Health consultant with a focus on communities and an active everyday life

Do you want to help build a bridge from municipal health programs to communities in the local area?

The Health Promotion and Prevention Unit in Randers Municipality is seeking a health consultant for 30 hours per week who is passionate about helping citizens progress in the local area after a health program with us. In this way, we will contribute to helping the citizen maintain the good habits, find new communities and become part of the local offers, associations and activities that can support a healthy and meaningful everyday life.

The position is a permanent role, where you will have a central role in strengthening the coherence between the municipality's health services and the opportunities available in the local area. We want to support citizens who have difficulty proactively seeking out and joining health-promoting offerings in their local area after completing a program with us. In this way we will help to retain the good and healthy habits that the citizen has developed in our programs.

You will help develop and maintain collaboration with the local associations and other relevant actors so that more citizens have the opportunity to participate in the communities that exist in their immediate environment.

Your tasks will include

• Support citizens who have difficulty in finding relevant activities, communities and services in the local area after completing a health program
• Help citizens identify opportunities that match their interests, resources and individual needs
• Motivate and support citizens to take the first steps towards participation in associations, social communities and other local activities
• Establish and maintain collaboration with associations, voluntary organizations and other local actors
• Create an overview of local offers and communicate awareness of the opportunities available in the local area
• Contribute to the development of initiatives that promote citizen participation
• Documentation and evaluation of the effort

Who are you

• You have a health professional education at bachelor’s degree level or similar
• You are passionate about motivating and working with citizens who need extra support
• You are an outgoing person and thrive on getting your message out and developing new and strong relationships
• You thrive with an outward-facing role across multiple local areas and working with many partners
• You have competencies in motivational interviewing or similar
• You can work independently and in a structured manner and follow tasks through to completion
• You preferably have experience with the voluntary sector
• You have a broad and positive view of health

We offer

• A job with independence and good development opportunities
• Professional and engaged colleagues
• Professional sparring
• A challenging and meaningful job
• Work in good physical surroundings based at Randers Health Center
• A lively and dynamic workplace based on health promotion and preventive efforts
• Opportunity to influence
• A workplace with an informal and good-humoured tone
• An workplace community that works for openness, respect, trust and honesty and where everyone takes responsibility for their own and others' well-being

We focus on high professional quality in our efforts, and we meet the citizen and their network from a holistic approach. We place great emphasis on collaboration and strong relationships both internally and externally in the municipality.

You will become part of the Health Promotion and Prevention Unit at Randers Health Center, which consists of 25 staff. You will be affiliated with the Health School (Sundhedshøjskolen) which consists of 4 staff.

We offer an exciting and developing position with great freedom to plan your workday.

You must have a driver’s license and your own car available, so you can travel around the municipality

Salary and terms of employment

Your workplace will primarily be at Randers Health Center and an outreach function in the individual local areas.

We offer a permanent position of 30 hours with start on January 1, 2027.

Salary and employment are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and the provisions for New Pay.

Application deadline and interviews

Application deadline: Thursday, November 19, 2026

Interviews expected to be held: Thursday, November 26, 2026

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Deputy Head Charlotte Rose Blomkvist at telephone 30 47 52 04 or at email [email protected] or Head of Health Promotion and Prevention Unit Rikke Friis-Hundborg at telephone 29 43 40 36 or at email [email protected]