Vacant job

About the Role

Hello! Are you our new colleague?

We are currently looking for a resource staff member for Fjälldalens Preschool.

Fjälldalens Preschool is a preschool with six departments located close to nature and the mountains, which opened in January 2025. We are looking for you who want to join a wonderful group of colleagues and work as a resource staff member within a team. At the preschool, we meet our children in their first education and their first steps in lifelong learning, and as a resource, you are important. We are looking for an engaged person who wants to work with children in need of special support.

Read more about what it is like to work in preschool: https://gallivare.se/lararjobb (https://gallivare.se/lararjobb)

Responsibilities

The role of resource staff means that you will be an additional person in the work team so that the preschool can meet the needs of children requiring special support. You are part of the preschool team, and together you design a safe, stimulating, and developmental educational environment for the children, guided by the curriculum (Lpfö18), which describes the work and education the preschool offers. The team designs the education so that children in need of special support receive the necessary support and challenges for their development, and are stimulated and developed in their play and learning.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are educated as a preschool teacher (barnskötare) and who have good experience working with children in need of special support.

It is important that:

• you are familiar with our guiding document, the Preschool Curriculum (Lpfö18),
• you are a secure and clear leader, take initiative, are positive, and have confidence in the children's various competencies,
• you have a solution-focused approach, are flexible and innovative,
• you value trust-based relationships with children and guardians and have good collaboration skills,
• you use visual aids and PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) / TAKK (Signs as Alternative Augmentative Communication).
• Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite for the position. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.
• Within the framework of the National Minorities 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.

A certificate from the Swedish Police Authority's criminal record register is required for the position: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/). You must also present a valid ID card showing citizenship and a valid work permit.

What Gällivare Municipality Offers You:

• Wellness benefits in the form of strength training, group exercise, or day passes at Dundret.
• Free swimming/bathing.
• Access to the workplace's "Trivselpeng" (well-being allowance).
• One wellness hour per week (mental or physical activity).
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association).

Working Hours/Duration

Full-time (100%) – fixed-term employment from October 2026 to June 2027.

Salary

Monthly salary – we apply individual salary setting. Please state your salary expectations in your application.

Start Date/Application

Along with your application, we request a cover letter and your CV. Original documents may be requested upon invitation. Interviews may be conducted continuously during the application period, so do not wait to submit your application. The position will be filled provided it does not need to be taken by existing staff due to redundancy or other reasons.

Start date: October 1, 2026

Application deadline: 2026-08-16

Information

For questions, please contact:

Helena Johansson, Principal of Fjälldalens Preschool

Phone: 0970-81 80 41

Mobile: 076-137 34 93

Email: [email protected]

Union Representatives

Kommunal. Tel. 010–4429919

We look forward to receiving your application!