Child Care Worker at Fjälldalens Preschool

Gällivare kommun · Full-time

Gällivare, Sweden

About the Role Hello! Could you be our new colleague at Fjälldalens förskola? Fjälldalens förskola is a preschool with six departments where nature and the mountains are close by, and as a pedagogue you'll have a unique opportunity to be part of shaping the preschool of the future. The preschool opened in January 2025, and we're now looking for you to join our wonderful team of colleagues and build long-term work at the preschool. At the preschool, we meet our children in their first educational experiences and their first steps in lifelong learning—and as a pedagogue, you play an important role. Responsibilities The preschool curriculum (Lpfö18) describes the preschool's values and mission and contains goals and guidelines for the work. Children at the preschool should receive secure education where care, development, and learning form a whole. Work as a child care worker involves collaborating with your team to create a safe and developmental education for the children. The work is challenging, exciting, and creative, and takes place in close cooperation with your team and colleagues at the preschool. As a child care worker, you're part of a team and participate in planning, implementing, and evaluating the education offered to children. You work with the team to provide children with fun and educational experiences. Qualifications We're looking for someone who is trained as a child care worker, or someone studying to become one, or with another education that the employer deems equivalent. It's important that you: are familiar with our governing document, the Preschool Curriculum (Lpfö18), are a confident and clear leader, take initiative easily, are positive, and believe in children's different competencies, value trusting relationships with children and guardians and have good collaboration skills, use pedagogical conversations and pedagogical documentation in your work, use visual supports and TAKK (sign as alternative and supplementary communication), are interested in developing the preschool. Very good Swedish language skills, both spoken and written, are essential for the position. Great importance will be placed on personal qualities and suitability. Under the national minority language law, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative authority for Sámi, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is a merit in applications for employment in Gällivare Municipality. The position requires a certificate from the Police's suspicion and conviction register, and you must present identification. Work Hours / Duration Temporary position, full-time: 2026-10-05 - 2027-07-02 Salary Monthly salary – we apply individual salary setting. Please state your salary expectations in your application. Start Date / Application With your application, please include a cover letter and CV. Original documents will be requested upon request. Interviews may take place continuously during the application period, so don't delay submitting your application. Placement is subject to the position not being needed by existing staff due to redundancy or other reasons. Great importance will be placed on personal qualities and suitability. Start date: 2026-10-05 or by agreement Application deadline: 2026-09-28 Further Information Rector Helena Johansson, tel 0970-81 80 41 Recruiter Ann-Louise Johansson, tel 076 137 80 78 Recruiter Natalia Castro, tel 070 287 37 52 Trade Union Representatives Kommunal, tel: 010-4429919, [email protected] Other Benefits Gällivare Municipality offers you: wellness benefits in the form of strength training, group training, or day passes at Dundret. free swimming. share of the workplace's wellness allowance. one wellness hour per week. membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's leisure association). We warmly welcome your application!