Job Description

Would you like to help shape the future of preschools and schools in one of Sweden’s fastest-growing municipalities?

Gällivare is undergoing a unique societal transformation where development, innovation, and optimism for the future characterize the entire municipality. We are now looking for a Quality Developer who wants to play a key role in strengthening quality within our preschools and schools. With us, you’ll have a strategic and varied role where you’ll work closely with administrative leadership, principals, and operations to create the conditions for children’s and students’ learning and development. If you are driven by development work, analysis, and collaboration, and want to make a real difference, this may be the position for you.

As a quality developer, you will be part of the Children and Education Administration’s staff and work directly under the direction of the administrative director. You will be part of the department’s management team and play a central role in developing, coordinating, and following up on the systematic quality work within the department.

The position involves close collaboration with school principals, managers, political leadership, and other functions within the municipality. You will serve as a qualified resource for development and quality issues and help translate national and municipal goals into concrete operational development.

This is a strategic and rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to influence and contribute to long-term development in preschools and schools. Through your work, you will create the conditions for high-quality operations and contribute to children’s and students’ learning, development, and future. You will become part of a dedicated organization with close collaboration between management and operations, where development work, collaboration, and continuous improvement are the focus. With us, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a municipality undergoing an exciting social transformation, where optimism, growth, and development create excellent opportunities to make a real difference.

Job Responsibilities

In the role of Quality Developer, your responsibilities will include:

Coordinating, developing, and following up on systematic quality assurance efforts in preschools and schools.

• Support principals and managers in analysis, follow-up, and development work.
• Prepare documentation, analyses, reports, and decision-making materials for management and the board.
• Drive and coordinate the administration’s work based on the Education Act and curricula.
• Develop and quality-assure routines, working methods, and processes.
• Be responsible for monitoring results, statistics, and key performance indicators, and translate these into development initiatives.
• Coordinate work related to government grants, including applications, follow-up, and reporting.
• Conduct investigations, draft responses to consultations, and other specialized written communications.
• A variety of administrative tasks

The position offers a combination of strategic development work, analysis, and operational support.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with relevant higher education, preferably with a focus on education and pedagogy or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

We would like you to have experience in:

• Quality and development work.
• Follow-up, analysis, and operational development.
• Working in a politically governed organization or public sector.
• Project management or process management.
• Preparing reports, studies, and decision-making documentation.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience in school or educational activities.
• Knowledge of school legislation and systematic quality assurance work.
• Strong skills in statistics, analysis, and digital tools.
• Under the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is a plus when applying for a position in Gällivare Municipality.

To succeed in this role, you are an analytical, structured, and development-oriented person driven by creating improvements and developing operations. You work independently and take initiative while also collaborating easily with others to foster engagement, participation, and strong relationships. You have a strategic mindset and a strong ability to see the big picture, analyze needs, and translate them into concrete solutions. Through your responsive and collaborative work style, you help build trust and foster good cooperation with colleagues, managers, and other partners. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment requirements—extract from the police criminal record.

Gällivare Municipality offers you:

• Wellness benefits in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret/Free swimming
• Wellness hour
• Access to the workplace’s Well-being Fund
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality’s recreational association)
• Option to exchange vacation days
• Flexible work arrangement

Read more here: https://gallivare.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete-

Work Hours/Duration

Permanent, Full-time. A probationary period may apply.

Salary

Monthly salary; we use individual salary setting—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: August 10, 2026, or as agreed.

Application deadline: June 30, 2026

Information

Administrative Director, Peter Olsson, email: mailto:peter.olsson@gallivare.se

Deputy Administrative Director, Ellinor Haglander, email: mailto:ellinor.haglander@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Sveriges lärare

Skolledarna

Vision

Akademikerförbundet SSR

You can reach all union representatives via the switchboard at 0970-81 80 00

We warmly welcome your application!