Educator for the Red Cross Asylum Center Avnstrup

Are you passionate about children and young people – and do you want to make a difference for a special group of children in an exposed life position? Are you a pedagogue with heart and professional expertise in the right place, and would you like to be part of a daily life where relationships, well-being and safety are at the center? Then read on.

The Danish Red Cross asylum department is seeking a pedagogue for the club at the Departure Center Avnstrup. The club is a leisure offer for children and young people between 6 and 16 years old. Here you will be part of a strong pedagogical team that every day works to create a safe, dignified and meaningful everyday life for children in a vulnerable life situation - with a view to the future.

Read more about Departure Center Avnstrup here .

What is the job about?

As a pedagogue in the club you will be responsible for creating the framework for a safe and developmental leisure offer with activities that give the children joy, calm and space to be children – even in a difficult life situation. It can be anything from crafts and gaming to music, movement and trips in nature.

You will also be an important adult in the collaboration with parents and colleagues across – and you will contribute with professional observations, sparring and support to children who need extra attention.

There is a high degree of collaboration between child schoolteachers and club pedagogues. Two days a week a pedagogue from the club is with in the school day.

Who are you?

We imagine that you are a trained pedagogue and can recognize yourself in some of this

• You have experience with vulnerable children and families – perhaps from the asylum sector, social-pedagogical work or similar
• You are good at creating safe relationships – and have an eye for children’s needs
• You thrive in a changing daily life and are not afraid to think new
• You are structured, collaborative and communicate clearly – both orally and in writing
• You speak English at user level and have respect for cultural differences

Why should you apply?

You should, because by being employed with us you will get

• A meaningful job in the world’s largest humanitarian organization and an opportunity to make a real difference for children and young people and their families in a difficult life situation
• A job that both leverages your professional skills and challenges your perspectives. You will experience that you grow – because you work in a reality that requires presence, reflection and new ways of thinking.
• A strong collegial community with engaged pedagogues and teachers
• A daily life characterized by high professionalism and cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Good opportunities for competence development – both through the job, internal courses and external course offerings

General terms of employment

You will be employed according to the agreement with HK/SL (The State)

Start date: January 1, 2027

Working hours: 37 hours per week, with morning and afternoon shifts, two weekly evening shifts and possibly weekend shifts. Shifts in the nursery, kindergarten and children's school may occur.

Workplace: Center Avnstrup, Avnstrupvej 1, 4330 Hvalsø

Driver's license: Required

Contact: functional manager Anne-Mette B. Pedersen at mail [email protected] and phone 21760972 or coordinator Katrine Blomsterberg at mail [email protected] and phone 23612598.

If offered a position we will obtain a child certificate, and you must present a private criminal record certificate.

How to apply

The position can only be applied for via our online recruitment system by clicking the link “Søg jobbet”. For technical challenges contact [email protected]

Apply as soon as possible and no later than October 31, 2026. We expect to hold recruitment interviews on an ongoing basis.

Are you curious – but not actively job seeking?

Then reach out anyway. Perhaps this is your opportunity to take a meaningful step in a new direction.

We look forward to reading your application.

The Danish Red Cross has been an asylum operator in Denmark for over 40 years. See a film about our history here - maybe it will inspire you to become part of something bigger.