Native Croatian teacher, Center of Excellence for Multilingualism
Umeå, Sverige
Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Native language teachers in primary schools
Work model On location
Application due date 21 September 2025
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The Competence Center for Multilingualism in Umeå is a municipality-wide activity that supports preschools and schools with language support, mother tongue teaching and study guidance. Multilingualism is an asset and all children and pupils should have the opportunity to develop and strengthen their languages. The Competence Center for Multilingualism is also a reception unit for newly arrived children and pupils from preschool to young people of upper secondary school age, and also offers competence-enhancing initiatives in language and knowledge-developing approaches from preschool to grade 9. We work with both municipal principals and individuals. We are looking for a native speaker teacher in Croatian! Type of employment Special fixed-term employment, part-time 10%, starting soon by agreement until 2025-12-19. Work tasks The work as a mother tongue teacher is an itinerant position that is governed by the student base. It requires the teacher to travel to different schools within the municipality - both centrally and to the municipality's peripheral schools to meet the students. The position of mother tongue teacher can include the following different assignments: Mother tongue teaching, study guidance, distance teaching, distance guidance and support for the Hej Umeå reception unit as a language support worker. Study guidance Study guidance means that you can have students in grades 1-9 and at Språkintroduktionen in upper secondary school. Tutoring can take place before, during or after the student's lessons. You will work closely with the student's mentor and subject teacher planning and implementing the lesson, while providing support in the mother tongue to help the student reach proficiency in various school subjects. You are flexible and able to adapt to changing circumstances. You will also support the reception of newly arrived children and pupils, which includes information sessions, learning support, direct support and mapping of newly arrived pupils' knowledge. Qualifications You have Croatian as your mother tongue, have documented language skills in this, Swedish B / Swedish 2 and demonstrated very good digital skills. You have teacher training, Swedish or foreign or other educational experience. If you have documented knowledge of several languages, this is an advantage. You are creative, independent, flexible and stress-resistant. You are curious and want to develop and evolve. As a person, you find it easy to establish contacts with staff, children and guardians. You should have good interpersonal skills, be a good listener and be able to communicate and handle different situations in a constructive way. You take responsibility for your tasks and are courteous in your approach. We would like you to attach a personal letter and CV written in Swedish. If you have a teaching license, attach it. We attach great importance to personal suitability. As a result of the law on suitability control, an extract from the police's criminal record must be presented upon employment. Selection and interviews are ongoing, so welcome with your application today! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.