Activity Center Manager

The content of the position:

As a leader, you should delegate to your employees to help achieve the activity objectives, which can be:

To be a gathering place for retirees, disabled individuals, and residents, where maintenance training, care, and social interaction are carried out in collaboration with the users.

The employees' task is to initiate all activities outside of the activity, and together with the therapy team, plan and initiate training/exercise. To help motivate the elderly to be active by collaborating with the citizens' needs to create meaningful activities.

Activity area:

• Carry out activities of both preventive, training, and social nature so that users can remain living in their own home.
• Contribute to the development of the activity area based on the users' needs and wishes.
• That citizens can live an active life on their own terms for as long as possible.
• Preventing loneliness
• Collaboration with volunteer helpers of the house to organize activities
• Purchase of various activity materials for use in the activity center in collaboration with the Manager/Assistant Manager.

Expectations for applicants:

• That you are a trained social and health assistant, educator, health helper, social helper, or have a similar social professional education.
• Has practical experience in the elderly sector and management experience.
• Good interdisciplinary collaboration skills, and willingness to change and develop
• With creative/craft skills and interests
• Interest in working with the elderly and people with disabilities
• Open and responsible, respectful, flexible, cooperative, inclusive, and has a good sense of humor.
• Good at structuring and planning various activities based on users' needs.
• Be part of creating a good environment for the users and a good collegial collaboration.
• Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.

We also emphasize:

• Specify expectations for personal competencies. Below is a list of suggestions/examples that can be selected according to preference and need.
• Is stable, quality-conscious, and has an eye for detail.
• Can handle many balls in the air without losing track.
• Communicates clearly and distinctly both in writing and verbally.
• Works independently, is responsible, and service-oriented.
• Demonstrates flexibility regarding tasks and ongoing adjustments in the distribution of work.
• Ability to work focused and structured in a hectic everyday life
• Is robust and shows initiative, surplus, and decisiveness.
• Actively contributes to continuously developing and improving our task resolution.
• Has a flair for numbers
• Is good at collaborating broadly

We offer:

A challenging job with opportunities to shape the content yourself and have significant independent responsibility in an organization in development and change. We emphasize a solid onboarding process for both the job and the workplace and strive to ensure a good collaborative climate with close managerial support as well as room for initiative and creativity.

Criminal record:

This position is subject to the law on the obligation to obtain a criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a criminal record. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the criminal record from the police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Government of Greenland, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

No housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, please feel free to contact us for further information about the position and related tasks at:

Leader Peter Lund Eriksen, phone +299 36 61 74 or email: pelr@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Application marked with Job no. 252-26, and attached diploma and documentation for previous employment, etc. must be uploaded before the deadline expires.

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.