About this role
Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents but expects to grow significantly in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality is working to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.
Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large urban municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare and social services, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business, and future factors like digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
In the role of preschool teacher/atelierista with us, you will:
• Be a unifying force between the municipality's preschools and Tredje Rummet (The Third Room)
• Develop and lead processes that enhance children's and educators' understanding of sustainable development
• Create educational meetings for educators through networking events and workshops focusing on sustainability, STREAM, and children's participation
• Support educators' professional development, for example in pedagogical documentation, reuse, aesthetics, and reflection
• Develop and be responsible for establishing Tredje Rummet as a creative reuse center
• Communicate and clarify the vision for Tredje Rummet in Lerum through practice, materials, and dialogue
**QUALIFICATIONS**
We are looking for someone who:
• Is an educated/licensed preschool teacher and has worked in preschool settings
• Is an educated atelierista or has a strong foundation in aesthetic learning processes both practically and theoretically
• Has experience in mentoring or leading other educators
• Is independent, proactive, and solution-oriented, but also attentive and cooperative
• Has a strong interest in sustainability issues, the child's perspective, aesthetics, and community engagement
• Has the ability to both drive and anchor processes in practice
• It is an advantage if you are an educated pedagogista
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.
**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030.
We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and degrading treatment.
We value a good working environment where you can balance work and leisure. As an employee with us, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as wellness grants and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner
As an employee of Lerum Municipality, there may be a requirement to use personal Bank-ID in your role for verification purposes, such as system logins or other verifications.
To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.
We warmly welcome your application!
For this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly request not to be contacted for additional offers regarding competency mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.