Activity Center Manager

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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/gymnastics. 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 homes.

Contribute to the development of the activity area based on 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 in the house to organize activities.

Purchase of various activity materials for use in the activity center in collaboration with the Manager/Deputy Manager.

Expectations for applicants:

That you are trained as a social and health assistant, educator, health helper, social helper, or with 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, accommodating, 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 are listed suggestions/examples that can be selected according to desire and need.

Is stable, quality-conscious, and has an eye for detail.

Can handle many balls in the air without losing perspective.

Communicates clearly and distinctly both in writing and orally.

Works independently, responsibly, and service-oriented.

Demonstrates flexibility regarding work tasks and ongoing adjustments in task distribution.

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 take on significant independent responsibility in an organization in development and change. We emphasize a solid onboarding process for both the job and 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 requiring the collection of 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 agreement between the Government of Greenland, according to 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 staff housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, you are welcome to contact us for further information about the position and associated tasks at:

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

Application:

Application marked with Job no. 332-26, and attached educational certificate 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.

We do not accept applications in paper or emails, please submit your application electronically via the job posting.

Application deadline: April 17, 2026