Become a planner at Lunden – a key role in a well-functioning respite care service

Do you have a handle on planning, coordination and relationships?

Are you good at creating an overview in a complex daily life? Do you thrive on coordinating, finding solutions and collaborating with many different people? And do you take pride in delivering a high level of service to colleagues, management and relatives?

Then you may be our new planner at Lunden.

The position is 37 hours per week and should be filled as soon as possible, but no later than 1 January 2027.

About Lunden

Lunden consists of two relief departments, Børnehuset and Unge-/Voksenhuset. Here we offer relief to approximately 70 families, and the guests range from 3 to 67 years old. At Lunden there are about 35 permanent employees consisting of social educators, social and health care assistants and technical and administrative staff. In addition, we have about 25 on-call substitutes.

Our guests are children, youths and adults living at home with substantial and lasting physical and/or mental impairments. They need support and guidance in daily life as well as help to participate in social communities and relationships.

At Lunden we are proud to be an workplace where many employees choose to stay for many years. This is due to a strong collegial community, high professional standards and a good working environment where there is room for engagement, humor and diversity. We help each other, lift together and guard the good culture that makes Lunden a safe and attractive place to work.

Your main tasks

As a planner you will have a central function in the daily operations and coordination of Lunden. Your tasks will include the following:

• Prepare and maintain work plans in close dialogue with employees and the department head.
• Ensure that shifts are planned in accordance with applicable collective agreements, local agreements and working hours rules.
• Handle unforeseen changes such as illness, holidays, meetings and other acute needs.
• Take responsibility for daily contact and coordination with temporary staff.
• Actively participate in daily coordination meetings and contribute to ongoing staffing planning.
• Co-share responsibility for ensuring that the financial framework for employee resources is adhered to.
• Prepare and adjust master plans in collaboration with management.
• Plan and create an overview of holidays, FO days, time off in lieu, standard hours, etc.
• Process payroll submissions.
• Manage the booking of relief stays based on applicable approvals and agreements.
• Maintain ongoing contact with relatives regarding bookings, changes, cancellations and other practical matters related to relief stays.
• Adjust relief plans in collaboration with relatives, staff and the department head.
• Ensure daily overview of the guests' stays and use this knowledge to assess and adjust the need for staff resources.

We expect that you

• Have experience with shift planning, booking or similar administrative coordination tasks.
• Work structured, systematic and independently.
• Have a strong overview and can prioritize in a day with many simultaneous tasks.
• Are service-minded and collaborative in interactions with colleagues, temporary staff and relatives.
• Are flexible, adaptable and solution-oriented.
• Can stay calm and make decisions in pressured situations.
• Take responsibility and contribute actively to cross-functional collaboration.
• Have good IT skills and preferably experience with SD Optima, Loop, Outlook and Excel.

Your educational background is not decisive. The most important thing is that you have the right competences, experiences and the right approach to the task.

We offer

• A key function with great significance for daily operations.
• An versatile daily life with many points of contact.
• Close collaboration with management, employees, temporary staff and relatives.
• Possibility to put your mark on planning and coordination.
• Coaching and close collaboration with the department head.
• An workplace with high professionalism, good camaraderie, humor and plenty of room.
• Opportunity for relevant competence development.

About BO & AKTIV

Lunden is part of BO & AKTIV, which includes 11 residential facilities, three internal day services and one relief service in Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality. The organization employs approximately 235 staff in total within the social-pedagogical, health care, technical and administrative areas.

Lunden is located at Lundegårdsvej 1 in Årslev, centrally on Funen with good access and train and bus connections.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the department head Sandie Halkjær at phone 72 53 68 76 on weekdays between 08:00 and 16:00.

Application deadline

The application deadline is 22 November 2026.

Can you see yourself in this key function, and would you like to contribute to a daily life with overview, coordination and collaboration? Then send us your application.

We look forward to hearing from you and to welcoming our new planner at Lunden.