Sami-Speaking Pedagogue at Fjälldalen Preschool

Gällivare kommun · Full-time

Gällivare, Sweden

Program Description Hi! Are you our new pedagogue for Fjälldalen Preschool? We are now seeking a Sami-speaking pedagogue for our Sami minority language section! Fjälldalen Preschool is a preschool with six sections where nature and the mountains are close by, and as a pedagogue you will have a unique opportunity to be part of shaping the preschool of the future. The preschool opened in January 2025, and we are now looking for someone who wants 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 as a pedagogue, you are important. Read more about what it's like to work in preschool: https://gallivare.se/lararjobb Job Duties The preschool curriculum (Lpfö18) describes the preschool's values and mission and contains goals and guidelines for work in preschool. Children in preschool shall receive a safe education where care, development, and learning form a whole. Work as a preschool assistant means that together with your work team you create a safe and developmental education for the children at preschool. The work is challenging, exciting, creative, and takes place in close collaboration with your team and colleagues at the preschool. As a preschool assistant, you are part of a work team and participate in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the teaching offered to children. You collaborate with your team to offer children fun and educational teaching and learning. Work as a preschool teacher is part of a work team and involves responsibility for planning, implementation, and evaluation of the teaching offered to children. You collaborate with your team to offer children fun and educational teaching and learning. As a preschool teacher, you have special responsibility for leading goal-oriented processes and in teaching ensuring 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, spontaneous activities and interests, daily activities and routines in the 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 Sami-speaking preschool teacher, you work in our Sami minority language section Heavdni and work to strengthen children's Sami language and Sami culture. We work to ensure that Sami is integrated into children's everyday life and in the different situations children encounter at preschool. Qualifications We are seeking someone who is a certified preschool teacher or preschool assistant, and speaks Sami (for example, Lule Sami or North Sami). It is important that: you are well familiar with the curriculum (Lpfö18), you are a confident and clear leader, take initiative, are positive, and have confidence in children's various competencies, you have knowledge of and use various teaching 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 (sign as alternative and complementary communication), you develop and advance the preschool in accordance with the curriculum, you have very good knowledge of Swedish both spoken and written, which is a requirement for this position. Within the framework of the national minority language law, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is meritorious in applications for employment in Gällivare Municipality. The position requires an extract from the Police's suspicion and criminal record register, and that you present a valid ID card showing citizenship and valid work permit. Working Hours / Duration Permanent position, 100%, probationary employment may be applied. Salary Monthly salary – we apply individual salary setting. Please state your salary expectations in your application. As a Sami-speaking pedagogue in our Sami minority language section, you will also receive a 10% salary supplement. Start Date / Application With your application, we would like to receive a personal letter and your CV. Upon request, original documents will be presented. Interviews may be conducted continuously during the application period, so do not delay in submitting your application. Start date: 2026-10-05 or by agreement. Application deadline: 2026-09-28. Information Headmaster Helena Johansson, tel 0970-81 80 41 Recruiters Ann-Louise Johansson, tel 076 137 80 78 Recruiter Natalia Castro, tel 070 287 37 52 Union Representatives Sveriges Lärare, Sveriges Lärare – the teachers' union and SYV Kommunal, tel: 010-4429919, [email protected] Other Information Gällivare Municipality offers you: wellness benefits in the form of strength training, group training, or a day pass at Dundret, free swimming, access to the workplace's wellness allowance, one wellness hour per week, membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's recreation association). We look forward to receiving your application!