Department Head for the Support Persons Department in the Child and Youth Sector

The Department for Children and Schools is seeking a skilled and dedicated Department Head for the Support Persons Department in the Child and Youth Sector. The department oversees all daycare, school, leisure, prevention, and cultural areas, as well as support persons in the child and youth sector. Our mission is to create the best possible framework for all children in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, enabling them to achieve learning, development, and well-being, laying the foundation for a meaningful life. If you want to be part of this, you might be our future colleague. The Support Persons Department is relatively new and still developing, consisting of two skilled and dedicated support person coordinators, a student assistant, and approximately 110 support persons. The department handles recruitment, advice, guidance of support persons, and establishes cooperation between support persons, children, parents, and professionals. The department continuously works to optimize and further develop processes and workflows to ensure a smooth and streamlined experience for citizens and colleagues across the municipality. We expect our future colleague to continue this work with the same dedication and positivity as the current staff. We are looking for an experienced department head passionate about children and eager to develop the support person area for children and youth. The full-time, newly established position reports to the Head of Daycare in the Department for Children and Schools. The department emphasizes a good working environment requiring positive behavior, communication, responsibility, and cooperation. More information can be found at www.sermersooq.gl. Your primary tasks will include: managing daily operations and professional sparring for support person coordinators and support persons; having overall responsibility for support person cases in the child and youth sector, including overseeing grants and resources; being responsible for the admissions committee, including convening, coordinating, and leading meetings; working strategically on developing the support person area, ensuring competence development and quality in efforts; supporting interdisciplinary collaboration on individual children's support needs when assigning support persons; ensuring good and coordinated cooperation between departments, institutions, schools, and parents; contributing to optimizing and further developing the department's workflows and processes for a smooth and efficient collaboration with citizens and colleagues; recruiting support persons and ensuring stable substitute coverage; solving administrative tasks related to the area. Expectations for applicants: relevant education, e.g., social worker or educator; management experience and comfort taking responsibility for both operations and development; knowledge of the social sector and children with special needs, preferably experience with support schemes or advisory work; a positive outlook, desire, and ability to focus on what works; a clear and trustworthy leader who can motivate, spar, and guide employees; personal and professional integrity; actively contributes to continuously developing and improving our task solutions; robust and demonstrates initiative, surplus, and decisiveness; communicates clearly and effectively both in writing and verbally; skilled in administrative tasks and familiar with digital systems; knowledge of Greenlandic culture and societal conditions; bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage but not a requirement. We offer: an exciting, challenging, varied, and developmental work environment with the opportunity to influence content and take on significant independent responsibility in a developing and changing organization. We emphasize a solid introduction to both the job and workplace and strive to ensure a good working climate. Criminal and Child Record: The position is subject to the law requiring a criminal and child record check. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received satisfactory criminal and child records. Therefore, the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the child record from the national police and the criminal record from the police. The child record is obtained by the municipality with the individual's consent, while the criminal record is obtained by the individual from the police. Salary and employment terms: Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the current agreement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization at the time of employment. Employment will be with a 3-month probation period. Housing: No staff housing is provided for the position. Further information: If the position interests you, feel free to contact us for further information about the position and associated tasks: Chief of Staff Charlotte Bech, phone +299 36 73 21 or email: chbe@sermersooq.gl. Application: Applications marked with Job no. 1338-25, along with educational certificates and documentation of previous employment, must be uploaded before the deadline. How to apply: Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.