Head of Department for Botilbud Skovmosen and Frederiksborgvej – become part of our new leadership team

Would you lead the pedagogical development at the residential facilities Skovmosen and Frederiksborgvej,

and are you motivated to build a strong, cross-disciplinary management collaboration?

Then you might be our new department head.

The position is 37 hours per week with start as soon as possible and no later than January 1, 2026.

About the position

In Allerød Municipality we are now bringing together our residential facilities in the specialized adult area under one common organizational framework. As department head at Skovmosen and Frederiksborgvej you will have the daily pedagogical, personnel and operational responsibility for a department that forms the framework for the wellbeing

and development for young adult citizens with mental vulnerability.

You will become a key person in a newly established management group, which besides you consists of two department heads

from the other offers and our new company manager. Together we shall set the direction for the future residential services

in the municipality.

As department head you will be responsible for

• staff management and the close, daily leadership of the staff group at the residential homes
• professional leadership and ensuring and communicating the pedagogical direction based on social rehabilitation
• planning in collaboration with our new shift planner
• implementation of pedagogical methods, professional approaches and citizen involvement
• close interdisciplinary collaboration across the four residential units in the organization
• ensuring a close, trusting and transparent collaboration with relatives, external partners

and the authority department

• developing and maintaining a work environment with high social capital, employee influence and wellbeing.

About you

We expect that you have a pedagogical or other relevant social/healthcare background and

have solid knowledge of the social-psychiatric residential care area.

We are looking for you who

• have experience with management in 24-hour care
• have documented experience with the target group (adults with mental vulnerabilities)
• have solid experience with personnel management, operations control and preferably an additional leadership education
• possess strong relational competences and can maintain overview in a busy everyday life
• believe in the value of a close management community, where you share both successes and challenges.

About us

Residential facilities in Allerød Municipality are divided, so Skovmosen and Frederiksborgvej host citizens with mental vulnerability, while Solvænget and Skovbo primarily host citizens with intellectual disabilities. Our overarching core task is to create value and development for the individual citizen.

You will become part of a management team where we value

• trust and respect
• open and honest communication
• shared responsibility for results
• constructive dialogue and professional sparring.

We offer you

• an exciting and challenging leadership position with great influence on shaping your own daily life
• great influence on the pedagogical practice and development at Skovmosen and Frederiksborgvej
• a completely new and ambitious leadership team, where there is room to grow and mutual support
• secure framework to develop your personal leadership supported by our new company manager
• focus on competence development, wellbeing and close professional sparring.

You should choose us because

Allerød Municipality is a workplace with high social capital. We value interprofessional collaboration, competence and job development and not least employee influence on own everyday life highly. The most important for us is our core task – to create value for citizens.

Are you interested?

If you have become curious about the position, contact the company manager in Social Rehabilitation Anne Bergman Bjelbæk at 20 90 12 51 for an informal chat or to hear more about the new leadership team.

You upload your application together with your CV and education certificates via the link in the advertisement no later than

29 October 2026.

We expect to hold the first interview on 2 November 2026 and the second on 9 November 2026. Between the first and second interview, candidates the committee decides to proceed with must complete an MPA personality profile and have a personal interview with an HR consultant.

We obtain references and background checks prior to final employment.

Wages and terms of employment will be determined according to the applicable collective agreement.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The municipality has about 2,000 employees who work from a common Leadership and Employee Foundation, where values such as dialogue, collaboration, respect and professionalism are cornerstones. Here you can read Allerød Municipality's Leadership and Employee Foundation .

The organization is based on flat structures, great employee influence and good development opportunities. Allerød Municipality is a smoke-free workplace with smoke-free working hours.

We believe that diversity among our employees strengthens our organization and the solving of the common core task. Therefore, we encourage all interested applicants to apply for the position regardless of gender, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic background or sexual orientation.

Allerød Municipality is located in the heart of North Zealand in beautiful and varied nature. The municipality has close to 26,000 inhabitants and offers an active association and business life with good sports and leisure opportunities.

There are several good transport options to and from the municipality, and the S-train runs every 10 minutes from Allerød Station.