Educator and Department Leader

·1 Educator

·1 Department Manager

Trained staff and assistants who are engaged with the children can show love and trust, are involved with parents, and can have good dialogue with them, have the will to work with the child at the center. You, who are indispensable among colleagues with a broad perspective, are attentive to the children's reactions and are proactive, a good supplement for educators, are alert and willing to participate in development, and who will help influence the daycare center at the start. It is you, together with other colleagues, who have the will to develop with the child at the center.

The area of Education aims to create curious, resilient, healthy, and happy children. There is an expectation that you, with a social worker education, will focus on achieving these goals.

Develop the children by using Appreciative Pedagogy and enhance the children's experiences by using the 5 senses, developing engaging and content-rich activities for children with close collaboration between parents and staff.

It is an exciting environment based on the 7 educational principles and materials focused on children's development. Developing and content-rich activities for children with close collaboration between parents and staff.

Work and areas of responsibility:

You are to be jointly responsible for following the Inatsisartut Act No. 16 of December 3, 2012, on pedagogical development offers for preschool children, as well as working according to guidelines that can be found on the Qeqqata Municipality website regarding Qeqqata Municipality's political visions, children and youth policy, and pedagogical objectives.

The position is a full-time job with 40 hours a week. There is room for 44 children, divided into 20 preschoolers and 24 toddlers.

The opening hours for the kindergarten are Monday – Friday from 6:45 AM to 5:00 PM.

The distribution of work and responsibility of the staff group is a total of 15 positions.

Your qualifications:

• You have an education as a social worker or similar, as well as a pedagogical education or similar.
• You are responsible.
• You are active/fresh
• You are committed and creative.
• You are aware of the children's behavior and are engaged.
• You have an overview in pressured situations.
• You are cooperative and cheerful, and you are engaged with your colleagues.
• Engaged with parents and welcoming.
• You must be prepared to work based on the institution's goals, political goals for children and youth, and other applicable rules for employees under Qeqqata Municipality.

Salary and employment conditions:

Housing can be allocated to educators but not to social workers.

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable agreements between the Greenlandic municipalities and SIK, NPK.

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the head of the integrated daycare institution Natuk Olsen Berthelsen or deputy manager Tabitha Kleist at phone 862611 or daycare manager Navarana Lennert-Andersen at phone 86 74 02.

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

Criminal and Child Certificate:

This position is subject to the law on the obligation to obtain criminal and child certificates. According to the law, employment can only begin when the municipality has received satisfactory criminal and child certificates. We would therefore like to point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the child certificate from the national police, as well as the criminal certificate from the police.

The child certificate is obtained by the municipality with the consent of the individual, while the criminal record is obtained by the individual from the police.

Criteria for application:

• Certificate of Education
• CV
• Statements and references
• Course certificate

The practical:

Application with criminal record, child certificate, and statement regarding education and previous employment, copy of educational certificate, employer statements, etc. should be uploaded as a PDF file via the municipality's website.

Employment on June 1, 2026, or by agreement.

Application:

Applications with relevant exam papers, CV, statements, and references 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, CV, etc.