School Principal with Courage, Drive, and Holistic Vision Wanted!

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What We Do and Want In Tyresö, you'll encounter a school organization with stable results, established structures, and a clear ambition: high quality and equitable education for all students. The Children's and Education Department manages all educational activities from preschool through municipal adult education, as well as our meal service unit. The administrative office consists of approximately 30 employees working together to ensure a strong foundation with a shared focus on continued development. Within the primary school operational area are 13 municipal primary schools, adapted primary school, after-school programs, and a diversity unit. Approximately 840 employees work within primary school in an organization built for long-term quality and stability. As school principal, you lead the operations in close collaboration with our 15 engaged and competent principals. Leadership in Tyresö In Tyresö, we work toward a culture based on trust and developmental employee and leadership practices. Developmental leadership is grounded in research and proven experience. It means leading with clear direction, trust, and high expectations—and continually developing operations together with the organization by asking questions, thinking critically, and testing ideas. About the Position As school principal, you take on a well-functioning operation with good results and clear quality work. The assignment is about managing, refining, and further developing—while leading with confidence through a time that requires wise and cost-effective transitions. You combine continuity with development and ensure that operations continue to maintain high quality in a changing world. The role involves overarching strategic responsibility for quality, results, personnel, finances, and equity within primary school. You work at the interface between politics and operations, translating political goals and priorities into concrete development and structure in the organization. The assignment includes: ActivelyContributing to the department's management group with a holistic perspective on the entire educational chain and the municipality's shared direction. Leading and coordinating the entire primary school organization within given financial frameworks. Creating conditions for principals and professionals to succeed by leading, supporting, and following up on their assignments. Developing well-founded decision-making materials for the board and political leadership. Representing the municipality in education matters and driving and participating in dialogue and collaboration with labor organizations at the central level and other external stakeholders. Who Are You? You are a confident and independent leader motivated by making a real difference for children's and students' learning and futures. You thrive in an operation that already functions well and are driven to leverage existing strengths to build on quality over time. You value structure, systematic approaches, and shared learning, and you want to contribute to long-term and sustainable development rather than quick fixes. Requirements and Qualifications: Education: Relevant academic education (for example in pedagogy, political science, or another field we consider equivalent) and completion of the state principal program. Experience: Several years of strategic leadership experience from primary school with good results over time. You have experience working at the administrative level and are confident in collaboration with boards and political leadership. Management Experience: Documented overall responsibility for operations, personnel, and finances where you have successfully led through other managers. You are accustomed to developing and leading a coordinated management group focused on trust, shared responsibility, and continuity. Operational Development: Experience driving development and improvement work focused on quality, sustainable finances, and cost-effective transitions. Knowledge: Good and confidence-building knowledge of the Education Act, curricula, and other governing documents, as well as experience translating these into practical operational management. You have good financial understanding (budget, monitoring, and analysis) and insight into a politically governed organization, labor law, and work environment. Meritorious: Completed school principal training and/or the Swedish Defense University's Developmental Leadership (UL) conceptual training. As a Person, You Are... ...a clear and self-directed leader with the ability to maintain direction over time and translate overarching goals into concrete results. You combine high expectations with great trust—you build strong relationships, create engagement, and get an organization to work toward shared goals. Your communication skills are strong; you express yourself clearly, attentively, and in a confidence-building manner, even in complex or sensitive situations requiring quick and secure handling. Finally, you are strategic and analytical with good holistic perspective. You can interpret complex contexts, identify patterns, and structure processes to make well-founded decisions that drive operations forward with precision and thoughtfulness. Welcome to Apply We warmly welcome your application by June 30. Do you have any questions? Contact us by email or phone: Elisabet Schultz, Department Head, 08-5782 9691 Contact information for labor organizations can be found at www.tyreso.se/arbetstagarorganisationer. Learn more about working with us: https://www.tyreso.se/jobba-hos-oss.html. If your position involves work with children, you need to provide an extract from the criminal records register. Please request the extract digitally. It facilitates the recruitment process. We kindly but firmly decline any form of assistance with recruitment from external actors.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Tyresö

Address

Tyresö kommun

GPS

59.2424256, 18.2098969copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+46857829691

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Published

9. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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