Head teacher in primary school in Kiruna municipality Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Rector
Work model On location
Application due date 16 October 2025
Are you the one? For a vibrant Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference.
We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture and inspire. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important?
We look forward to hearing from you!
JOB DESCRIPTION
Are you a proud and confident manager and leader who cares about the children and the school in Kiruna? Then you are warmly welcome to join our dedicated team of principals. Our future starts with the children.
As a principal, you are responsible for your activities with the student at the center. You collaborate and drive development issues together with your staff and other principals in the administration. You have overall responsibility for the performance of your organization and for the development of Kiruna municipality. You represent the employer and act in accordance with our core values: Respect, Responsibility and Cooperation.
QUALIFICATIONS
As a principal in Kiruna municipality, you are a key person in the school's continued development and journey forward. There is a strong will and great commitment, but also a need for clear direction, decision-making and confident leadership that dares to show the way. You are responsible for leading the school's educational work in accordance with the current governing documents, the school's vision and core values.
With a long-term and strategic approach, you create a common focus and a culture characterized by trust, job satisfaction and clear expectations. By being present in everyday life, visible to both students and staff and active in the classrooms, you contribute to a safe and positive school environment where everyone knows where we are going and why.
Your role is also central to developing the school's student health work and systematic quality work. Together with your colleagues, you create a common thread throughout the school day and strengthen cooperation and collegial learning. You create the conditions for educators to meet, share experiences and develop their teaching together.
We are looking for you who:
-Have a university degree and educational leadership experience from school or education, preferably with experience of budget, personnel and overall responsibility.
-Have experience of leading school development and driving change.
-Is a good communicator with an ability to create and nurture relationships.
-Recognizes the benefits of networking, collaboration and cooperation.
Criminal record:
Before any employment, you must present an extract from the criminal record from an unopened envelope. You apply for it on the police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/
OTHER
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 advertisers or other sellers of recruitment services.