The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður runs leisure centres and youth clubs in all its primary schools, and these two units are collectively known as leisure centres. A strong emphasis is placed on professional and effective leisure activities for all age groups. We offer a constructive, creative, fun and rewarding working environment with a whole host of opportunities and benefits. The perfect job to combine with school, hobbies and/or other projects. Basically, a bit of everything!
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Staff at Hafnarfjörður's after-school clubs receive a 75% discount on their child's attendance fee. The discount applies to the activity fee and not to meals (morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack). Line managers accept applications for the discount.
In professional leisure activities, the ideas of children and children's democracy are worked with purposefully. The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður aims to receive recognition from UNICEF in Iceland as a child-friendly municipality.
The leisure centres of Hafnarfjörður aim for their staff to reflect the diversity of the community, and are therefore seeking interest and applications from individuals with a variety of backgrounds, knowledge, experience and interests.
The after-school activities of the primary schools are a service that the City of Hafnarfjörður has for many years placed great emphasis on providing with dedication and professionalism, as the preventative value of the work is indisputable. Children living in special circumstances can be given priority for the after-school club, and this priority also extends to staff…
Hafnarfjörður Municipality is a health-promoting workplace and places emphasis on the health and well-being of its staff through the targeted implementation of the 'Health-Promoting Workplace' project, run by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer.
Hafnarfjörður provides its staff who have been employed for at least 3 months with a full grant of kr. 18,000 per year for physical and/or mental wellbeing. Staff with a 50-100% employment rate receive a full grant of kr. 18,000 per year.
A full working week reduction (36 instead of 40 hours) has been introduced at all facilities of the City of Hafnarfjörður and naturally also applies to all staff of the city's leisure centres. The working arrangements are tailored to suit the operations at each location, ensuring that neither service nor quality is compromised…
There are many interesting jobs available within the Hafnarfjörður municipality's primary schools and leisure centres – full-time (school assistant and leisure), part-time and hourly-paid.
Hafnarfjörður is the third largest town in the country, a progressive and family-friendly municipality offering a wide range of services at over 70 locations throughout the town.
Working close to home saves both time and money. There's also a certain charm to being familiar with the area and possibly knowing the local school. If staff at leisure centres use environmentally friendly transport to and from work, they earn the right to…
