Description of Operations

Hello! Are you our new colleague at EMMA Preschool?

EMMA Preschool is located in Mettä-Dokkas, right next to Emmaskolan. It’s about three mil to the town of Gällivare. The preschool has two classes with 18 children in each group, ages 1–5. The classes share a hallway and a large playroom—Torget. The preschool also has a large and wonderful art studio that offers plenty of opportunities for creativity and exploration. The two classes—Skogsgläntan and Skogstrollet—work together.

At the preschool, we accompany our children through their first educational experience and their first steps in lifelong learning, and as an educator, you play a vital role in this process.

Job Responsibilities

The preschool curriculum (Lpfö18) outlines the preschool’s core values and mission and includes goals and guidelines for the work at the preschool. Children in preschool should receive a safe educational experience where care, development, and learning form a cohesive whole.

As a preschool teacher, you will work with your team to design a safe and nurturing educational experience for the children at the preschool. The work is challenging, exciting, and creative, and is carried out in close collaboration with your work team and colleagues at the preschool. As a childcare worker, you are part of a work team and participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the educational programs offered to the children. You’ll collaborate with your team to provide the children with a fun and educational learning experience.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a certified childcare worker or is currently studying to become one, or who has other training that the employer deems equivalent.

It is important:

• that you are familiar with our guiding document, the Preschool Curriculum (Lpfö18),
• that you are a confident and clear leader, take the initiative easily, are positive, and have faith in children’s diverse abilities,
• that you value trusting relationships with children and guardians and that you have strong collaboration skills,
• that you utilize pedagogical discussions and pedagogical documentation in your work,
• that you use visual aids and TAKK (signs as alternative and augmentative communication),
• that you are interested in developing the preschool.
• Excellent proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite for this position. Great importance will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.
• Under the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Proficiency in any of these languages is considered an asset when applying for a position with Gällivare Municipality.

An extract from the Police’s Suspicion and Criminal Record Registry is required for this position.

Gällivare Municipality offers you:

• a wellness benefit in the form of strength training, group exercise, or a day pass to Dundret.
• free access to the pool/swimming.
• You’ll have access to the workplace’s “Well-being Allowance.”
• One wellness hour per week (mental or physical activity).
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality’s recreational association).

Read more here: https://gallivare.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete-/jobba-som-pedagog

Work Hours/Duration

Permanent position, full-time (100%)

Salary

Monthly salary—we use individual salary determination. Please include your salary expectations in your application.

Start Date / Application

Please include a cover letter and your resume with your application. Original documents must be presented upon request. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis during the application period, so please do not delay in submitting your application. Appointment is contingent upon the position not being filled by existing staff due to redundancy or other reasons.

Start Date: November 10, 2016, or as agreed.

Application Deadline: November 2, 2026

Information

Principal Helena Johansson, tel 0970-81 80 41

Recruiter Ann-Louise Johansson, tel 076 137 80 78

Recruiter Natalia Castro, tel 070 287 37 52

Union representatives

Kommunal, tel: 010-4429919, mailto:Gallivare.norrbotten@kommunal.se

We warmly welcome your application!