Qualified Preschool Teachers Needed in Gävle Municipality

Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a workplace built on trust, where you can develop professionally and grow as a person. We welcome your application!

Gävle Municipality has seven preschool areas: Bomhus, Brynäs-Nynäs, Nordöstra, Sätra, Södra, Sörby, and Valbo. Within these areas, there are approximately 70 preschools, including four specialized departments for children with extensive needs for special support. We also have 8 family daycares.

We are now looking for several qualified preschool teachers for our preschool operations. We will continuously need to fill upcoming positions, and the placement will be in one of our preschool areas.

20 positions.

Job Responsibilities

Are you a pedagogical preschool teacher who wants to contribute to children's learning and development? We are looking for you who are an engaged, positive, and driven preschool teacher who is passionate about your mission and pedagogical development work.

Your tasks include among other things:

• Having primary responsibility for the pedagogical teaching at the preschool together with your work team.
• Planning, implementing, documenting, following up, and evaluating the activity according to decided goals and guidelines.
• Using the learning platform Unikum in systematic quality work.

Qualifications

You are a pedagogical and confident preschool teacher with the child in focus.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a degree from the preschool teacher program and a preschool teacher license with eligibility to teach in preschool and preschool class. You may also have a continuing education in the preschool teacher program with graduation in June 2026.
• Are familiar with and have knowledge of the preschool curriculum.
• Have good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Have experience with children in need of special support.
• Have experience with AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) and/or PECS/TAKK (Picture Exchange Communication System).
• Have experience working in a multicultural preschool.

Personal Attributes

To succeed in the role:

• You have the ability to see what needs to be prioritized, are efficient, and use resources to achieve results in the best way.
• You inspire trust, create confidence, and have the ability to spread calm and stability.
• You have an unpretentious approach in your collaboration with colleagues, children, and guardians.
• You have the ability to lead and motivate children and colleagues. You make them feel a sense of belonging and inclusion. You are good at creating open dialogue and adapting your language to the current situation.

You are applying for preschool teacher positions at Gävle Municipality, and therefore interviews will be held continuously.

As a final candidate in the recruitment process, it is a requirement that you present an extract from the criminal record for work in school or preschool.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.

Our Values

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values.

What We Offer

You are important to us! As an employee at Gävle Municipality, you have:

• Generous holiday conditions, and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid holiday already during your first year of employment.
• Compensation for fitness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months.
• Several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example, health insurance and work injury insurance are included.

Discover our benefits at gavle.se (https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/upptack-vara-formaner-for-trygghet-och-balans/).

More information about us as an employer and what it is like to work at Gävle Municipality can be found at gavle.se (https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/).

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. If, in addition to our other competence requirements, you also speak Finnish, this can therefore be an advantage.