Assistant Principal

Description:

1 position(s). Assistant Principal for Hjo Municipality's Preschools Our children are our future – do you want to make a difference? In Hjo Municipality, we work to give all children a safe and educational start in life. We are now seeking an assistant principal who wants to help develop our preschools together with our two principals and committed staff members. With us, you will have a varied assignment where you combine administration, planning, and development work. You will become part of a leadership team working together for an equitable preschool with high quality. About the Job As an assistant principal, you work closely with responsible principals and provide support in the daily management of the operation. You are also the principal's deputy when needed. You have an important role in developing the operation and creating good conditions for children and staff. The job includes, among other things: leading and following up on systematic quality work planning and developing the operation together with principals working with placements and planning of organization and staffing contributing to the implementation of national and local school reforms working with schedules, administration, and other organizational matters participating in work with personnel, work environment, and finances collaborating with guardians and other operations We Are Looking for You If You have a pedagogical university education with a focus on preschool or other education that the employer deems equivalent. We also expect that you have completed the Swedish National School Board's recruitment training for future principals or principal training. You have experience working in preschool and good knowledge of preschool's mission, curriculum, and systematic quality work. If you have previous experience in leadership positions within the school system, this is meritorious given that you may need to represent the principal in the role. Good digital competence is a requirement. As a leader in Hjo Municipality, we work according to our leadership model; the model is also reflected in the requirements we seek from you. To succeed in the role, you need to: be confident and clear in your leadership have good collaborative skills be able to plan, organize, and prioritize your work be flexible and solution-oriented have an easy way of creating good relationships be able to express yourself well in speech and writing. We place great importance on your personal qualities. About Children and Education Children and Education in Hjo works from a zero to twenty-year perspective. We collaborate to create an equitable education where children and students have the opportunity to develop according to their circumstances. We actively work with collegial learning and systematic quality work. As an assistant principal, you will become part of a leadership team with the school director, principals, assistant principals, and other support functions. We offer good benefits, which you can read more about at Hjo.se We welcome your application! Application Process Please note that the recruitment process begins after the vacation period, starting from week 32. You will succeed a future principal and the position is vacant with a start date as soon as possible by agreement. We use the Visma Recruit recruitment system and therefore ask you to submit your application via the application link in the announcement. In our recruitments, we use personality tests via JobMatch and digital reference checks via RefApp. To work with children in municipal operations, you need to show an extract from the Police's criminal record according to school law. In connection with employment, we also ask you to provide valid identification, grades, certificates, and an extract from the criminal record. Employment Type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-12-01 Start date by agreement for vacant position.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Hjo

Address

Torggatan 2

GPS

58.4288024, 14.1437835copyopen in

Phone

0503-350 00

Views

5

Published

18. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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