enjoy working in teams together with different professional roles in the preschool. Therefore, we see that you have good communication skills both in Swedish sign language and in the Swedish language. It is an advantage if you have experience of working in a preschool or with children in need of linguistic support. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. Criminal record: As a result of the law on suitability checks, you must be able to produce an extract from the police criminal record upon employment. Order one directly when you submit your application, via the link https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623 OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.