Gribskov Municipality

Gribskov Municipality

Special School Horisonten is seeking teachers and pedagogues, Esrum department

Are you a teacher or pedagogue and are you motivated to work with students in vulnerable positions?

We have expanded in the Esrum department, and we are therefore seeking teachers, pedagogues and possibly assistants for our full-day school offering. We are really making good progress in Esrum and therefore need even more skilled people to help develop our special school so that we can together create academic and social learning communities for our students.

Would you like to be part of this professional, versatile and exciting task, and are you mature, flexible and creative as a person, then we would love to hear from you.

Esrum Department

• we are a full-day school offering with 35 staff and 80 children and young people distributed from 0nd to 10th grade in 10 classes
• the target group is characterized by having an IQ within the normal range as well as complex needs. It can manifest as difficulties in meeting and honoring age-appropriate demands and expectations in everyday life, challenges with emotional regulation, social-cognitive difficulties, executive function difficulties, academically low self-esteem and defeatist behavior
• the students need predictable days, where we continuously adapt our teaching and activities to their functional level and daily form, both academically and socially
• we work from the extended teaching concept
• teachers, pedagogues and pedagogue assistants work closely together, and we share in teaching and activities. We have team meetings together, where we brainstorm with each other, and where we coordinate concrete didactic measures, distribute practical tasks and discuss the overall educational direction for the group and for the individual child.

Who are you?

• you must have courage and curiosity to work with children and young people. You can be a qualified teacher or pedagogue.

The most important for us is that you have a modern view of children and can look beyond the behavior and that you appear mature, calm and with good humor. An extra plus is if you can manage to involve, for example, music, nature, creativity, craft, handiwork, play and physical movement in your interaction with the students

• we need teachers who can plan differentiated teaching and plan individual teaching plans. That you can involve and collaborate with your team to plan teaching based on the applicable curriculum

We need both teachers and pedagogues

• have an interest in – and preferably experience with – special education strategies
• want to work creatively, flexibly and developmentally
• understand that learning can look different, and you find positive energy and academically meaningful content in involving music, nature, creativity, play, craft, handiwork and physical movement in your interaction with children
• can plan a school day with a focus on the students' zone of proximal development
• meet the students with patience, clarity and humor
• believe that all children do their best according to their abilities
• can see beyond behavior and offer a calm nervous system – even when emotions run high
• create security and meet children and parents with curiosity and respect
• take professional responsibility for collaboration with students, families and colleagues.

What we offer

• stable pedagogical advisor and reading advisor
• connection to a fixed team
• competence development through mentors to form a common academic foundation
• joint professional development for all Horisonten’s four campuses
• joint preparation
• individual preparation.

The practical

If you would like to hear more about the position and perhaps visit before you apply, you are very welcome to contact department head Per Rubæk-Nielsen at 72 49 81 24. If you cannot reach him, send a text message, and you will be called back when possible.

Positions are to be filled no later than January 1, 2027.

Positions are full-time according to the current collective agreement.

Working hours are between 7:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. with occasional evening meetings.

We would like to point out that in connection with recruitment we will obtain a child protection and criminal record certificate.

Application deadline and interviews

The application deadline is October 18, 2026, at 23:59.

We of course also welcome contact from you beforehand if you have questions or wish to experience our school.

Employment interviews will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

It is a condition of employment in Gribskov Municipality that you can provide at least one reference.

If you need more information, you can read more about the department, the way we work and the student target group for the department in the offer description here.

Read more about Horisonten in general at Home | Horisonten.

About the Horisonten special school

From August 2026 Horisonten will have about 240 students and about 120 staff members.

Horisonten consists of 4 departments for different student target groups located in Esrum, Ramløse, Vejby and Græsted. The department in Ramløse and Esrum is a full-day offering and the departments in Græsted and Vejby are special school offerings, where the students attend after-school care with support after school.

Common child and youth perspective

We work from a Common Child and Youth Perspective across the entire 0-18 year area. Together with our Child and Youth Policy it is a central part of the foundation on which we base our practice.

You can read more here

• Common Child and Youth Perspective | Gribskov.dk
• Child and Youth Policy

We look forward to hearing from you.

Applications are received only electronically via the 'Apply for the position' button.

To ensure full transparency in the recruitment, you can consult Gribskov Municipality's salary information here: www.gribskov.dk/salarytransparency

The final salary composition is also based on a concrete and individual assessment of your education, your competences, your experience and special functions in the position. In accordance with the EU directive on salary transparency, we do not inquire about your current or previous salary history during the recruitment process.

Gribskov Municipality values

Openess · Trust · Respect · Participation · Courage · Flexibility

All information will be treated confidentially and in accordance with rules for the protection of personal data.

Start date

As soon as possible

Workplace

Horisonten

Employment type

Full-time

Contact

Per Rubæk-Nielsen

Phone 72 49 81 24