Head of Staff Functions

Marjatta is seeking a Chief of Staff

Can you create coherence, direction and followership across different professional disciplines? Can you support leaders and be a qualified sparring partner, while leading strong support functions with high professional expertise? Do you have an eye for both detail and the whole? And are you keen to contribute to developing an organization where people, community and quality are the driving forces?

Then you may be Marjatta's new leader of our cross-functional support functions.

Marjatta is in an exciting development phase and is seeking a leader who can unite and develop our cross-functional support functions while also being an active part of the organization's top leadership team. You will have a central role as the link between Marjatta’s management, the cross-functional support functions and the rest of the organization’s many units.

Marjatta is a holistic pedagogical organization that runs schools, residences and day services for children, young people and adults with developmental disabilities. Work is conducted from a holistic and special educational approach. Marjatta has an operating agreement with the Region.

We are seeking a leader who can ensure that our support functions work professionally and create value for the organization’s core task. The leader must create a clear linkage between the organization’s professional and pedagogical core task and the administrative, financial and organizational frameworks that support it.

About the position

As the leader of cross-functional support functions you will be responsible for leading and developing six central support functions:

• Finance
• HR, personnel and secretariat
• Health domain
• Education and Development Center
• Contract team
• Buildings and properties

You will be part of Marjatta’s top management team and report to Marjatta’s top executive. At the same time you will play an important role in supporting the leadership team and the foundation board through secretariat services, coordination and follow-up on decisions.

You do not need to be a specialist in all areas. Instead you must be able to lead capable managers and professionals, create coherence across functions and ensure that Marjatta’s values, quality and finances go hand in hand.

Your main tasks

You will, among other things, have responsibility for

• Together with the respective managers, lead and develop Marjatta’s cross-functional support functions and strengthen the interaction with the organization’s other units, so that the managers have the best framework to assume responsibility for operation, quality, development and finance.
• Support the management team with analyses, decision proposals, impact assessments with strategic sparring, and challenge and put new perspectives into play when appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of effective administrative processes and relevant management tools, as well as follow up on decisions and support implementation in the organization.
• Ensure transparency, systematics and quality in the organization’s financial management.
• Prepare agendas, decision proposals and material for the leadership team and foundation board.
• Ensure a competent interaction with municipalities, the region, authorities and other partners.
• Contribute to handling legal and organizational issues.

We are looking for a leader who

• Can create followership across different professional disciplines and has experience leading staff-, service- or support functions, as well as experience leading managers.
• Understands the importance of visibility, and is a good facilitator who also has control of both structure and detail.
• Is good at building trustful relationships and dialogues with employees, colleagues and leaders at different levels in the organization, and can navigate in complex organizations and create overview.
• Can translate analyses and knowledge into action and decision support, and has well-developed skills in written case presentation.
• Is clear in their communication and able to convey complex contexts in a simple and understandable way.
• Has a view of both strategy, development and daily operations and can balance a leading role with a supportive and service-oriented approach.
• Understands value-based leadership and wants to work in an organization with a strong human and social purpose.

We imagine that you

Are an experienced leader who can create direction, coherence and followership. You combine a strategic perspective with an understanding of operations and can translate analyses and complex issues into decisions and action. You are trusted and relationship-oriented, communicate clearly and thrive in collaboration with many different stakeholders.

You work in a structured and systematic way, while being decisive and able to navigate safely in an organization with many considerations and perspectives. In addition, you have experience with leadership including people management, organizational development and governance and a desire to contribute to the development of a value-based organization with a strong social purpose.

We offer

• A central leadership role in Marjatta’s top management with great significance for Marjatta’s continued development.
• Opportunity to influence the development of cross-functional support functions and the organization as a whole
• Management of six professionally strong functions
• An engaged and professional collaboration in the management team.
• An organization with a strong value base and clear ambitions for quality and development.
• A meaningful job where people and community are at the center.

The position is 37 hours.

Start date: January 1, 2027

Application deadline and recruitment process

Application deadline: October 27, 2026 - apply via this link .

The first round of interviews will be held in week 45, and the second round in week 47.

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the Head of Marjatta, Bernhard Schmitz, via email [email protected] .

See job and profile here

Salary and employment: Hire and salary placement are according to the regional agreement for academics.

Starting salary for agreement employees: Marjatta is obligated to inform you of the starting salary for the position due to its operating agreement with the Region of Zealand. You will be informed of base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in the relevant agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include possibly negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See the starting salary on the region's website

During employment, relevant criminal and child protection checks will be obtained, as well as references from previous workplaces as agreed.

Please note that Marjatta is a smoke-/tobacco-free workplace.

Learn more about Marjatta on our website www.marjatta.dk

Located close to forest, fjord and beach on South Zealand and Stevns, Marjatta. At Marjatta we base our work on Rudolf Steiner’s view of humanity and the anthroposophic philosophy. Marjatta houses about 250 children, youth and adult residents across multiple residences and workplaces. We have about 600 employees. We emphasize that residents should meet caring and professionally competent staff who, with warmth and professionalism, support each resident's well-being, development and quality of life.