About Us

Hello! Are you our new colleague?

We are currently looking for a substitute childcare worker for Lillsjön Preschool in Puolitkasvaara.

As an educator in the municipality of Gällivare, we can offer you meaningful and varied work with excellent opportunities for professional development. We actively work to promote children’s learning through language development, nature experiences, and cultural awareness. Our preschool is linguistically and culturally diverse and offers a rich and varied learning environment tailored to the children’s needs and interests.

We strive to create a safe and inspiring environment where every child is given the opportunity to develop based on their unique circumstances, with a focus on learning, sustainability, and inclusion.

Job Responsibilities

As a childcare worker, you will work with the rest of the team to carry out activities planned in accordance with the Preschool Curriculum.

Qualifications

As an educator, you should be responsible and demonstrate clear leadership within the group of children; you should be able to easily build strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues. Commitment, a solution-oriented mindset, flexibility, innovation, and a strong ability to collaborate are qualities we highly value in our work; we place great emphasis on personal suitability. Childcare training or equivalent qualifications are a plus. Gällivare Municipality is an administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish under the National Minority Languages Act. Knowledge of any of these languages is a plus when applying for a job with Gällivare Municipality

You can request an extract from the Police Criminal Records Register at Polisen.se; this is a requirement. The certificate and identification must be presented before employment

Gällivare Municipality offers our temporary and permanent employees the opportunity to:

• Take part in wellness activities: strength training and group training, Dundret
• Free swimming
• One wellness hour per week
• Become a health ambassador at your workplace
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality’s recreational association)

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Work Hours/Duration

Temporary position, full-time. From Aug 3, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026.

Salary

Monthly salary; Gällivare Municipality uses individual salary setting. Please include a salary request 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 3 or as agreed

Application deadline: June 23, 2026

Information

Marie Apelqvist, Principal 0970/818481

Email: mailto:marie.apelqvist@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Kommunal mailto:gallivare.norrbotten@kommunal.se

Welcome, buorisboahtem, bures boahtin, tervetullut, tervetuloa to Gällivare!