Centre secretary at Centre for Educational Development

Application deadline 25. Oct. 23:59 CET

Expected start Jan 1.

• Centre for Educational Development - CED Trøjborgvej 82-84 8000 Aarhus C
• Part-time position 30 hours per week ID: 169212

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We are seeking, as of January 1, 2027, a center secretary on a part-time basis (30 hours/week) for our small but essential secretariat at the Centre for Educational Development (CED) at Aarhus University.

As center secretary you will participate in close daily collaboration with the secretary and three staff on a wide range of tasks. You will also be able to collaborate with a broad cross-section of the 60 other staff at CED whom the secretariat assists with course administration, financial and HR matters, communication and daily administration of the campus. You can therefore expect a job with great variation in work and a day-to-day with many concrete operational tasks and wide collaboration interfaces.

About the tasks

• A significant task is course administration, including ongoing collaboration with the individual course leaders and teachers at CED on planning, booking, advertising, contact with participants, catering, data security, participant certificates and the like.
• In addition the position includes financial tasks such as purchasing and orders, invoices, payroll indication and honoraria as well as travel settlements. Over time you will also assist with quarterly accounts and help project managers at CED with practical project finances.
• Among smaller tasks you are expected to contribute continuously to the daily campus operations as well as planning and running internal events at CED.
• Finally there is also in your task portfolio time for development tasks, which we agree ad hoc.

Furthermore you may, to a relevant extent, take on other tasks in the centre subject to concrete agreement.

About you and your qualifications

You have

• A relevant administrative education such as a office education (EUD), administration bachelor, administration economist or similar
• Interest in and perhaps experience with course administration or knowledge of the education sector
• Good numerical understanding and interest in financial tasks
• Can communicate in Danish and English both orally and in writing.

You are

• A pragmatic, proactive and positive person who has an easy time establishing relationships
• Good at cooperating
• Happy with a workday with variation in tasks and many contacts
• Good at getting into new tasks and creating overview
• Independent and can act professionally with respect to the organizational context
• Decisive and follow up tasks to the finish.

About us and CED

In CED's secretariat you can expect a good daily collaboration with colleagues, collegial sparring and regular 1-1 conversations with the secretariat's daily leader. In CED's secretariat there are besides you and the secretariat's daily leader three other permanent employees and a student assistant. The good collaboration in the secretariat is characterized by a respectful and often informal tone.

CED's core task is to offer all staff at Aarhus University skill development, sparring and collaboration on university pedagogy. Hereunder we also have the task of inspiring ongoing development of the university's learning technologies, teaching activities and degree programs in close collaboration with the many engaged international research environments at the five faculties, in administrations and at the other cross-cutting centers.

We therefore conduct both research, innovation, advisory, teaching, project management, operations and administration. CED has a high activity level with well-used online platforms, a large portfolio of courses and other learning activities, countless advisory programs, as well as deep project participation and leadership. We are about 60 colleagues in the center, including international colleagues, organized in three departments focusing on digital development, teaching development and educational development.

We offer an exciting job in a diverse, cross-disciplinary center with core tasks across the university and broad societal attention. We have a good collegial environment characterized by high professionalism, diversity, daily informal collaboration and a view to ongoing development. We value curiosity, co-creation, pragmatism and expertise.

You can read more about CED here.

Employment terms

You are employed under the common collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organization – The Civil Service Area (OAO-S common agreement) (see the common agreement here) as well as the agreement for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT staff (HK) (see the agreement here). You are classified as an office clerk in salary grade 2-3 depending on education and qualifications.

The position is permanent and part-time (30 hours per week).

The workplace is CED, building 1911, Trøjborgvej 88, 8000 Aarhus C.

You will have an office in the center's secretariat with reference to the center director. The secretariat leader handles the daily professional leadership.

Hiring process

In your application we will ask you to describe why you want the position and what you can contribute as center secretary at CED. In connection with this motivated application please attach

• documentation of your education (diploma)
• CV with information about education and work experience
• any recommendations.

We will ask you to write the application in Danish.

Interviews are expected to be held Wednesday 11 November.

Aarhus University will be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and wishes a culture where each person can unfold and develop. We see equality and diversity as a resource and therefore encourage all interested to apply.

Application is sent via Aarhus University's recruitment system, which can be accessed from the job posting on Aarhus University's website.

Questions about the position ?

Jan Ulrik Saksø Chrintz Juhl Secretariat Leader, Centre for Educational Development - CED +4560565634 e-mail

Questions about the application and process ?

AU HR - Personnel Law +4529454108 e-mail

Apply for the position Application deadline: Sunday 25 Oct 2026 at 23:59 CET