Deputy Head of Team Skelager, Care and Rehabilitation, District North, Aarhus Municipality

Deputy Manager for Team Skelager, Care and Rehabilitation, District North, Aarhus Municipality

Do you want to help strengthen the professional and staff leadership in Care and Rehabilitation in Aarhus Municipality? Are you passionate about supporting home-dwelling citizens to live as independent and meaningful a life as possible? Are you motivated by supporting good and well-functioning collaboration with citizens and relatives - and by citizens experiencing coherent and well-coordinated pathways?

Then you may be our new deputy manager in Team Skelager.

You will work from our shared strategy; the five guiding threads to a better life . In collaboration with the team leader you will help ensure that these are translated into concrete practice.

In Team Skelager we are looking for an ambitious and relationally strong deputy manager with operational responsibility as a competence-developing therapist. You must be able to stand at the crossroads of leadership, rehabilitation, professional development and operations.

We are seeking a therapist-leader who can build support around the professional direction, strengthen the quality of citizen pathways and translate visions into practice. You must be able to be close to the staff in everyday life, support learning and development across professional groups and at the same time be an important sparring partner for the manager regarding operations, economy and organizational development.

With us you get the opportunity to make a real difference for both citizens and employees in a time when whole-person care, rehabilitation and interdisciplinary collaboration matter more than ever before.

About the position

As deputy manager and competence-developing therapist you will be part of the local management in Team Skelager and work closely with the team leader to create direction, quality and coherence in daily life.

You will have a central role in supporting colleagues' professional development and ensuring that citizens experience high quality and coherent pathways.

In particular you will focus on

• Rehabilitation as a natural part of all citizen pathways.
• Complex and socially complex citizen pathways.
• Interdisciplinary coordination and collaboration.
• Development of staff competencies through leadership by example in practice.
• Implementation of new professional initiatives and working methods.
• Quality, learning and professional reflection.
• Support for a strong culture characterized by collaboration, accountability and development.

About Care and Rehabilitation

The task in Care and Rehabilitation is to provide care and practical assistance, nursing and training to home-dwelling citizens and to create good, coherent citizen pathways based on what is important to the citizen.

We emphasize good dialogue, a strong culture and good relationships – as well as rehabilitation and care, professional development and ongoing systematic quality development of both the professional, the organizational and the citizen-experienced quality.

Important initiatives in Care and Rehabilitation include citizen education, welfare technology and close cooperation with the citizen’s family and network – and ensuring that the right competencies are present in each citizen pathway.

Why choose us

In Team Skelager we believe that high quality for citizens is created through strong relationships, high professionalism and clear leadership.

You will become part of a dedicated interdisciplinary team consisting of social and health helpers, social and health care assistants, nurses, therapists and other key roles. We work purposefully with rehabilitation, learning and development, and we invest in staff competencies because we know this creates better citizen pathways.

As deputy manager you will have the opportunity to influence both daily operations and the team’s long-term development. You will have responsibility, influence and close cooperation with a manager who seeks sparring, joint reflection and strong leadership partnership.

We emphasize that you as a future deputy manager in Team Skelager

• Are an authorized physiotherapist or occupational therapist.
• Have leadership potential or already have leadership experience.
• Are motivated by developing people and professional standards.
• Have strong relational skills and actively use relationships as a leadership tool.
• Can create followership through presence, dialogue and clear direction.
• Have a view to both the individual employee and the community.
• Can navigate complex citizen pathways and create solutions across professional disciplines.
• Understand the importance of the connection between quality, operations and economy.
• Work structured and can maintain overview in a changing daily life.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is intended to be filled by 1 January 2027.

Salary and employment conditions are according to the applicable collective agreement. According to the preliminary agreement reached with the professional organizations for managers in Aarhus Municipality, Health and Care, the minimum salary is 563,685 DKK depending on your health professional background. The salary is stated excluding pension.

Final salary determination is by negotiation with the bargaining-organized professional organization based on qualifications.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, please contact the leader of Team Skelager, Nicklas Pedersen, Email: [email protected], phone: 2484 7966

Application

Click on “apply for job” below to fill out and send your application. All fields marked with * must be completed. Only when you have received a confirmation by email have we received your application.

We expect to conduct job interviews on 5 November and 12 November 2026.

In connection with the recruitment of managers, we use personality profiling if you go to the second interview, and there will therefore be profile feedback on 9 November 2026.

In Health and Care we have a general policy to obtain references and possibly a criminal record check in connection with recruitment.

About us

The Magistrate’s Department for Health and Care (MSO) in Aarhus Municipality works with care for the elderly and health for all citizens.

Our strategy The five guiding threads gives direction to our work and challenges our behavior and attitudes – with the simple purpose that we become a little better every day at doing our work for the benefit of the citizens in Aarhus. Read more about our strategy and framework for understanding before the first interview, see Leadership job (aarhus.dk)

As a new leader you will be met with a mandatory onboarding program, and we emphasize that all our leaders continually develop their competencies. Therefore we have both in-house leadership training, and there is an opportunity to take the leadership program “ Diploma in Leadership ” over a period of years.

Aarhus Municipality regards diversity as a resource and therefore encourages everyone - regardless of age, gender, disability, lifestyle, religion or ethnic origin - to apply for the position.

Aarhus Municipality is one of Jutland’s largest workplaces. 28,000 professional and passionate colleagues work every day to ensure that we are a good city for everyone. As an employee of Aarhus Municipality you turn visions into reality and create development, community and well-being. Here there is respect for professionalism, room for diversity and opportunity for expression.

We have ambitions for the city – and for you. Come and join us!