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Organization Description

As a Senior Teacher (First Teacher) in Gällivare Municipality, your mission is to serve as a positive, pedagogical role model by developing collegial learning within your unit and across the entire municipality. As a Senior Teacher, you already hold your pedagogical position at the school, and vacant pedagogical positions are advertised separately. In your role as a Senior Teacher, you will collaborate with another Senior Teacher to support all staff groups in the municipality in strengthening pedagogical development work to achieve higher goal fulfillment in the subject of Swedish.

Responsibilities

Primarily, you work as a Senior Teacher on behalf of the Children and Education Administration with responsibility for:

• Teaching and other tasks related to teaching.
• General didactic development.
• Systematic quality work.
• Supervising and mentoring other teachers.
• Leading processes aimed at increasing the school's goal fulfillment.

Being a Senior Teacher in Gällivare Municipality also means that you, on behalf of the administration, are responsible for: development through collegial learning at the municipal/administrative level within the framework of Swedish.

Qualifications

You must have a teaching license, four years of graded teaching service, a good ability to improve results, a strong interest in developing teaching, and be particularly qualified for the teaching/tasks associated with this. To succeed in the role of Senior Teacher, we expect you to be a clear leader with the ability to create and maintain good relationships with students, staff, and parents. You have a particular ability to maintain focus on goal fulfillment through follow-up and analysis. Your view on school development is rooted in modern school research, and you have a clear focus on results as well as the ability to see the entire school organization as a learning organization. Personal suitability is highly valued. Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is an asset when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality.

An extract from the police criminal record is required – to be presented before employment.

What Gällivare Municipality Offers You

• Access to wellness facilities: strength training and group training at Dundret.
• Free swimming 12 times per month.
• One wellness hour per week.
• Access to the workplace's "Trivselpeng" (well-being allowance).
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association).
• Become a health inspirer at your workplace.
• Development opportunities: Support from experienced mentors and access to continuous competence development. Possibility of education combined with work.
• Close to nature: Combine your career with fantastic outdoor opportunities in beautiful Gällivare.
• Innovative working methods: We invest in modern pedagogy, collaboration, and sustainable development.

Read more about Gällivare Municipality as an employer and what it is like to work in preschool and primary school here: https://gallivare.se/lararjobb (https://gallivare.se/lararjobb)

Working Hours / Duration

100%, fixed-term employment (general fixed-term) for three years. The assignment must fit within regular working hours and be included in the work schedule.

Salary

Monthly salary. As a Senior Teacher, your salary is set at the teacher's regular salary plus 5,000 SEK per month.

Start Date / Application

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

Start date: According to agreement.

Application deadline: 2025-06-19

Information

Principal Maria Isaksson, tel 0970-818 558

Deputy Principal Alexander Nilsson, tel 0970-818 345

Union Representatives

Sveriges Lärare: 010-400 40 40

We look forward to receiving your application!