New challenges in the new year? Exciting jobs on offer

Are you looking for a job? Come and work with us!

The City of Hafnarfjörður's recruitment website provides an overview of all the varied jobs available with the municipality at any given time. These include permanent positions in some cases, full-time or part-time jobs that are ideal for combining with school. Also, even short-term jobs.

Overview of all job vacancies at the local council

Hafnarfjörður is the third largest municipality in the country, with around 2,000 employees who carry out a wide variety of jobs and projects at approximately 72 different sites across the town. A strong emphasis is placed on employing people who can provide the best possible service and who carry out their work with expertise, responsibility and ambition. Particular attention is drawn to the City of Hafnarfjörður's policy to equalise the gender balance in employment with the city and to ensure that its workplaces reflect the diversity of the community.

Examples of jobs on offer:

• School and leisure assistant
• Occupational therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Deputy Headteacher
• Icelandic teacher
• Home Economics Teacher
• Special teacher in a special unit
• Nursery Managers
• Nursery school teachers
• Staff at a nursery school
• Special needs teacher at a nursery school
• Kitchen assistant at a nursery school
• Staff member at a home for disabled people
• Personal Advisor on an hourly basis
• Part-time employee
• Foster families

Don't you know what you want to be when you grow up?

Exciting opportunities and possibilities are open to unqualified staff within the nursery schools of the City of Hafnarfjörður. The city therefore provides grants to those who wish to study to become nursery school teachers, both for those who have worked for the municipality for many years and for newcomers.

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