Educator with a role as a professional beacon for Børnehuset Elverhøj

Do you believe that children do well when they can?

We do, and we are looking for an educator who can help us make exactly that a reality in our kindergarten department.

We dream of a colleague who is as passionate about children's development as we are. An educator with the heart in the right place, who burns to create the best framework for all our children – a safe place where they can grow, learn and be part of the community.

Are you a recent graduate? Do you have many years of experience in the field? Perhaps somewhere in between? It is your energy, your warm approach to every child, your desire to contribute to our working community, as well as the courage to take co-responsibility for the pedagogical work around the children, that makes the difference.

The position is 32-37 hours per week with the possibility to adjust hours according to your wishes.

What do we offer you?

• The opportunity to become a professional lighthouse
• Curious children who are ready for fun adventures, hugs, care, presence and a lot of laughter
• A professional community with room for both big questions and quirky ideas
• Good opportunities to contribute with your ideas and professional reflections
• An engaged parents’ group that is passionate about contributing to their children’s well-being
• Time for preparation, staff meetings and professional sparring , built into your working time
• An workplace where humor, stability and collaboration are weighed as highly as professionalism and curiosity.

About Elverhøj

Børnehuset Elverhøj is located in lovely rural surroundings in Ågerup , in the northeastern part of Roskilde, with forest, fields, a small town square, and the local library within walking distance. The kindergarten consists of two preschool groups and one toddler group. We have a playground with rich opportunities for free play where you can contribute to shaping daily life. Our indoor spaces include rooms with adjoining side rooms in the kindergarten, as well as an adjoining activity room in the toddler section. The kitchen offers warm and cold dishes made from fresh ingredients by our skilled kitchen staff.

We practice a clear daily structure and division into smaller groups . In this way we create clarity and predictability for both children and adults.

Our approach is based on a resource-oriented view of children , where we focus on the belief that children do well when they can. This means that we adults must be proactive, approach the task with curiosity and adjust our practice – perhaps we need to step back and see the world through the child’s eyes or find a new way that works better. We believe in clarity, care and presence , which allow the children to flourish.

We place a high value on close and professional parent collaboration and we see parents as important sparring partners regarding their children.

About you

We are looking for you who

• Shares our belief that all children have potential and is passionate about helping them bloom.
• Sees children’s differences as a gift to the community – not as a challenge.
• Can work in an engaged and loyal way with our pedagogical practice and be a co-developer of it.
• Has humor, is flexible and can juggle both children’s needs and the collegiate collaboration without losing breath.

In Roskilde Municipality we work with strong communities for all children

Roskilde Municipality is ambitious when it comes to the municipality’s children, and we want to be known for having high-quality early childhood education, where children thrive, develop and learn something new every day. Strong communities are the core of this. The foundation for this.

We work every day to develop an educational practice where all children feel part of the community, and where there is pedagogical and administrative focus on ensuring participation opportunities for all children. We share this in Roskilde Municipality.

Our professional approach is based on a resource-oriented view of children, where we acknowledge children’s differences as part of broad childhood commonality. We are focused on ensuring good pedagogical practice in the municipality’s day care centers, where the borders between general and special pedagogy blur in the meeting with the individual child and child group.

Time for the core task

High professionalism and pedagogical quality are essential to succeed with the political ambition to create strong communities for all children and young people, and that requires time and space for immersion, reflection, and collaboration for the pedagogical staff. In Roskilde Municipality it is politically prioritized that all houses are allocated preparation time.

The preparation time should give staff the opportunity to work more systematically with the core task, and at the same time create better conditions for professional development, well-being, job satisfaction, and strong communities – without compromising children's time and staffing.

Curious?

If you can see yourself at Elverhøj, please contact us. You are always welcome to visit us to get an impression of who we are, what we can offer, and why we are so excited about our work. You are welcome to contact area manager Henriette Thorsen at 51 43 60 39 for a chat, or to arrange a tour.

Practical info

Salary and employment terms according to current collective agreement.

Starting 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible.

We will obtain criminal and child protection checks, as well as references, before final employment can take place.

Send us your application , along with relevant documents no later than Monday, 19 October. We will hold recruitment interviews on Thursday, 22 October in the afternoon.

We are looking forward to reading your application.

Application deadline: 19 October 2026

Department: Ågeruphøj 2 4000 Roskilde

Location: Ågeruphøj 2, 4000 Roskilde