Ældre Sagen seeks an association consultant with a talent for developing local association work in Greater Copenhagen, North Zealand and Bornholm

We are looking for an engaged association consultant who can assist volunteer leaders in developing their local chapters. The focus is particularly on the association’s leadership, organizing activities, and well-being in the local chapter. As an association consultant, you will often be the entry point to the secretariat, so you are expected to be able to answer all types of organizational questions or guide our volunteers to the right person in the secretariat. In addition, it is often you that volunteers will seek help from if there are problems or conflicts in the local chapter.

It is important that volunteers meet a welcoming consultant who is able to inspire and advise them. You shall therefore be a skilled process consultant who masters facilitating meetings and courses. At the same time you are strong in building relationships with many different people. You have solid knowledge of voluntary work and association leadership.

You will join a team of five association consultants who collectively cover the entire country.

About the position

The most important tasks as an association consultant

• Ongoing support to our local chapter chairs in fulfilling the role
• Develop board work in the local chapter – including management of volunteers
• Develop and teach organizational courses, give talks on topic days and facilitate meetings
• Motivate increased focus on promoting well-being among volunteers locally and mediate in conflicts
• Support districts in developing local networks among volunteers in Ældre Sagen’s local chapters
• Work closely with the elder policy consultants in the Volunteer Department to strengthen local elder policy efforts
• Collaborate with the Volunteer Department’s discipline consultants to initiate new activities
• Participate in association meetings at all levels including local meetings, district meetings, and meetings between Ældre Sagen’s leadership and local chapter chairs and the annual Delegates’ Assembly.
• Collect local experiences and ensure knowledge sharing with the rest of Ældre Sagen’s organization

It is expected that you live in one of the areas you cover (Greater Copenhagen-North Zealand – see which municipalities you cover at the bottom of the job description) , and that you work from your home address, where you have a home office.

You should expect ongoing meeting activity at the Secretariat in Copenhagen. You have a driving license and provide your own car, but of course you will receive mileage reimbursement.

About you

We expect that you

• Have substantial experience with – and knowledge of – working in a volunteer-based organization with political leadership, where engagement is the driving force.
• Have a heart that beats for supporting volunteers to achieve success with their activities
• Are willing to take the stage as a facilitator in both large and small groups.
• Are a skilled process consultant who is used to working with change processes and has a toolbox full of consulting tools.
• Can work independently while thriving in a collaboration where everyone lifts together.
• Thrive with changing tempos and are able to prioritize tasks yourself when there are busy periods.
• Are able to create overview and are capable of supporting and giving space to volunteers.

We offer

• A varied job filled with meetings with engaged volunteers and work in a social-humanitarian organization with a clear voice, strong values and views on the conditions of the elderly.
• Close cooperation with the association consultant team (five in total) and all other employees in the Volunteer Department and Secretariat, all of whom are passionate about the cause
• A work environment in a professional secretariat characterized by meaningful tasks and interaction with competent and friendly colleagues with good humor.

Other conditions

The job requires that you are comfortable being self-driven with a high degree of freedom, which goes hand in hand with great responsibility and loyalty. The salary is negotiated at a competitive level and corresponds to the stated requirements.

The association consultant position covers the following municipalities geographically

Allerød, Fredensborg, Egedal, Frederikssund, Furesø, Halsnæs, Hillerød, Lyngby, Rudersdal, Bornholm, Greater Copenhagen and the Capital Region.

Information and application

You can read more about Ældre Sagen at www.aeldresagen.dk

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact association consultant Lise Høst on mobile +45 2479 6263.

The position is a full-time role with earliest start by 1 February 2027 .

Applications and CV, attached diplomas and any letters of recommendation must be received via our recruitment system.

Apply for the position via “Apply” at the bottom of the page.

To get a sense of who you are, we would like you to send an application consisting of your answers to the following questions:

• Why did you want to apply for this position?
• What do you think drives volunteers’ engagement?
• How does a association consultant best support local board work?
• What is it that you uniquely contribute in the role of association consultant?
• Who are you as a person?

We must have your application no later than Friday 6 November 2026.

First interview: 17 November at Ældre Sagen’s secretariat in Copenhagen Second interview: 2 December at Ældre Sagen’s secretariat in Copenhagen

We encourage all qualified to apply for the position regardless of gender, age, and ethnic background.

Ældre Sagen fights for a society where everyone can live a good and long life. We do this through our work with knowledge and stance at society level, via counseling, extensive voluntary work, member events and other initiatives. The values in our work are presence, insight and action. We are a nonprofit organization and neutral in party-politics, ethnicity and religion. We have over 1,100,000 members, 215 local chapters, over 21,000 volunteers as well as a secretariat with about 180 employees.

Department: Volunteer Department

Application deadline: 06 November 2026

Location: Ældre Sagen / Snorresgade 17, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark