Career advisor for Gladsaxe Youth Unit

Would you like to help support young people on their path to education and employment?

In the Youth Unit we are looking for an engaged and relationally strong job advisor who is motivated by working with young people and companies. We believe that all young people have resources and potential, and we work purposefully to get young people into work or education.

Your tasks

As a job advisor in the Youth Unit you will be responsible for supporting young citizens on their path to work or education through an employment-focused and relational approach.

This includes, among other things, the following

• Conduct job-oriented and development-oriented conversations with young unemployed people with focus on work, education and progression
• Advise young people on using digital job-search tools
• Qualify and use young people's CVs and other application materials as active tools in their job search
• Translate young people's resources, motivation and wishes into concrete and realistic job or education goals
• Keep up to date with the labour market developments and explore industries, job opportunities and companies' needs for labor
• Create and maintain relationships with companies to establish jobs
• Match companies' needs with the young people's competencies and follow up on established programs
• Utilize education, upskilling and support options based on labour market needs and the individual young person's prerequisites
• Support the development and possible clarification of the young person’s work ability
• Actively participate in cross-disciplinary collaboration with internal and external partners to ensure coherent citizen pathways
• Make decisions and ensure correct and timely documentation in professional systems
• Work within the framework of the Employment Act and clearly communicate decisions and expectations to the young person

We especially emphasize that you

• Put the young people and the companies at the center of your efforts
• Have an eye for labour market opportunities and can translate them into concrete solutions for the young person
• Are proactive in reaching out to companies
• See the good match between company and young person – also when it requires creativity
• Create motivation, direction and progression through an acknowledging and clear approach
• Thrive in an authority role and can balance support, requirements and expectations
• Reflect on your own professional practice and actively seek others' knowledge and competencies
• Act competently in complex cases and take responsibility for progression and collaboration
• Are flexible and keep an eye on prioritizing your tasks in relation to service level and framework
• Work structured, systematic and digitally supported with planning, coordination and execution of tasks in a busy everyday life
• Have knowledge of relevant legislation in the employment area, preferably with education as social worker or social facilitator

We offer

• An onboarding mentor, as it is important for us that your start in the Youth Unit goes well
• A workday where you have all your closest collaboration and sparring partners right at hand, ready to help and inspire
• An exciting and meaningful position with great opportunity to make a difference for young people
• An workplace in ongoing development that you help shape
• Committed and professionally skilled colleagues
• Ongoing professional sparring and competence development
• An workplace with high ambitions on behalf of young people
• A culture characterized by helpfulness and openness
• An workplace with easy access to bus, light rail and S-train

Your upcoming team

You will become part of Team Youth, Job and Education, which is a new team of experienced staff with mixed professional backgrounds responsible for the educational and employment-oriented effort for young people between 15 and 29 years old. The team is supported by a cross-disciplinary coordinator and works closely with other teams in the Youth Unit in daily operations.

Youth Unit Gladsaxe

Youth Unit Gladsaxe is organizationally placed in Citizen Service, Youth and Employment (BUB) in Gladsaxe Municipality. In the Youth Unit we are about 85 employees with both authority and execution tasks. We work with young people who need support to find their path to education, employment and communities. We focus on progression, clear goals and a holistic approach, where the young person is actively involved in their own development. Our values Honest, Collaborative and Professional apply across BUB, and are the way we meet and collaborate with citizens, companies, leaders and colleagues.

Salary and employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week with start on December 1, 2026.

You will be employed under the Social Worker or HK (Danish top civil service) collective agreement.

Want to know more…

…you are welcome to contact team leader Ulla Eichert on telephone 23 91 96 52.

Application

The application deadline is October 20, 2026 at 12:00.

Employment interviews will be held on Thursday October 22 and Friday October 23, 2026. Since there is only one day between the application deadline and the interviews, you must be prepared to be invited on short notice.

References will be obtained from previous employers at the time of appointment.

In Gladsaxe we base our approach on the needs and well-being of citizens and companies in everything we do. Sustainable welfare and development are a hallmark for us, and we work for social, environmental and economic sustainability. With the UN's Sustainable Development Goals as a framework, we see a sustainable future as something we create together – with citizens, companies, associations and the local community. You can read more about our goals in the Gladsaxe Strategy .

No employees in Gladsaxe Municipality may smoke or use tobacco-related products during working hours, such as snus and vapes.

We encourage all interested regardless of age, gender/identity, sexuality, disability, religion or ethnic background to apply for the position.