Children's culture mediator with imagination and an eye for the youngest.

Can you turn a picture book into an experience that children can step into? Do you love being with children and helping them and their adults find the next good book? And are you eager to create storytelling universes, exhibitions and creative workshops?

Then we have the job for you at Hillerød Libraries. As of January 1, we are looking for a present and creative children's culture communicator who will open the world of literature for children through storytelling, play, sensory experiences and meaningful encounters in everyday life. You will have room to develop ideas and responsibility to bring them to life together with colleagues with different professional backgrounds.

About the position

You will have a diverse everyday life with three equally important areas of work: 1) outreach to small children, 2) service and hosting in the children's library, and 3) visual communication with a focus on aesthetics and creativity in the physical space. The tasks are closely connected. You will have a daily life where the everyday work in the children's library has its place, and where a visit with a kindergarten group can inspire an exhibition, and a storytelling universe can become a starting point for both workshops and conversations about books.

Small children and day care

You will become part of the professional circle Small Children and Day Care , where you together develop the library's offerings and the collaboration with day care and the children's adults.

We develop fixed visit offers that the municipality's day care can book for children aged 2-6 years. Based on good professional and children's literature, the visits should strengthen the children's language and reading joy through play, dialogue and sensory experiences. Themes such as nature and emotions connect the visits to the pedagogical work of the day cares.

You participate in developing and implementing the visits, which can take place indoors and outdoors as well as around the municipality's local and town communities. Together with your colleagues you adapt the activities so that children with different prerequisites can participate.

Serving and hosting

You are a visible and proactive host in the children's library. You welcome children, families and day care, help them find books and provide inspiration for reading and experiences. You have an eye for both the child who themselves tells what they are looking for, and the family that needs an invitation to get started.

Together with your colleagues you ensure that the children's library functions in everyday life and appears inviting and inspiring. Daily contact with children and adults also gives you knowledge and ideas that you bring into work with activities and exhibitions.

Aesthetics and creativity

You will also become part of the professional circle Interior design and exhibitions , where you collaborate with colleagues to make the library's spaces come alive, inviting and easy to use. Among other things you will have the responsibility for developing and operating the library's storytelling houses, where we present children's literature in imaginative ways, and which are changed a few times a year. Here, stories must become rooms, materials and details that tempt children to explore. You are involved from idea and planning to practical execution and ongoing maintenance.

In addition, you develop and host creative workshops and contribute to the library's other exhibitions and interiors. The library's creative workshops vary between facilitated workshops and DIY.

About you

You love being with children and can establish contact, arouse curiosity and follow their lead. You are focused on what literature and creative experiences can open up, and you have practical ability to translate your ideas into something children can see, touch and participate in.

You have a relevant education and experience with communicating to children. Your background can be library science, pedagogy, cultural subjects or creativity. The important thing is that you can connect good child-oriented communication with aesthetic sense and practical know-how.

In addition, we attach importance to that you

• have experience with small children and understanding of their language development, attention and different participation possibilities
• are interested in children's literature and can translate the stories and pictures in books into engaging communication
• have a sense for materials, colors and spaces and can create solutions that both awaken imagination and function in a busy children's library
• can plan and carry out creative workshops where children have room to explore, create and put their mark
• thrive in a hosting role and meet children and their adults with presence, curiosity and helpfulness
• work independently, keep track of your appointments and can prioritize between working hours and tasks
• share ideas, welcome professional sparring and contribute with engagement and good humor to the common work.

About Hillerød Libraries

Hillerød Libraries are everyday open meeting places and an important part of the city's cultural and democratic infrastructure. Here people meet around literature, knowledge, experiences, learning and communities across backgrounds and life situations.

In the children's library we give children the opportunity to discover literature and experience the library as a place they want to return to. We work across disciplines and connect books, activities and physical spaces so that they support each other.

You will have colleagues with high professional standards, strong initiative and a desire to try new things. We give space for ideas, take shared responsibility and emphasize hosting and professional curiosity. And we adjust course when experiences point to a better path.

Our professional circles are communities of practice where we develop and solve tasks together. You will have clear responsibility for your own tasks and close collaboration with the circles' professional coordinators and other colleagues.

Salary and employment conditions

The position is 37 hours per week with start on January 1.

Workplace is Hillerød Library, Christiansgade 1, 3400 Hillerød.

You have 2-3 weekly shifts in the children's library, including closing shift until 6:00 PM, as well as a shift every 4th Saturday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Work related to activities and workshops can also take place outside the usual daytime hours.

Employment is offered according to applicable collective agreement, and the salary is agreed with the negotiating party organization.

In connection with employment, a child and criminal record check will be obtained.

Application and interviews

We look forward to receiving your application with CV and relevant attachments via the Hillerød Municipality's job portal. Please tell us about a concrete activity, exhibition or creative idea you have implemented for children, and what you emphasized along the way.

The application deadline is November 15.

1st interview will be held on November 23 and 2nd interview on November 26.

Want to hear more

If you want to know more about the position, you can contact the Head of Events, Democracy and Sustainability Marie Louise Wittenkamp at email [email protected] or telephone 72 32 58 40.

The application is submitted electronically via the link

With us it is not only the work that counts, but also the people behind it.

Together, every day we make a difference for the municipality's more than 54,000 citizens, and we value the very special contribution that you bring. We are proud to pursue new ways and together find solutions to the challenges we face. Hillerød Municipality is a flexible workplace where we believe in the value of both diversity and solidarity. It is important that everyone feels recognized and respected, because for us job satisfaction is a prerequisite for good quality and satisfied citizens.