Carpentry teacher for KTI - KALAALLIT NUNAANNI TEKNIKKIMIK ILINNIARFIK

Are you a skilled carpenter or joiner who is so good at your trade that you can teach young people and adults at KTI-Construction and Civil Engineering in Sisimiut?

We are looking for a vocational teacher for our carpentry education who takes pride in well-executed craftsmanship and wishes to pass on their professional pride and expertise to young people and adults.

If you have teaching experience, it is an advantage, but not a requirement.

KTI Construction and Civil Engineering is a department at Kalaallit Nunaanni Teknikkimik Ilinniarfik (KTI) and presents itself as a modern and resource-rich educational institution with all necessary and modern teaching materials and well-equipped workshops. The school is in constant development and is continuously expanding in line with the needs and desires of society.

About the position:

You, together with the other teachers, will plan and develop the students' educational paths with the aim of educating skilled and qualified carpenters who meet the demands of companies.

We offer you:

• a good working environment with engaged and highly qualified colleagues.

• working hours you can always rely on, as well as a good balance between work and family life.

• vocational pedagogical training, if you have not completed this.

• a job with challenges and a team that emphasizes dialogue and collaboration.

• opportunities to independently shape the content of the job.

• a school in development with the will to make a difference in Greenlandic society.

• a life in Greenland's second-largest city (almost 6,000 inhabitants) located by UNESCO's World Heritage Aasivissuit Nipisa in a well-functioning community with shops, a hospital, childcare institutions, and schools.

• cultural experiences including the Arctic Sound festival and Arctic Circle Race and rich challenges in a landscape filled with history, nature, and a vibrant, energetic everyday life, and much more.

We would like you to:

• have a relevant professional education as a carpenter or joiner – preferably supplemented with a higher education/technical education.

• be proactive and take responsibility for your tasks and daily life.

• have IT skills at user level.

• be team-oriented and willing to engage in close collaboration with colleagues on solving teaching and development tasks of a professional and pedagogical nature within the basic course, main course, and the school's offerings of course programs.

• speak at least two of the following three languages: English, Danish, and Greenlandic.

• be an empathetic role model.

We wish for the employment relationship to begin with a 3-month probation period.

ABOUT KTI – Vocational School and Gymnasium.

KTI is an educational institution with approximately 150 employees that offers vocational education in Nuuk and Sisimiut within the fields of Iron and Metal, Construction and Civil Engineering, Raw Materials, Language Courses, as well as the upper secondary education GUX, e-GUX, and North Atlantic upper secondary class, as well as access courses to engineering and marine engineering education.

KTI has operational cooperation with the Technical University of Denmark - ARCTIC - DTU, regarding two engineering programs and TEKNIKA regarding the Marine Engineering program.

In addition, KTI is responsible for the operation of 389 dormitory apartments located in Sisimiut.

Further information:

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact: Educational Manager Marianne Mølgaard tel.: +299 861614 M: +299 257995 - email: mafe@kti.gl

or Inspector Rune Haagensen tel. +299 861636, email: ruha@kti.gl

Salary and employment conditions
Salary and employment terms, including the right to relocation and departure travel and moving expenses, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement applicable at the time of commencement of employment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.
For an applicant with the right documentable competencies, employment can occur as a special consultant, chief consultant, or senior advisor in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

Housing
An unfurnished staff apartment can be assigned for the position according to the rules in force at any time. Housing cannot be assigned to individuals who already have a staff apartment or another apartment owned by the municipality or the Government of Greenland. Rent and deposit are paid according to the rules in force for the assigned apartment. The staff apartment is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Rent and housing standards may vary depending on the age of the apartment, ownership conditions, etc. There may be a waiting period for the assignment of a permanent staff apartment, which is why temporary accommodation may occur, including in smaller shared housing or hotel apartments, for which taxation will occur. It is not possible to keep larger pets such as dogs or cats in staff or temporary housing.

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