Vacant job

About the Role

Working in preschool is a challenging, exciting, and creative job carried out in close collaboration with colleagues in work teams. You have great opportunities to develop in a creative environment alongside children and colleagues. The children are to be given new challenges, support, and stimulation for their development and learning in cooperation with preschool teachers and childcare assistants on the unit. Gällivare Municipality is undergoing a major societal transformation. Come and be part of this exciting journey!

Trumman Preschool is centrally located in Gällivare. The surrounding area consists of apartment buildings and villas, as well as various service buildings such as a swimming pool, ice rink, library, museum, schools, and beautiful natural park and forest areas. It is within walking distance to the city center and to schools such as Hedskolan and Sjöparksskolan. The preschool has four age-segregated units: a 1–2 year unit, a 3-year unit, a 4-year unit, and a 5-year unit.

Responsibilities

As a childcare assistant, you will carry out planned activities together with the rest of the work team, based on the Swedish National Curriculum for the Preschool (Lpfö).

Qualifications

Childcare education or other education deemed equivalent by the employer. Personal suitability is given great weight.

Within the framework of the National Minority Language Act, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality.

What Gällivare Municipality Offers You:

• Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
• Wellness hour
• Participation in the workplace's "Trivselpeng" (well-being allowance)
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association)
• Opportunity for holiday exchange

Read more here: https://gallivare.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete-/jobba-som-pedagog (https://gallivare.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete-/jobba-som-pedagog)

Working Hours/Duration

Permanent position, full-time (100%).

Salary

Monthly salary according to agreement, with individual salary setting – please state your salary expectations.

Start Date / Application

Please include a CV with your application. Original documents may be requested upon invitation. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Start date: 2026-08-03 or as agreed.

Application deadline: 2026-06-14

Information

For questions regarding the position, please contact

Marina Nilsson
Principal, Gällivare Municipality

Phone: 0970 – 81 89 73
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Trade Union Representatives

Kommunal
Phone: 010 – 442 99 19
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

We look forward to receiving your application!