Business description

Gällivare municipality is now looking for a cross-administrative principal who is part of the Child and Education Administration's STAB. The role means that you cover up as a principal in both preschool and compulsory school when regular management is missing, in the event of vacancies or special needs. You will be part of a central support function whose mission is to ensure stability, quality and security in our operations. The work is varied and requires a clear, confident and flexible leadership style.

Here you can read more about what it is like to work in the Child and Education Administration: Job as an educator in Gällivare municipality

Duties

As a cross-administrative principal, you are responsible for:

• Temporarily leading preschools and/or compulsory schools when the regular principal is absent or when the business has special needs.
• Assume full responsibility for operations, staff, work environment, finances and pupils/children in the unit you serve.
• Quickly familiarize yourself with new activities and their organization, routines and ongoing processes.
• Support units in reorganizations, development work or temporary challenges.
• Serve as a mentor or support for new principals when needed.
• Ensure that the business complies with school law, curriculum, governing documents and municipal guidelines.
• Be a supporting part of STAB and contribute to the administration's development, processes and quality work.

The assignment involves flexibility, where travel within the municipality occurs and where the workplace can vary over time.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a pedagogical university education and a solid experience of pedagogical work. You have many years of experience as a principal and have completed the state principal program. To succeed in the assignment, you need to be well anchored in the school's governing documents, procedures and digital systems and have a confident ability to orient yourself in various administrative and educational contexts. We are looking for a leader who is characterized by clarity, structure and stability, and who is also relationship-building and responsive. You enjoy working in a role characterized by variety and change, where you need to be able to adapt your leadership to the needs of each unit. You see the value of working in several different activities over time, and you are motivated by the opportunity to gain a broad and deep holistic view of the municipality's overall school activities through your ambulatory assignment. A B driving license is a requirement for the position. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of one of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

Requirement for employment - extract from the police criminal record.

Gällivare municipality offers you:

• Fresh care benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
• Fresh care hour
• Take part of the workplace's Trivselpeng
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association)
• Possibility to exchange holidays
• Gällivare municipality's leadership development program

Working hours/Duration

Full-time with permanent employment as principal in Gällivare municipality, the itinerant assignment runs on a three-year appointment. You report to the head of administration.

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting - please state salary requirements in the application.

Access / Application

We would like to receive a CV with your application. Original documents will be provided upon request. Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

Access: 2026-01-07 or as agreed...

Date for application: 2025-12-22

Disclosure

For more information about the position contact:

Peter Olsson, Head of Administration peter.olsson@gallivare.se

Ellinor Haglander, Deputy Head of Administration ellinor.haglander@gallivare.se

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