Assistant Principal at Gullhög School

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Vårgårda Municipality – here we succeed together! Welcome to Vårgårda Municipality and a workplace where you can develop and make a difference every day. With respectful treatment and high accessibility, we do everything we can to deliver welfare services that exceed our residents' expectations. Based on our vision, our shared values, and clear political goals, we are building for strong growth and an attractive employer brand. In Vårgårda Municipality, we work together with a focus on the purpose of our operations and the needs of our residents. We want to be a place where dreams can become reality, where safety and activity go hand in hand, and where everyone can feel at home. Together, we continue to develop a municipality where it is good to live, dwell, and work! Elementary school is one of the finest and most important things we have in Sweden. We give everyone – absolutely everyone – a solid foundation with knowledge and skills to use and build upon in life. This creates opportunities for every student, builds our society firmly, and supports strong democracy. For a long time, people have passed on their knowledge to the next generation through those who already know teaching those who have not yet acquired the knowledge. What a gift and treasure that is. It is also a great responsibility when it is legally mandated and organized that everyone should have the opportunity, as it is in Swedish schools. All students have the right to acquire knowledge and develop in school in an environment that is safe and enjoyable. We take this very seriously. Gullhög School is Vårgårda Municipality's upper secondary school. Here, all of the municipality's elementary school students complete the final stage of compulsory education together. In grades 7–9, approximately 400 students are distributed across 16 classes and one specialized instruction group. Students and staff are organized in teams with 2–3 classes in the same grade level in each team. Teachers also participate in subject teams for collaboration and development within their subject. The student welfare team consists of 1–2 people per profession. The team has two branches – the special needs team and the social team. We also have a school caretaker, custodian, school librarian and library staff, an administrator, and school leadership. Under the umbrella of Gullhög School, in addition to Gullhög School's upper secondary program in elementary education, there is also the municipality's adapted elementary school. It is currently physically located in two school buildings, but will soon move to new, beautiful facilities better suited to the target group's needs. We are pleased about this. We are also responsible for the municipality's newly arrived students with a preparatory program, study support, and instruction in heritage languages. The preparatory program is located in Gullhög School's facilities. Leadership of the above operations consists of one principal. Under the principal are three assistant principals. One is responsible for the adapted elementary school, and the other two are part of the leadership of the upper secondary program and newly arrived students. We are looking for someone who – just as much as we do – wants to develop Gullhög School, ensure a school of high quality based on research for the students, and a workplace with good conditions for staff to do this important work. 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES We are looking for someone who is the operational school leader for the upper secondary program in daily work. You are the one who meets students and guardians and handles the daily operations. You collaborate in the school's teams and are a natural part of the school's leadership group. Other duties are distributed among the school leaders in the team based on expertise. You will work closely with the principal, another assistant principal, and the school administrator. You need to be able to prioritize and be flexible, take on assignments with deadlines, implement and follow up, but also contribute to the leadership of the operations yourself. And you will have fun together with all the rest of us, in the middle of all this important work. We want you to enjoy it, just as we do. QUALIFICATIONS Requirements · Previous school leadership experience as an assistant principal or principal · Analytical ability and solution-focused · Relational, attentive, and communicative · You are organized and structured with high flexibility Meriting factors · Teacher education and several years of experience in the teaching profession · Completed principal training · Knowledge of and experience with multilingualism and newly arrived students · Knowledge of and experience with specialized instruction groups · Basic knowledge of science of learning/cognitive science on learning and instruction · Skilled at creating, maintaining, and sustaining relationships · Knowledge of the Education Act · You can push hard when needed but can also set boundaries for yourself and others and understand the importance of balance between work and leisure Above all, you enjoy upper secondary students with everything that entails and you thrive in the school environment. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Start date: 2026-08-05. To quality-assure the recruitment process in Vårgårda Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format. For certain positions in the municipality, an extract from the suspicion and criminal record register is required before employment can take place. We will therefore request this from you if you are offered employment with us in Vårgårda Municipality. The extract must not be older than 6 months. Warmly welcome with your application! To staffing and recruitment companies and to you as a sales representative: Vårgårda Municipality has done its due diligence for recruitment and respectfully declines all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this job posting.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Vårgårda

Address

Kungsgatan 45

GPS

57.9284194, 12.5715893copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

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6

Published

18. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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