Assistant Principal at Tallbohov School

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The Education Administration in Järfälla Municipality employs approximately 3,100 staff members across 39 preschools, 22 schools, upper secondary school, adult education, and central administration. Our operations are characterized by our guiding principles: professionalism, collegiality, and development drive. With courage and competence, we advance our operations, and we value mutual respect and understanding among colleagues. Together, we strive to make each other better, because we know that when we develop together and continuously improve, we move Järfälla forward. Tallbohov School has 400 students in grades F-6. The schools are multicultural and many families are bi- or multilingual. The school also includes a municipal resource school and adapted primary school. 1 position(s). DUTIES Tallbohov School is a multicultural school, and we are seeking an assistant principal who understands the importance of the compensatory mission and who truly wants to work to make a difference for our students. To successfully carry out your assignment, it is important that you have a background working in schools. We strive for shared leadership, although the principal holds formal responsibility. Working in collaboration with the principal and administrative staff, you as assistant principal are an important part of the school's leadership team. You are expected to be a present pedagogical leader in the operations and, together with the principal and other staff members, shape and develop the operations toward high quality. Your assignment is to create conditions for educators to do good work based on the school's goals. This involves organization, planning, relationship-building, and dialogue with many people. You will actively participate in driving pedagogical and systematic quality work at the unit level. Based on the school's conditions and goals, you are expected to have a long-term perspective on after-school care and school development as well as an overall holistic perspective. As an assistant principal in Järfälla Municipality, we want you to commit long-term and exercise idea-driven and close leadership based on trust-based and relational management and leadership. Furthermore, you should build good and strong relationships with staff, students, and their guardians. Perseverance, forward-thinking, and pronounced strategic ability are important qualities we are seeking in an assistant principal. In Järfälla Municipality, you can expect good support from administration management and central support functions such as Järfälla Child and Student Health with preschool and school support, as well as Järfälla Language Center, where the municipality's mother tongue instruction and reception of newly arrived students are organized. Your main assignment as assistant principal will focus on teaching development with a focus on improved goal achievement and after-school care development, but as part of the leadership team, you will be involved in all tasks that arise as a school leader. QUALIFICATIONS • You take initiative, are organized, and drive processes from start to finish. • Lead, motivate, and delegate authority to others as needed to effectively reach common goals. • Create engagement and participation. • Collaborate well with other people. You are solution-focused, listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively. • Take responsibility for your assignment, structure your approach, and move processes forward. • Focus on costs, revenue, and efficiency from an economic perspective. • Understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. • Express a positive attitude toward your work, operations, and/or organization. Act in accordance with decisions made, operational plans, goals, policies, and guidelines. • Be well familiar with the school's, after-school care's, and student health's governing documents. • Have knowledge of the Swedish education system and the laws and regulations that govern operations. Requirements • Teacher education degree or equivalent as assessed by the employer as equivalent. • Have knowledge of pedagogical theories that stimulate learning and development. • Be able to communicate well in Swedish both orally and in writing. • Be a proficient IT user. • Have good organizational and administrative skills. Meritorious • We would like to see that you have experience working in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas and with language development approaches. • Completed or ongoing principal training. • Experience working in multicultural operations. • Experience working with children in need of special support. We place great importance on personal suitability. Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis. Employment Type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2/11 2026 or by agreement. Järfälla has northern Stockholm's most exciting geographic location and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variety, good development opportunities, and work toward the vision Järfälla for everyone moving forward. Read more about what it's like to work for us at www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this job posting. An extract from the criminal record register is required for work in preschools and schools. For recruitment to positions requiring teacher certification, a check will be conducted against the Swedish National Agency for Education's register of certified teachers and preschool teachers. We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this recruitment process. Background checks are conducted only to the extent relevant for the position in question. In cases where an extract from the criminal record register is required by law, you will also need to provide such an extract. For more information on how we work with background checks, see https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontrollerThe Education Administration in Järfälla Municipality employs approximately 3,100 staff members across 39 preschools, 22 schools, upper secondary school, adult education, and central administration. Our operations are characterized by our guiding principles: professionalism, collegiality, and development drive. With courage and competence, we advance our operations, and we value mutual respect and understanding among colleagues. Together, we strive to make each other better, because we know that when we develop together and continuously improve, we move Järfälla forward. Tallbohov School has…

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3. 7. 2026

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