Principal for ULNA Preschools

Clockwork Bemanning & Rekrytering AB · Full-time

Sveavägen 17 , STOCKHOLM, Sweden

About Us Clockwork School Leaders & Interim recruits and staffs school leaders and managers throughout Sweden. With extensive established candidate networks and a focus on high quality, we have quickly earned the trust of Sweden's largest education companies and municipalities. We are not just another staffing company, we are Clockwork - and we know education! We ourselves have backgrounds as school leaders, so when you work with us, you get all our expertise included. Learn more about how we support principals across the country: https://clockworkpeople.se/vara-tjanster/skolbemanningochrekrytering/ Sweden's most satisfied customers for the fourth year in a row! About the Company ULNA Preschools operates 16 preschools in Alingsås, Nacka, Trollhättan, Täby and Uddevalla, as well as an after-school center in Ljungskile. Our operations are based on the core values of Development, Play, Closeness and Responsibility, which permeate our leadership, our approach and our educational activities. With the child's best interests in focus and with the Convention on the Rights of the Child as our foundation, we create safe, developmental and inclusive learning environments where children's participation, curiosity and desire to learn are central. Through dedicated and competent staff, we offer high-quality education that strengthens children's social, emotional and cognitive development. You can learn more about us here: www.ulna.se At ULNA Preschools, there is a stable operational foundation with clear structures, shared working methods and functioning systematic quality work that gives you good conditions for your role. Right now the organization is undergoing important development to create better conditions for close, sustainable and long-term leadership. The principal role is being refined with the ambition that you will be more present in the operations, work closely with your staff and fully focus on quality and development. We are now looking for two principals for some of our preschools in Uddevalla who want to continue the journey with us. Your Responsibilities As a principal, you have overall responsibility for operations, staff and finances, and you lead the educational work in accordance with school legislation and the curriculum. In these roles, the focus is to continue deepening and implementing the work started in the fall. The work involves contributing to stability, clarity and working peace, and working together with staff to gradually develop operations based on where each preschool currently stands. A central part of the role is to continue establishing and clarifying shared working methods, structures and processes. This means working within existing frameworks and contributing to a shared understanding of the role so that operations are characterized by clarity, predictability and a common direction. Your responsibilities also include ensuring functioning routines and a structured approach that provides staff with good conditions for their role. The systematic quality work is developed further as a natural part of daily operations, with a focus on quality, continuity and children's learning, combined with a good and sustainable work environment. You are part of a collegial principal team and work closely with other principals, where together you take responsibility for the whole and support each other in leadership. Your Profile To succeed in this role, you have a strong ability to create structure, organize and drive work forward in a complex and changing operation. You work systematically, keep the whole together and ensure that decisions are implemented in practice. At the same time, you are a present and relationship-building leader who builds trust, brings your staff along and creates engagement in daily work. You have a good ability to create security and help others grow, both in their role and together as a team. You also have a good ability to build relationships with parents and other external stakeholders. You have a pedagogical higher education degree, preferably as a certified preschool teacher or equivalent, and good knowledge of the school system's governing documents. Furthermore, you have experience leading and developing operations, with responsibility for staff, finances and quality. You have completed principal training and have several years of experience in leadership within preschool or equivalent operations. For this role, we see it as particularly important that you have clear, trust-based leadership where you combine structure and follow-up with a genuine interest in people. You are communicative, responsive and have the ability to create direction while getting others to want to contribute and develop together Application This position is in collaboration with Clockwork. We respond to questions about the position on an ongoing basis and we will conduct selection and begin interviews immediately after the final application deadline. If you have any questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact the responsible recruitment manager. To ensure sustainable recruitment, we at Clockwork are committed to having an equal and inclusive process in all of our processes that we help our customers with. With a broad selection and a competence-based methodology as a foundation, we ensure that you as an applicant are treated fairly, equitably and equally. We look forward to your application!