Competent and engaged teacher of Danish as a second language for the Job Center Copenhagen – Language and Integration

Would you, with your professional expertise and pedagogical engagement, help develop Danish teaching at Jobcenter Copenhagen?

Then you may be our new colleague.

You will be attached to a department where we offer Danish education with the aim of supporting citizens' path to employment or education in collaboration with the job center's counselors. Jobcenter Copenhagen – Center for Language and Integration offers DU1, DU2 and DU3 under the Danish education act.

About the job

As a teacher in the department you work together with the language school's competent and engaged teachers, with consultants from the integration departments and with our administration. We emphasize that you are able to engage in professional sparring with your colleagues, and can work in teams. You work purposefully to improve citizens' Danish language skills while preparing them for the Danish labor market or education, partly by teaching business-oriented topics, partly by supporting each citizen's path to work.

Your main tasks will be to

• prepare and conduct teaching for the job center's citizens
• register attendance and handle administrative tasks around your classes
• develop individual learning plans for citizens with slow progression
• participate in the pedagogical development of the department's core task
• spar with colleagues and participate in the learning organization
• support the citizens in their path to work in Denmark
• collaborate with job counselors and other colleagues in Jobcenter Copenhagen
• support activities in Jobcenter Copenhagen's study center, where we have various offers to the center's citizens who attend Danish
• join the substitution scheme

We expect that you

• thrive with Danish as a second language education comprising the majority of your work
• have completed - or are in the process of training as a teacher of Danish as a second language (DAV)
• have a strong pedagogical/didactic profile
• see team collaboration as a resource in planning and development of teaching
• have basic knowledge of the employment and education sector
• have relevant experience as a teacher of Danish as a second language
• are constructive, change-oriented and development-minded even in a changing daily life
• have a positive approach to your work
• are stable and can contribute to the secure operation of our core task
• are well versed in the Office suite
• have knowledge of the target groups
• are willing to join a professionally strong environment where sparring is a natural part of our work day
• are results- and development-oriented and ambitious on behalf of your organization

We offer

• an exciting position in an organization with skilled and engaged colleagues
• the opportunity to contribute to further developing our organizational profile with focus on results, impact, quality and flexibility
• a good working environment and a strong culture of collaboration
• a challenging job with a large contact surface

Employment conditions

Salaries and terms follow the applicable collective agreement between the Danish Municipalities Association and the Education Association under the Ny Løn principles.

The workplace is Jobcenter Copenhagen, Emdrupvej 72, 2400 Copenhagen N. This is a permanent position with a weekly working time of 37 hours. Starting January 1, 2027.

We will collect references and records of criminal background before any potential offer of employment.

More information

If you want to know more about the position, you can contact department head Morten Borring at 23 65 18 25.

Read more about the Employment and Integration Administration on our website

Apply via the link no later than Wednesday November 11, 2026

We expect to hold employment interviews in weeks 47 and 48.

About the Employment-, Integration- and Business Administration

In the Employment-, Integration- and Business Administration (BIF) we help unemployed Copenhageners into jobs, and we support both older unemployed and young people in finding the right path to education. We create good conditions for Copenhagen businesses and connect labor to them. We work to ensure Copenhagen is a city where there is room for everyone, and support refugees and immigrants in finding a place in the community. We have about 2,000 employees in BIF.

Our work includes both close contact with citizens and companies, as well as political work and administration. We work purposefully with our well-being, and we have a culture characterized by high professionalism, where there is room for your ideas and input.