Business description

Hello! Are you our new preschool teacher for Fjälldalens preschool?

Fjälldalens preschool is a preschool with six departments where nature and the mountain are close by and where you as an educator get a unique opportunity to be involved in shaping the preschool of the future. The preschool opened in January 2025 and we are now looking for you who want to step in among a wonderful bunch of colleagues and build a long-term work at the preschool. In the preschool, we meet our children in their first education and in their first steps in lifelong learning and there you as a preschool teacher are important.

Read more about what it is like to work in the preschool: https://gallivare.se/lararjobb

Duties

You as a preschool teacher are part of a team and are responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating the teaching offered to the children. You collaborate with the team and you offer the children a fun and educational teaching and training. As a preschool teacher, you have a special responsibility to lead the goal-oriented processes and in teaching be responsible for:

• Care, development and learning form a whole,
• Planning and implementation are based on the curriculum and on the knowledge and experiences that the children have previously acquired,
• Spontaneously arising activities and interests, everyday activities and routines in the preschool become part of the teaching, and
• Develop educational content and environments that inspire development and learning and that challenge and stimulate the children's interest and curiosity and keep their attention.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed preschool teacher.

This is important:

• that you are well acquainted with the curriculum (Lpfö18),
• that you are a confident and clear leader, take initiative, are positive and have faith in children's different competencies,
• that you have knowledge of and use different learning tools,
• that you have trusting relationships with children and guardians and that you have good collaboration skills,
• that you use pedagogical conversations and pedagogical documentation in your work,
• that you use picture support and TAKK (sign as alternative and complementary communication),
• that you develop and drive the preschool forward according to the curriculum.

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.Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite for the position. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability.

For the position, an extract from the Police's criminal record, https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ and that you present identification is required.

Other

To your application, we want a personal letter and your CV. If requested, original documents will be presented. Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis during the application period, so do not wait to submit your application. Appointment is subject to the condition that the position does not need to be filled by existing staff due to redundancy or other reason. We have chosen our recruitment channels and do not want any recruitment help.

Gällivare municipality offers you:

• health care benefit in the form of strength training, group training or day passes at Dundret.
• free bathing/swimming.
• you get to take part in the workplace's Trivselpeng.
• one wellness hour per week (mental or physical activity).
• membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association).

Working hours/Duration

Full-time 100%, from January 8, 2026. 3 preschool teacher positions.

Salary

Monthly salary - we apply individual salary setting. Please state your salary requirements in your application.

Access/Application

Access: January 8, 2026

Date for application: 2025-11-09

Information

If you have any questions, please contact:

Helena Johansson, Principal Fjälldalens förskola,

Phone: 0970-81 80 41

E-mail: helena.johansson@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Sveriges Lärare, tel: 0970-81 83 83

Welcome with your application!