Diakonie München und Oberbayern

Educational Team Leader, Intensive Pedagogical Residential Group

Diakonie München und Oberbayern

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Wolfratshausen • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage a residential group with professional and operational oversight
  • Personnel responsibility for 6–8 staff members (recruitment, hiring, staff support and development)
  • Create duty rosters and manage vacation planning
  • Facilitate and organize weekly team meetings and planning retreats
  • Responsible for pedagogical placement, design and structuring of the facility and for steering the organizational development process in coordination with the area management
  • Implement care plans, service agreements and action plans in cooperation with funding agencies
  • Provide pedagogical counseling and support services within the facility
  • Enjoy and be willing to work day and night shifts in the group

Requirements

  • A completed, state-recognized qualification as an educator (Erzieher*in) or special needs educator (Heilerziehungspfleger*in), or a completed degree in Social Work / Social Pedagogy / Curative Education / Early Childhood Education / Special Education with state recognition, or a comparable qualification
  • Enthusiasm for leading and developing the facility and its staff
  • Team-building and team leadership skills
  • Confident presence and negotiation skills
  • Empathy, motivation, resilience in crisis situations, and a sense of humor
  • Appreciation for the freedoms and advantages of shift work (flexible scheduling concept)
  • Class B driver’s license (for use of the company vehicle during working hours)
  • Good knowledge of common Office programs
  • You share the Christian values upheld by our organization as a diaconal employer
Benefits
  • A responsible and varied role with plenty of opportunities to shape the position
  • Excursions, sports, crafts & more — bring your hobbies and talents to our team
  • Work in an innovative, non-profit social enterprise with a strong culture of participation and involvement
  • Attractive collective pay in accordance with AVR Bayern, including many special payments (annual special payment, family budget, capital-forming benefits, child allowance)
  • Permanent employment contract with 30 days of annual leave plus 3 additional days off (for the Day of Repentance and Prayer, December 24 and December 31)
  • 100% employer-funded company pension plan (Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse) and an additional supplementary benefit insurance
  • Diverse pedagogical training and continuing education opportunities, supervision and much more
  • Generous subsidy for the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket
  • Employee discounts at body + soul fitness studios and many other partners (fashion, tickets, mobile communications, travel, etc.) as well as additional corporate benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
state-recognized qualification as an educatorspecial needs educatordegree in Social Workdegree in Social Pedagogydegree in Curative Educationdegree in Early Childhood Educationdegree in Special Educationpedagogical counselingcare plansservice agreements
Soft skills
team-buildingteam leadershipnegotiation skillsempathymotivationresilience in crisis situationssense of humorenthusiasm for leadingstaff developmentconfident presence
Certifications
Class B driver’s license