Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with 11 300 employees. 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 10 years, we will hire around 1 000 people each year. Do you want to join us? We work together to help children and young people develop and grow up safely. We teach children to read, write and count. We help develop children's imagination and belief in their own abilities. We support children and young people to live an independent life. We have Sweden's most important job - our mission is to give young people confidence in the future. The Competence Center for Multilingualism works to ensure that pupils are taught in their mother tongue and receive study guidance in their strongest language. Today, 38 languages are represented within the organization. We work with both municipal principals and individuals. We are looking for a mother tongue teacher in Portuguese. Type of employment Temporary position, 50%, starting 2025-01-08 until 2025-06-18. 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. Mother tongue teaching Teaching is carried out with pupils in groups or with individual pupils in the municipality's school units from preschool class to year 9. Pupils are taught in the pupil's home school from preschool class up to year 3. From year 4, this may mean that the pupil is taught at another school. We offer a bus pass for travel between schools. Distance learning can be part of the service in the municipality's peripheral schools for pupils from year 2. Your work is very independent and the work as a mother tongue teacher includes planning, implementation, grading and evaluation of the teaching you carry out based on the Swedish curriculum. You will also be a support in the reception of newly arrived children and students, which includes information conversations, learning support, direct support and mapping of newly arrived students' knowledge. Qualifications You have Portuguese 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 attach great importance to personal suitability. We would like you to attach a personal letter and CV written in Swedish. If you have a teaching license, please attach it. As a result of the law on suitability control, an extract from the police's criminal record must be presented upon employment About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has around 440 managers and the operations are 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.gatewayumea.se/sv/move-to-umea 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.