The education administration is responsible for preschool, preschool class, compulsory school, adapted compulsory school and after-school care in the municipality. Preschools and compulsory schools in grades F-6 are divided into two geographical areas, Southwest and Northeast. Grades 7-9 are a single area. Each area is led by an area manager. Tomtebogård is a school for grades F-3. Tomtebogård is located at Tomtebo in the eastern part of Umeå, close to nature on the shores of Lake Nydala. More than 250 pupils play and learn here. The unit has a natural and close collaboration between teachers, preschool teachers, recreational educators and childcare workers. Tomteboskolan is one of Umeå municipality's training schools, which means that during the academic year it receives student teachers on their practical training, VFU. We are now looking for a principal for Tomtebogårds F-3 part. Welcome to apply! Your work tasks As a principal, you have ultimate responsibility for students and staff at the school. You will be responsible for the elementary school F-3 with associated leisure time and have a close collaboration with the principal of Tomtebogårds preschool. The assignment as principal involves, among other things: leading and coordinating the educational work at the school deciding on the internal organization of the school and the allocation of resources quality assurance of teaching student health work staff responsibilities staff planning, recruitment and rehabilitation employee and salary reviews overall systematic work environment management You are part of the F-6 North-East primary school leadership team and report to its area manager. As a manager in Umeå municipality, we want you to represent the municipality in a trustworthy and positive way. You focus on the benefit to citizens and engage in dialog with your employees about goals and plans so that they understand their role and importance to the whole. It is also important that you stand for common values and are a role model for your colleagues. You encourage your staff to be curious, creative and collaborative, and make both the individual employee and the team visible. About you We are looking for you who have a pedagogical university education focusing on leisure or teachers. We also want you to have experience of educational work in primary schools. If you have experience of leading leisure activities and experience as a principal, it is positive. If you have not worked as a school leader, we want you to have otherwise led or coordinated colleagues in development work, or you have attended recruitment training or internal trainee program for future school leaders. We are looking for you who have a clear vision for the school and can inspire and engage staff, students and parents in striving towards common goals. You are a good relationship builder who fosters good relations with staff, students and guardians. You also actively contribute to cooperation and collaboration within the management team to which you belong. It is important that you have a good ability to organize and plan the school's activities in a way that promotes learning and development. You also need to have clear and good communication skills and have the courage to make decisions and stand by them in relation to pupils, staff and guardians. As a result of the law on suitability control, an extract from the police's criminal record must be presented upon employment. About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has around 440 managers and the operations are divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.