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Organization Description

Hello! Are you one of our new student assistants for two special education groups in Gällivare Municipality?

As an experienced student assistant, we can offer you meaningful and varied work with good opportunities for development. We are looking for a total of two student assistants for our two special education groups. The purpose of the special education group is to provide students with extensive needs for special support with the opportunity to develop academically and socially in a more structured and adapted learning environment. The group aims to create better conditions for study peace, clear structure, and individual support. The intervention with a special education group is a temporary support.

In Gällivare Municipality, there are a total of 9 primary schools, both in the central town and in our villages in the countryside. Within Gällivare Municipality's primary schools, in addition to qualified teachers, there are also lead teachers, special needs pedagogues, special education teachers, counselors, school nurses, class mentors, and student assistants/resources. In grades 1–6, there are also class mentors at our schools, and in the urban area, there are school wardens in grades 7–9. Our two new special education groups will be located at Tallbackaskolan and Hedskolan, our two largest F-6 schools. The staff will be located under the central Student Health Service's area of operation.

Job Responsibilities

As a student assistant in a special education group, you help create opportunities where all students are offered the chance to achieve the goals and where learning is experienced as meaningful, stimulating, and enjoyable. You will work with the teacher and support the students in the group at both individual and group levels, maintain close contact with guardians, and coordinate interventions needed to ensure our students have optimal conditions for development. You will also have close contact with the students' mentors and other teachers instructing the student. As a student assistant, you will be present with the students in the group, supporting them in teaching situations, during transitions, and in social interactions with other students.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are an experienced student assistant. We are looking for you who have a secondary education or other education that the employer deems equivalent. You should be responsible, clear, and driven, and have an easy time building good relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues. Commitment, solution-focus, innovation, interest in, and ability to collaborate are qualities we value. We also place great emphasis on personal suitability. Within the framework of the National Minority Languages 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.

As a student assistant, we see that you have experience working with young people aged 9–13. Here too, great importance is placed on your social skills and the art of meeting young people with significant challenges. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of or experience working with children/young people with NPD (Neurodevelopmental Disorders) diagnoses.

A certificate of good conduct (extract from the police register) is required upon employment.

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 fund)
• Opportunity for vacation exchange
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association)

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

The position is fixed-term until 2027-06-30 with the possibility of extension. You will receive a permanent position in Gällivare Municipality. As a student assistant, you will have a vacation-based service contract.

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting – please state your salary requirements in the application.

Start Date / Application

We request a CV and teacher certification with your application. Original documents will be requested upon invitation. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Start date: 2026-08-12 or by agreement

Application deadline: 2026-06-20.

Information

Mats Johansson Rantavaara, Head of Central Student Health Service

Phone: 0970-818177

[email protected]

Union Representatives

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

We look forward to receiving your application!