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Organization Description

Diversity, efficiency, innovation, and attractiveness!

With our shared values, visible leadership, and dedicated employees, we create a sustainable working life together.

Are you the dedicated employee we are looking for?

We need more firefighters for our four shift teams. At Gällivare Rescue Service, you will work as one of five players in a small organization. We have a large geographical area to manage, ranging from mines and mountains to extensive mountain forests. The majority of the municipality's inhabitants live in Gällivare town, where our full-time station is also located, centrally placed in the center. In our villages, we have five rescue stations that help us by being first on the scene and able to provide initial assistance.

We handle approximately 300 alarms per year.

We collaborate with our neighboring municipalities and the industrial fire brigades in the area.

Working in Gällivare Municipality is characterized by joy in work, engagement, and respect for the equal value of all people. At Gällivare Rescue Service, it is natural that everyone should feel accepted and enjoy their work, regardless of origin and gender.

Gällivare Rescue Service strives to be an attractive workplace where employees are given the opportunity for personal development.

Here you can read more about the municipality and what we can offer you!

Job Responsibilities

As a firefighter with us, we want you to engage in our various areas of operation based on your interest and suitability. You will work with accident prevention activities such as supervision, information, and education. Therefore, we want you to be good at talking to people and building trust.

When the alarm sounds, you are one of us who should be able to handle the incident as quickly as possible in a professional and efficient manner. To achieve this, we need to practice and maintain our vehicles and equipment. We work shifts, including work every other weekend.

We are looking for you who have interest, willingness, and ability to help others. You need to be able to show judgment and remain calm, stable, and controlled in pressurized situations. The profession requires practical, physical, and social skills.

It is important that you have a positive attitude, are a good team player, and can also work independently.

Before employment, interviews and job-related and physical tests will be conducted.

Qualifications

• Protection against Accidents (SMO)
• Driver's license, category B at minimum
• Passed roller test according to AFS 2007:7 (not older than 3 months) – to be attached to the application
• Good swimming skills, at least Gold Buoy certificate – to be attached to the application
• Ability to work at heights and no predisposition to claustrophobia
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing

Merits

• Supervision A
• Professional experience as a firefighter
• Driver's license categories C, CE, BE
• Snowmobile license
• First aid training for emergency care, chainsaw license, other relevant professional education

Great importance is placed on personal suitability.

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 meritorious when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality.

Working Hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent position

Probation period: 6 months

Salary

Monthly salary. We apply individual salary setting – please state your salary expectations in the application.

Start Date / Application

To your application, we would like to receive a CV and a cover letter.

We also require a roller test (not older than 3 months) and a Gold Buoy certificate with a passing result.

Original documents will be provided upon request.

Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Start Date: As soon as possible or by agreement. We have a planned introductory training on September 14.

Application Deadline: 2026-08-16

Recruitment may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Information

Unit Manager, Emma Franz, 0970-818340, [email protected]

Union Representatives

Union organization, contact details

Kommunal, tel: 010-4429919, mailto:[email protected]

Other

Gällivare Municipality offers you:

• Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret (full-time, fixed-term, longer-term)
• Wellness hour (full-time, fixed-term, longer-term)
• Participate in the workplace's "Trivselpeng" (full-time and fixed-term, longer-term)
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association) (all employees)
• Opportunity for holiday exchange (not for holiday service, Pan, Bea, not earned full holiday during the year)

We warmly welcome your application!