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 step in lifelong learning and there you as a preschool teacher are important.

Work tasks

You as a preschool teacher are part of a work 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.

It 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. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability.
• 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 educational conversations and educational documentation in your work,
• that you use image support and TAKK (sign as alternative and complementary communication),
• that you develop and drive the preschool forward according to the curriculum.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite for the position.
• 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. For the service, an extract from the Police's criminal record, https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ and that you present a valid identity card showing citizenship and a valid work permit are required.

  Gällivare municipality offers you

  • health care benefits 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
  • membership of GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association)

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

  Arbetstid/Varaktighet

  Tillsvidare 100%, probationary employment may be applied.

  Lön

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

  Access/Application

  We would like to receive a cover letter and your CV with your application. 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 reasons.

  Start date: August 3, 2026

  Date of application: 2026-06-14

  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, 0970-81 83 83

  Welcome with your application!