Job Description

Working in preschool is exciting, creative, and challenging, and involves close collaboration with colleagues on the team. You’ll have ample opportunities to grow in a creative role alongside children and colleagues. The children should be given challenges, support, and stimulation for their development and learning in collaboration with preschool teachers and childcare workers in the department. Gällivare Municipality is undergoing a major societal transformation—come and join us on this exciting journey!

Mandolinen is located in a quiet residential neighborhood with the forest right outside the fence and within walking distance of downtown Gällivare. The preschool has three departments for children ages 1–5 and the children collaborate extensively throughout the day in various groups—for example, the 5-year-old group, the 4-year-old group, and even the youngest children are sometimes divided into groups. A year ago, the entire preschool was renovated, and now we have beautiful facilities where new learning environments are taking shape.

Job Responsibilities

As a childcare worker, you’ll work with the team to design a safe and enriching educational experience for the children in your preschool class. The curriculum guidelines describe your responsibilities within the team regarding the development, monitoring, and evaluation of the program and education.

As a childcare worker, you are part of a team and participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the education offered to the children. In collaboration with the work team, the children should be given new challenges and receive support and stimulation in their social development.

Qualifications

Certified childcare worker or other experience deemed equivalent by the employer.

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 the children’s diverse abilities,
• that you are interested in developing learning environments,
• that you value trusting relationships with children and guardians and that you have strong collaboration skills,
• that you utilize pedagogical conversations and pedagogical documentation in your work

Great importance is placed on personal suitability.

Under the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is considered an asset when applying for employment with Gällivare Municipality.

An extract from the police’s record of suspicions and criminal convictions is required.

Work Hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent position. A probationary period may apply.

Salary

Monthly salary; we use individual salary determination—please indicate your salary expectations in your application.

Start Date / Application

Please include a resume with your application. Original documents must be provided upon request.

Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Start date: October 26, 2026, or as agreed.

Application deadline: October 19, 2026.

Information

Principal Peter Lindmark, tel. 0970-81 82 27

Recruiter Ann-Louise Johansson, tel. 076 137 80 78

Recruiter Natalia Castro, tel. 070 287 37 52

Union representatives

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

Other Information

Gällivare Municipality offers you:

• Wellness benefits in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
• Wellness hour
• Access to the workplace’s “Well-being Allowance”
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality’s recreational association)
• Opportunity to swap vacation days

We warmly welcome your application!