Are you an experienced school leader in primary education who is driven by having significant delegated responsibility for a well-functioning and stable grades K-6 school? Do you thrive in a strongly decentralized and goal-oriented organization? Would you like to be part of a competent and unpretentious leadership team where humor, open-mindedness, and an open discussion climate are a given? If so, apply for the role of assistant principal at Orminge School!
Welcome to Myrsjö Principal's Area
The Myrsjö Principal's Area consists of Orminge School, Sågtorps School, Myrsjö School, Myrsjö Adapted Primary and Secondary School, Myrsjö Resource School, and eight preschools. We have a strong focus on structure, teaching quality, systematic improvement work, and meeting students' needs. With high ambitions, we work every day toward the goal that Myrsjö Principal's Area will have preschools and schools of world-class quality.
Your Assignment
As assistant principal at Orminge School, you are responsible for grades K-6 and the after-school care program/youth club. You have significant responsibility and a clearly delegated mission that gives you the freedom to influence and drive development forward. The principal has overall responsibility for the principal's area, while you as assistant principal are responsible both operationally and strategically for your activities. Together with the principal, ten assistant principals, and an administrative director, you are part of the Myrsjö Principal's Area leadership team. You meet regularly and collaborate on the principal's area's overarching processes.
As assistant principal, you are responsible for staff, work environment, budget, financial monitoring, student welfare work, grading, and pedagogical leadership. You ensure that instruction is conducted according to the curriculum and maintains high quality. You plan and conduct study days, staff meetings, professional development, collaboration with union representatives, closing ceremonies, and other traditional activities. Your assignment also includes conducting employee conversations, salary discussions, and recruitment processes, as well as working with scheduling, staffing planning, facility issues, and school marketing. Some teaching may be included in the role. You are the sole assistant principal for Orminge School but collaborate with the assistant principal for Myrsjö Resource School.
Your Experience
For this position, you must have:
a degree in education with teacher certification for primary or secondary school
multiple years of current experience working as a principal or assistant principal in primary school
experience with personnel, financial results, and work environment responsibility
experience driving systematic work environment and quality work in primary school
completed or ongoing principal training
experience leading and driving the after-school care program's activities and development
experience with student welfare work, both preventive and promotional
experience with scheduling and staffing planning
strong digital competence with experience using digital tools for administration and communication
a strong ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing.
It is meritorious if you also have:
experience working as a principal or assistant principal in lower and/or middle grades
experience teaching students in lower and/or middle grades
experience with overall responsibility for student welfare
experience with budget responsibility.
Are You the One?
To succeed as an assistant principal, you need both the willingness and ability to collaborate, communicate, and build good relationships with colleagues, staff, and guardians. As the sole assistant principal at Orminge School, you are expected to be able, willing, and daring to take significant personal responsibility for the operations. As a leader, you are clear, confident, and responsive, which helps you create engagement, participation, and job satisfaction. By communicating frameworks, decisions, goals, and expectations, you create structure and a clear organization. You are goal and results-oriented and thrive in a strongly decentralized and goal-oriented organization. With a holistic perspective, you make decisions based on financial resources, operational needs, and students' best interests. We are seeking a driven, responsible, and structured leader with curiosity, courage, and the will to systematically develop both the operation and yourself. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
What We Offer You
Orminge School is a modern, open, and welcoming K-6 school with approximately 300 students. We are located centrally, close to both culture and nature, with good transportation connections to Slussen in approximately 20 minutes. Our large and varied schoolyard promotes play, movement, and well-being. The school has an inviting and creative learning environment that creates calm. We have a well-developed IT environment, appreciated school meals, a well-functioning student welfare team, and a stable staff group with high competence. We collaborate with Nacka Music School, and our premises also house Myrsjö Resource School for students in grades 1–9 with autism spectrum diagnoses. Learn more about Orminge School here.
As an employee of Nacka Municipality, you have access to benefits including a wellness allowance of 3,000 kr per year, gym access, extra vacation days through vacation exchange, purchase of SL cards via net salary deduction, and a diverse internal support function.
Interested?
If you want to become part of Nacka Municipality, don't hesitate to submit your application! If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Principal Olof Andersson at [email protected] and 070-431 78 30.
We recruit without a cover letter and assess your application solely based on your CV and your answers to a number of questions that you will be asked to answer in connection with your application. We look forward to your application!
Background checks may be applied.
Please visit Nacka's municipal schools and preschools career page here.
Nacka is one of Sweden's most attractive and well-reputed municipalities. With a focus on goals, results, sustainable employee engagement, and continuous development, Nacka strives to be the best at being a municipality. Nacka Municipality is the employer for you who, with great freedom, renews and makes a difference.Are you an experienced school leader in primary education who is driven by having significant delegated responsibility for a well-functioning and stable grades K-6 school? Do you thrive in a strongly decentralized and goal-oriented organization? Would you like to be part of a competent and unpretentious leadership team where humor, open-mindedness, and an open discussion climate are a given? If so, apply for the role of assistant principal at Orminge School!
Welcome to Myrsjö Principal's Area
The Myrsjö Principal's Area consists of Orminge School, Sågtorps School, Myrsjö School, Myrsjö…