Experienced Center Director for Home Care and Nursing

• Set direction for holistic care, close health services and a strong interdisciplinary organization close to citizens' daily life

In Home Care and Nursing we put people first. We step in where life is lived, in the citizen's home and daily life, and work to ensure that the individual can live as independently, meaningfully and dignified a life as possible. We are seeking an experienced center leader who can create coherence between people, operations and development and lead the continued development of a large and complex area.

Do you have in-depth knowledge of the elderly and health sector, strong strategic leadership experience and a view for both professional quality, economy and organization? Can you develop leaders, create followership and translate political ambitions, reforms and legislation into practice close to citizens?

Then you may be our new center leader for Home Care and Nursing in Aabenraa Municipality.

A large citizen-near area in development

Home Care and Nursing delivers holistic care, nursing, personal care and practical help to citizens in their own homes. The area is organized in 12 districts and 25 cross-disciplinary teams with around 570 employees and contact to around 3,900 citizens. The efforts are delivered around the clock year-round in citizens' homes and at the municipality's nursing and satellite clinics.

Holistic care is implemented, and the overarching strategic frameworks are in place. Your task will be to further develop the organization, strengthen coherence and ensure that structure, culture and leadership support the core task. This happens in a time with new opportunities and demands from the Elderly Act, the health reform and the development of the close health system.

Strategic leadership, leadership of leaders and shared responsibility

As center leader you have the overall responsibility for the strategic direction and long-term development. You lead the district manager group and work closely with the cross-cutting district manager, who is responsible for quality and the health professional development and operations. Together you must ensure coherence between strategy, professional quality and daily task execution.

Home Care and Nursing builds on decentralized leadership and considerable managerial space. The management team works from co-management, trust, involvement and shared responsibility. You must therefore both be able to set a clear direction and succeed through others by delegating, developing strong leadership communities and creating frameworks for learning, reflection and feedback.

Quality, economy and future solutions

You have the overall responsibility for the center's economy and must be able to translate financial frameworks into strategic priorities with a view to reliability of operations and long-term sustainability. You must also support high professional quality, patient safety and coherent citizen paths as well as work with recruitment, retention, well-being and a sustainable working life.

Welfare technology is a strategic focus area. Home Care and Nursing work, among other things, with screen visits, medication robots and new digital possibilities. Implementing Care Homes in one’s own home is also underway, and you play an important role in the continued development and anchoring of the effort.

Cross-sector collaboration

You will become part of the Senior area and collaborate closely with center leader colleagues, the Education Department and the rest of the administration.

Externally you must strengthen relationships and solutions across for example the region, hospitals and general practice. You must be able to create coherence between political ambitions, professional quality, financial priorities and practice and be a clear ambassador for Home Care and Nursing.

Your leadership profile

We imagine that you have

• a health professional background
• solid leadership experience from the elderly, health or welfare sector
• experience with leading leaders
• in-depth knowledge of the elderly sector and the close health system
• experience with strategic leadership in a politically governed organization
• solid experience with economy and resource management as well as organizational development
• experience with implementation of holistic care, rehabilitation and interdisciplinary collaboration
• experience with implementing larger changes and development of leaders and leadership groups
• insight into quality development, patient safety and coherent citizen pathways.

Your personal competencies

We are looking for a center leader who is

• Visionary – you create and communicate a clear direction and translate visions into something concrete and meaningful.
• Optimistic - you meet people and challenges with energy, belief in possibilities and willingness to find solutions together.
• Strategically analytical - you see the long lines, analyze complex problems and translate them into clear priorities.
• Delegating - you develop others through responsibility, trust and clear expectations and are motivated by succeeding through your leaders.
• Clear and directing in your leadership - you create momentum, align different interests around common goals and make necessary decisions.
• Communicative and visible - you create meaning and engagement in dialogue with leaders, employees, citizens, relatives and partners.

We offer

• a central leadership role in an area of great importance for citizens' daily life and for the development of the close welfare
• opportunity to set strategic direction for holistic care and close health care in a time of major changes
• an engaged leadership organization, where trust, co-management and shared responsibility are worked with
• a close collaboration with the cross-cutting district leader, the Senior area and competent colleagues across Social & Health
• a leadership position in Aabenraa Municipality with a clear leadership foundation and significant decentralized leadership space
• a mentorship arrangement.

Terms of employment

There is a position as center leader with commencement on 1 January 2027.

The position is filled on collective agreement terms with a salary level of approx. DKK 868,066 incl. pension. Additional individual qualification pay may be negotiated.

The place of employment is Aabenraa Municipality with service as center leader for Home Care and Nursing.

Aabenraa Municipality is a smoke-free municipality.

Application

Send your application, CV and relevant attachments no later than 12 November 2026.

The first interview round will be held on 16 November 2026, and the second interview round will be held on 24 November 2026.

For applicants who go to the second interview, a personality profile will be prepared by a management consultant.

If you go to the second interview, you will receive a link to fill out the personality profile on Tuesday 17 November 2026.

You have 48 hours to answer the profile.

The management consultant will provide feedback on your personality profile on Friday 20 November 2026 either virtually or at the town hall.

References will be collected before the second interview after agreement with the candidate.

Read more about the position, tasks, competence requirements and the recruitment process in the job and competence profile .

More information about the position

Interested applicants are welcome to contact senior chief Marianne Høgsted at telephone 21 44 53 88 with questions about the position and a possible discussion of personal qualifications in relation to the position. All inquiries are treated confidentially.

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