Strong Leadership: Department Head Sought for De Alternative Tilbud

Do you want to help make a difference for young people in Aalborg Municipality?

Do you have leadership skills?

Are you keen to make a difference for vulnerable young people who need alternative support interventions?

We are currently seeking a department head who, together with our current department heads, will develop and ensure Aalborg Municipality's best alternative services.

About the position/place of work

The Alternative Offers consist of different alternatives to placement. Our core service is support contact person interventions, but we also offer family support, which is an additional effort where the young person's family and network are supported.

The department has just under 200 active interventions, which our staff carry out.

In the Alternative Offers, the young people are linked to three placements: Golfparken, Poul Paghs Gade and Absalonsgade in Aalborg. If you become our new department head, you will also have daily presence at these locations, where there are 12, 18 and 16 employees respectively.

Your working days as department head are very varied, and you must thrive in it. You will move around where there is a need. It can be sparring and support of employees, or around with your partners in the Authority. It can also be a day in the office, where there is a need to ensure systematic and follow-up on the department's cases, finances, etc.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who will lead and head a team of professionally strong employees who daily handle complex tasks related to vulnerable young people. You should have a natural interest in people and want to make a difference so we succeed with our core task:

To help children and young people master their own lives.

We would like you to

• Be proactive in your approach to youremployees.
• Be structured and systematic.
• Can work with professional programs, extract useful data from them, and be able to communicate the value of this work – both internally and externally. We use Sofus Social.
• Understand the importance of good collaboration and have developed strong competencies in this regard.
• Be adaptable and solution-oriented.
• Master translating your professional knowledge into practice so that the young receive effective and meaningful interventions.

The leadership role calls for you to have experience in management, preferably from similar contexts. We also envision that you have a background as either a pedagogue, social worker, or similar and have experience with the target group.

What do we offer?

As department head you will become part of a leadership team of three. You get your own department, but also a close and committed leadership community with the other two department heads and your specialist leader. In addition, you become part of several leadership communities, both with the other leaders in the specialty you join, and a cross-department leadership network in the Center for Day and Night Services.

With us you are not alone and we insist that leadership is something we do best together!

In addition you will get

• Flexible meeting times, so you can plan your working hours based on both the young people's needs and your own preferences.
• A team of professionally strong, independent and highly motivated employees.
• Collaborative interfaces and contacts across the administration, especially in the Children and Family Department, so you feel secure.
• Professional and leadership development. There is naturally coaching and support for you in your leadership role; in addition there is fixed external supervision and leadership development programs in our extended leadership network.

Does this sound like something for you?

The application deadline is 22 October 2026, and we expect to hold interviews on 29 October 2026 at Hjulmagervej 22, 9000 Aalborg.

If you have questions, you can contact Specialist Leader Brian Tjørnelund-Larsen at tel. 2339 7867 or Center Chief Mariann Boje Jones at tel. 2519 9270.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Salary and terms of employment

Employment desired from 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible.

Prior to employment we will obtain a child and criminal records check and references.

The position is covered by local pay. Other salary and employment conditions are according to the applicable collective agreement between KL and the negotiating organization.

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Department: The Alternative Offers

Application deadline: 22 October 2026

Location: Poul Paghs Gade 1, 9000, Aalborg