About this role
Are you a secure, present, and engaged school leader driven by school development who wants to help build, lead, and develop Nya Ektorps School? Then you should apply to us!
Welcome to the Skuru-Duvnäs Principal Area
We consist of five preschools, four primary schools, one adapted primary school, and a resource school.
Our focus is on equality, quality, and development – all to provide our students with the best possible education. We are now seeking you who want to help develop the school to become the obvious choice for students and guardians.
Your Assignment
As Deputy Principal, you have a significant responsibility and a clearly delegated mandate that gives you the freedom to influence and drive development forward. The Principal has the overall strategic responsibility for the principal area, while you are responsible operationally and strategically for your operations. Together with the Principal, four Deputy Principals, and an Administrative Manager, you are part of the Skuru-Duvnäs Principal Area management team.
Currently, you will be responsible for grades F-4, with close collaboration with the school's Deputy Principal for grades 5-9 at Nya Ektorps School. Initially, you will also have a management assignment at another school. You will exercise close pedagogical and operational leadership and have personnel and work environment responsibility for approximately 30 employees, which includes employee discussions, salary discussions, and recruitment. You ensure that teaching, assessment, and grading maintain high quality and are conducted according to the curriculum. You are also responsible for pedagogical management, financial follow-up, task distribution, scheduling, union collaboration, and actively participate in the school's student health work. An important part is to drive pedagogical development and systematic quality work forward.
Your Background
For this position, you must have:
- Pedagogical university degree with teaching certification for primary or secondary school
- Several years of current experience working as a Principal or Deputy Principal within grades F-9
- Completed or ongoing Principal training
- Good familiarity with primary school governing documents and the education system's organization, governance, and its application
- Experience with personnel, financial result, and work environment responsibility
- Experience with student health work, both promotional and preventive
- Experience with scheduling and task distribution
- Good digital competence with experience using digital tools for administration and communication
- Good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing
It is meritorious if you also have:
- Experience in starting and being involved in launching a new school
- Experience working as a teacher in grades F-9
- Experience leading and developing after-school program activities
- Experience driving systematic work environment and quality work within primary school
- Experience working as a school leader in a politically governed organization
Is This You?
To succeed in your assignment, you need the ability to collaborate, communicate, and create good relationships with colleagues, employees, students, guardians, and union representatives. You can delegate, coach, and handle conflicts constructively. You actively contribute to the management team and understand the importance of collaborating to create equality between the principal area's operations.
You are a clear, secure, and attentive leader who creates engagement, participation, and job satisfaction. By communicating frameworks, decisions, goals, and expectations, you create structure and a well-functioning organization. Furthermore, you work goal- and result-oriented, have a holistic view, and make decisions based on economic conditions, operational needs, and student welfare.
We are seeking a courageous, present, and structured leader who takes responsibility and initiative, is development-oriented, and dares to think anew – with a strong belief that both students and employees can grow and do their best. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
We Offer
Here, you get a unique opportunity to help create a new school. Nya Ektorps School was inaugurated in September and currently has 550 students in grades F-9, with the goal of growing to 700 students. There is also preschool, adapted primary school, and resource school, all under one roof. The school is located next to the Nyckelviken Nature Reserve, which provides unique opportunities for outdoor pedagogy and more experience-based learning. The school is characterized by happy students, good food, and an inspiring learning environment. There is a stable and experienced staff group, with a warm and nice atmosphere and a strong drive to become the obvious choice for students and guardians. Read more about us at https://www.nacka.se/valfard-skola/ektorps-skola/.
As Deputy Principal with us, you get a large delegated responsibility for your operations, close collaboration in the