Unit Manager for a new nursing home in Rødovre Municipality

Would you like to help build a new nursing home from the ground up and leave your mark on culture, professionalism and community?

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

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

About the new nursing home

The nursing home opens on 1 January 2027 and consists of

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

About the position

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

You will have personnel responsibility for the staff group and become a central driver in developing professionalism, quality and work environment.

In the start-up 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
• establishment of 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 clinical care
• create well-being and job satisfaction among staff
• support professional development and learning in daily practice
• 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 places
• translate strategic and political decisions into practice.

Your profile

We imagine that you

• are educated as a nurse
• have leadership experience or experience with professional leadership and coordination
• have experience from the elder care sector
• work systematically and can create structure and overview
• are good at communicating and creating followership
• are visible and accessible as a leader
• can create engagement and a common direction
• contribute to a culture characterized by trust, responsibility and development.

We offer

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

The organisational context

In Rødovre Municipality we work from 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, cross-disciplinary cooperation and trust create the best results for citizens.

Practical information

Commencement: 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible.

Salary and terms of employment according to current 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.

Application deadline is Sunday 25 October 2026.

We will select applicants on Monday 26 October 2026.

The employment interview will be held on 28 October 2026.

Rødovre Municipality is a geographically small and centrally located municipality with high aspirations for citizens and the town. Also for this reason we are an attractive and exciting place to work, 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, among other things, physiotherapy and group training. Please note that Rødovre Municipality has smoking- and nicotine-free working hours, which means we may not smoke or use vaping or snus during working hours.

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