Study Counselor in Latvian and Native Language Teacher in Russian

About the Role

Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic spots with lakes and forests. The municipality employs 3,200 staff and has 43,000 residents, with significant growth anticipated in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently undergoing an intensive development period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality is committed to ensuring good service, high welfare standards, and a thriving business climate.

Recently, Dagens Samhälle has named Lerum a winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) - an award based on an extensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities across various areas including education, healthcare, economy, culture and recreation, attractiveness, business, and future factors such as digitization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!

The Multilingualism Unit organizes mother tongue instruction, study counseling, and the reception of newly arrived students. The teachers in the unit instruct in 24 different languages.

Through collegial learning, we continuously strive to improve and develop educational practices. Our focus is on pedagogical development, professionalism, and workplace satisfaction. The unit has meeting rooms and workspaces in the Dergård area, next to Lerum Gymnasium, centrally located in Lerum with easy access by train/bus. In Lerum Municipality, we work in line with Agenda 2030, and we expect you to be interested in this as well.

Responsibilities

In your role, you will provide study guidance for students in the mother tongue Latvian and teach in the mother tongue Russian at all school levels, including both primary and secondary education.

• You will participate with enthusiasm and joy in the meetings and professional development activities available.
• You will plan, implement, evaluate, and develop educational work independently as well as collaboratively with your colleagues and in your team.
• The team meets once a week for collegial learning and development of operations.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a positive force in the workplace and has an easy time creating and maintaining good social relationships with colleagues, students, and guardians. You have a developmental leadership style and are a good listener. Essentially, you are someone who easily finds solutions in challenging situations.

• You possess didactic knowledge in both Latvian and Russian and have good skills in Swedish, both spoken and written.
• You are flexible in your educational approach and meet students with respect, encouragement, and high expectations.
• In your interactions with educational staff at schools, you are cooperative and solutions-oriented, while also being adept at clearly communicating your role.
• You are committed to your own learning and development alongside others.
• Flexibility and a solutions-focused mindset are important, as well as the ability to collaborate and communicate with students, colleagues, school management, and other staff.

The position requires proficiency in handling digital tools.

For a permanent position, a teaching certificate is required. At least high school qualifications or equivalent is mandatory. Completion of SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) and at least SAS Basic or equivalent is necessary. Higher education qualifications are advantageous.

A driver's license and access to a personal vehicle are desirable.

To work with children and youth, a criminal record extract from the Police Registry is required. You must order it yourself via the Police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/

Other

The development in Lerum Municipality must 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 promotes gender equality and diversity and opposes all forms of discrimination and harassment.

We value a good working environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee with us, you gain access to a range of benefits, such as wellness grants and employee care programs. Learn 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 for identification in, for example, system logins or other verification.

To ensure a quality recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via the provided link, and not via email or hard copy.

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 further proposals regarding talent sourcing, advertising, and recruitment assistance.