One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are the teacher who makes your little brother read his first words and the after-school staff who make you laugh after school. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the librarian who brings literature close. Together we fight for knowledge, for the creation of meaning and for the fun everyday life of children and young people. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for the future in Kiruna municipality? Come and be part of the community at the culture and education administration. JOB DESCRIPTION As head of preschools in Kiruna municipality, you have overall responsibility for managing, developing and following up preschool activities. You will report directly to the Head of School and be part of the management team for the culture and education administration. You will be the closest colleague with the Head of Comprehensive School and together you are responsible for the educational activities. The assignment involves both strategic and operational leadership with a focus on quality, legal certainty and goal achievement. In the role you are responsible for: - Overall responsibility for the preschool's finances, staff, work environment and quality. - Management and development of an organization with preschools geographically spread in the municipality. - Personnel responsibility for principals in preschool and support functions towards preschool. - Systematic quality work with a focus on operational development and improved results together with the Head of Comprehensive School. - Ensuring legal certainty in all processes and decisions in the preschool area. - Implementation of long-term development processes and creation of conditions for high quality in the educational mission. - Employer responsibility in accordance with Kiruna municipality's guidelines and values (Respect, Responsibility, Cooperation). - Collaboration with internal and external actors such as trade unions and other administrations. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have both experience and commitment to leading and developing activities. You have the ability to take responsibility for the whole while creating participation and drive in the organization. Requirements - Academic education that is relevant to the assignment. - You have solid knowledge and experience of preschool activities. - Experience of managing and developing an organization with responsibility for staff, finances and results. - Good knowledge of legislation and policy documents in the field of preschool education. - Ability to lead both strategically and operationally in a politically governed organization. Merits - Experience of working as a head teacher in early childhood education - Experience of managerial responsibilities through other managers. Personal qualities We attach great importance to personal suitability. To succeed in the role, you need to have the ability to: - Lead development processes with commitment that inspires and motivates employees to follow and participate. - Collaborate, be creative and learn new things. - Show decisiveness, courage and perseverance in your leadership. - Work in a strategic and structured way with responsibility for budget, quality and business results. - Be solution-focused, pragmatic and confident in the formal requirements of the managerial role. - Build good relationships and communicate clearly, sensitively and professionally. - Act with high emotional competence and integrity and be able to set boundaries based on professional ethics. - For work in educational activities, an approved extract from the police criminal record is required. Order the extract in connection with submitting your application, you do it via the link https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623 OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.