Business description

Diversity, efficiency, innovation and attractiveness!

With the common core values, a present leadership and committed employees, we create a sustainable working life together. Are you the committed employee we are looking for?

We need another firefighter for one of our four shift teams. At Gällivare Rescue Service, you work as one of 5 players in a small organization. We have a large geographical area to handle, everything from mines to mountains and vast mountain forests. Most of the municipality's inhabitants live in the urban area of Gällivare, where our full-time station is also located, centrally located in the town center. In our villages we have five rescue teams that help us by being first on the scene and able to help initially. We handle about 300 alarms per year, and we also cooperate with our neighbouring municipalities and the industrial fire brigades in the area. Working in Gällivare municipality is characterized by job satisfaction, commitment and respect for the equal value of all people. At Gällivare Rescue Service, it goes without saying that everyone should feel accepted and enjoy their work, regardless of origin and gender. Gällivare Rescue Service strives to be an attractive workplace where employees are given the opportunity for personal development.

Here you can read more about the municipality and what we can offer you! www.gallivare.se

Duties

As a firefighter with us, we want you to get involved in our various areas of activity based on your interest and suitability. You will work with accident prevention work such as supervision, information and training, therefore we want you to be good at talking to people and building trust. When the alarm goes off, you are one of us who must be able to handle the incident as quickly as possible in a professional and efficient manner. To do this, we need to train and maintain our vehicles and equipment. We work shifts with work every other weekend.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have an interest, willingness and ability to help others. You need to be able to exercise judgment and behave calmly, steadily and with control in stressful situations. The job requires practical, physical and social skills. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability. It is important that you have a positive attitude, are a good team player and can also work independently. Before employment, interviews as well as work-related and physical tests will be conducted.

requirements

• Driving license minimum B
• Approved treadmill test according to AFS 2007: 7 (not older than 3 months) is attached to the application.
• Good swimming skills at least Guldbojen certificate attached to the application
• Ability to work at heights and not have a tendency to claustrophobia.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing

Meritande

• MSB's training SMO (Protection against accidents) or equivalent training
• Driving license CE
• Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.
• Medical training for emergency care, chainsaw card, other relevant vocational training or experience from previous relevant work.
• Working experience as a firefighter

To your application, we want

• CV
• Personal letter
• Certificate of completed treadmill test according to AFS 2019:3 (Annex 11, point 5), not older than 3 months
• Certificate of swimming ability according to Guldbojen, not older than 1 year

Application

We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. When you apply for a job in our job portal, your application is registered. This is because we are a public body. Your application then becomes a public document once we have received it. This means that the application documents can be requested by anyone who wants to.

Access: As soon as possible by agreement

Last day to apply: 2026-01-11

Salary: Monthly salary - Individual salary setting is applied, please submit salary claims.

Working hours/Duration

Scope: Full-time until further notice

Number of positions: 1

Location: Gällivare

Information

Unit Manager, Emma Franz 076-7681685 or emma.franz@gallivare.se

Tf. Rescue Manager, Frida Klarin 0970-81 88 12 or frida.klarin@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Municipal

Welcome with your application!