Sámi-Speaking Preschool Teacher at Fjälldalen Preschool

Position Overview Hello! Are you our new preschool teacher for Fjälldalen Preschool? We are now seeking a Sámi-speaking preschool teacher for our Sámi minority language department, Heavdni. Fjälldalen Preschool is a preschool with six departments where nature and the mountains are close at hand, and where you as an educator have a unique opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of preschool education. The preschool opened in January 2025, and we are now looking for you who want to join a wonderful group of colleagues and build long-term work at the preschool. In preschool, we meet our children in their first education and in their first steps in lifelong learning, and you as a preschool teacher are important in that process. Job Responsibilities As a preschool teacher, you will be part of a work team and responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the teaching that children are offered. You collaborate with the work team and together you provide children with fun and educational teaching and learning. As a preschool teacher, you have a special responsibility to lead goal-oriented processes and in your teaching ensure that: care, development, and learning form a whole, planning and implementation are based on the curriculum and on the knowledge and experiences that children have previously acquired, spontaneously occurring activities and interests, as well as daily activities and routines in preschool become part of the teaching, and you develop pedagogical content and environments that inspire development and learning and that challenge and stimulate children's interest and curiosity while maintaining their attention. As a Sámi-speaking preschool teacher, you work in our Sámi minority language department, Heavdni, and work to strengthen children's Sámi language and Sámi culture. We work to ensure that Sámi is integrated into children's everyday life and in the various situations that children encounter at preschool. Qualifications We are seeking someone who is a certified preschool teacher and speaks Sámi (for example, Lule Sámi or North Sámi). It is important that: you are well familiar with the curriculum (Lpfö18), you are a secure and clear leader, take initiative, are positive, and have confidence in children's diverse competencies, you have knowledge of and use different learning tools, you have trusting relationships with children and guardians and have good collaboration skills. Great weight will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability. you use pedagogical conversations and pedagogical documentation in your work, you use visual supports and TAKK (signs as alternative and complementary communication), you develop and move the preschool forward according to the curriculum. Very good skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, are a requirement for the position. Within the framework of the national minority language law, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sámi, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is a merit when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality. For the position, a police certificate of good conduct is required, https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/ and you must present a valid identity document showing citizenship and valid work permit. Gällivare Municipality offers you: wellness benefits in the form of strength training, group training, or a day pass to Dundret. free swimming. access to the workplace's wellness allowance. one wellness hour per week. membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's leisure association). Read more about working in preschool: https://gallivare.se/lararjobb Working Hours/Duration Preschool Teacher, 100%, probationary employment may be applied. Salary Monthly salary – we apply individual salary setting. Please indicate your salary expectations in your application. As a Sámi-speaking preschool teacher in our Sámi minority language department, you will also receive a salary supplement of 10%. Start Date/Application With your application, we would like a personal letter and your CV. Upon request, original documents must be presented. Interviews may take place continuously during the application period, so do not delay in submitting your application. Start date: Fall 2026 Application deadline: 2026-09-01 Inquiries For questions, please contact: Helena Johansson, Rector of Fjälldalen Preschool Phone: 0970-81 80 41 Email: [email protected] Union Representatives Sveriges Lärare, 0970-81 83 83 We warmly welcome your application!

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