Unit Manager for a new nursing home in Rødovre Municipality

Do you want to help create a new care home from the ground up and leave your mark on culture, professionalism and community?

Rødovre Municipality seeks an engaged and development-oriented department head for a new specialized care home at Slotsherrens Vænge 6.

Here you get a rare opportunity to be involved from the very beginning. Together with the manager you will build a new organization, recruit staff, develop a strong professional culture and create a home where residents' quality of life, dignity and self-determination are the focus.

About the new care home

The care home opens on 1 January 2027 and consists of

• 15 nursing homes with a special profile targeted at residents with complex care and nursing needs
• 14 respite places for residents needing temporary stays, respite and rehabilitative efforts
• a close collaboration between different professional competencies
• an ambition to develop new solutions across the elderly, social and disability sectors.
• The building shall be characterized by high professionalism, approachable leadership and strong communities for residents, relatives and staff.

About the position

As department head you will be the manager's closest partner in the daily leadership of the house.

You will have personnel responsibility for the staff group and will be a central driving force in the development of professionalism, quality and the working environment.

In the establishment phase you will among other things work with

• recruitment and onboarding of new staff
• development of culture, values and collaboration forms
• building good workflows and structures
• implementation of the professional profile
• ensuring the nursing professional input
• establishing a strong collaboration with residents and relatives.

When the house is in operation, your main tasks will be to

• ensure high quality in care, nursing and welfare
• create well-being and job satisfaction among staff
• support professional development and learning in daily life
• contribute to a good working environment and a strong MED collaboration
• ensure coherence between operations, quality and development
• contribute to creating holistic pathways for residents in both nursing homes and respite placements
• translate strategic and political decisions into practice.

Your profile

We imagine that you

• are educated nurse
• have leadership experience or experience with professional leadership and coordination
• have experience from the elderly sector
• work systematically and can create structure and overview
• are good at communicating and gaining commitment
• are visible and approachable as a leader
• can create engagement and a common direction
• contributes to a culture characterized by trust, responsibility and development.

We offer

• An unique opportunity to help establish a new care home
• An exciting management position with great influence
• Close collaboration and sparring with the manager
• Opportunity to put your stamp on culture, organization and professional development
• Skilled and engaged colleagues
• A workplace with high ambitions for quality and well-being.

The organizational context

In Rødovre Municipality we work with the approach "Together with the citizen", where the citizen's perspective is the starting point, and solutions are created in collaboration. We believe that strong relationships, interdisciplinary collaboration and trust create the best results for citizens.

Practical information

Start date: 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible.

Salaries and terms of appointment according to applicable collective agreement.

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Christine Vendel Jensen, Chief of Elderly and Care, at telephone 61 20 86 91.

The application deadline is Sunday 25 October 2026.

We will select applicants on Monday 26 October 2026.

The recruitment interview will be held on 28 October 2026.

Rødovre Municipality is a geographically small and centrally located municipality with a high level of ambition for the citizens and the town. Also for this reason we are an attractive and exciting workplace, and we see diversity as a strength. Therefore we encourage everyone regardless of age, gender, disability, lifestyle, religion or ethnic origin to apply for the job.

We offer our employees a well-being and health scheme including physiotherapy and group training. Note that Rødovre Municipality has a tobacco-free working environment, which means we may not smoke or use vapes or snus during working hours.

Our positions are offered full-time unless otherwise stated in the job advertisement.