Center Director for Pedagogy, Leisure and Education - Tårnby Municipality

Do you want to lead a large and significant welfare area and help set the direction for children's and youngsters' everyday life in Tårnby Municipality?

Tårnby Municipality is seeking a Center Chief for the newly established Center for Pedagogy, Leisure and Education. The municipality is bringing together the former centers for early childhood, school and leisure into one new center with the ambition of strengthening coherence across the area. As Center Chief you therefore have a unique opportunity to shape the development of a new unified area and create a clear throughline in the development, well-being and everyday life of children and young people in Tårnby Municipality.

Tasks - what you will do with us

As Center Chief you will lead the establishment and development of the new consolidated Center for Pedagogy, Leisure and Education. You must set a clear direction for the continued development of the area and create good framework for managers and employees to succeed with the core task. A central part of the task will be to continue the good work that is already taking place in Tårnby Municipality.

In addition to developing the new center, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for the overall 0-18 age area and translating political ambitions into concrete results close to children, young people and families. You must create momentum in central agendas and ensure that development initiatives are anchored in practice through clear priorities, strong collaboration and systematic follow-up.

Part of the task will also be to further develop the school sector and support the political ambitions to strengthen students' academic development, well-being and participation in inclusive learning communities.

You will be responsible for the overall operation and development of the area and must ensure coherence between finances, resources and professional priorities, so the area develops and is run with high quality and a holistic view. Finally, you will become a central sparring partner for the management and the political level, where you contribute with qualified advice and ensure a solid basis for priorities and decisions in the area.

As a member of the municipality's Center Chief Forum you also contribute to the cross-cutting development of Tårnby Municipality and to creating holistic solutions across the organization and welfare areas.

Profile - what we expect from you

We expect that you come with solid leadership experience, ideally municipal or at least from a politically governed organization and have experience leading through managers. You can navigate confidently in the interplay between policy, executive management and organization and translate political ambitions into clear priorities and results.

You are a strategically strong leader who can see the whole across the children and youth area and translate political ambitions into a clear direction for the organization. You create followership across professional disciplines and leadership environments and can bring together different perspectives around a common core task. You lead through others with trust and clarity and give space to professional differences, while maintaining the shared direction.

You have political tact and navigate confidently in the political arena, where you can balance different considerations and advise clearly and nuanced, even when the area is marked by high political attention.

Experience from the daycare, school or leisure area is preferable, but most important is your ability and motivation to lead the establishment of the new center and create stronger coherence across the area.

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You can read more about Tårnby Municipality and the position in the extended job and competency profile.

Expected start date : 1 December 2026

Application deadline: Sunday 18 October 2026

For further information and questions you are welcome to contact the Director of the Children, Culture, Technology and Environment area, Simon Gravers Jacobsen, at telephone 32 47 16 81 or the MUUSMANN Senior Consultant Anders Moesgaard Jacobsen at telephone 20 42 91 49.

Application deadline

18 October 2026