Stadt St.Gallen
Dabei
Special Needs Educator / Special Needs Educator (12 lessons)
- 03 November 2026
- 100%
- Dabei
Job summary
Join a supportive team in St.Gallen, working with diverse children. Enjoy a collaborative and engaging work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Support children in their crucial developmental phases together with teachers.
- Utilize your special education expertise to enhance individual learning.
- Foster a culture of trust and encouragement among young learners.
Skills
- EDK-recognized diploma in special education or in training required.
- Flexible and open-minded approach to challenges is essential.
- Strong collaboration skills with teachers and team members are key.
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About the job
Your new role
You will find a committed and supportive environment with three primary classes, each with around 19 children. The classes are diverse and characterised by a respectful learning culture. The children learn and grow together, living our motto "Zäme uf em Wäg" noticeably in everyday school life.
Together with the class teachers, you will accompany the children through an important phase of their development and support them in discovering and further developing their individual strengths. You will apply your special needs educational expertise purposefully and actively shape individual support. A varied and diverse field of work awaits you, with room for personal responsibility, creativity, and close teamwork.
This position is for you if you:
- have a diploma in Special Needs Education recognised by the EDK or are undergoing corresponding training.
- enjoy working with young children and approach them with respect, trust, and an encouraging attitude.
- believe in the children and want to accompany and support them purposefully in their individual development.
- take pleasure in close collaboration with the class teachers and the team.
- apply your expertise in a solution-oriented, pragmatic, and constructive manner.
- are flexible in responding to different situations and face challenges openly.
- bring humour and have a positive outlook on the children’s developmental possibilities.
Good reasons to work for the City of St. Gallen:
A team on equal footing
With us, you work in a committed and experienced team characterised by mutual support, openness, and respect. Close collaboration between class teachers, special needs education, specialists, and school management is a matter of course for us. Together we develop solutions, share our knowledge, and continuously shape the school.
What we offer
We offer you an environment where collaboration and mutual support are lived values. You benefit from contemporary employment conditions as well as scope for creativity and the opportunity to contribute your own ideas.
For your work, an attractive dedicated special needs education room is available in close proximity to the classrooms. The short distances create optimal conditions for individual support of the children as well as for close and uncomplicated collaboration with the teachers. Furthermore, there is likely the possibility to increase the workload from the 2027/28 school year.
We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.
