Development and Implementation Officer at the Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital

Development and Implementation Officer at the Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital

The Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital is seeking a development and implementation officer. The position is full-time, corresponding to 37 hours per week, with a start date of December 1, 2026. The position is fixed-term until September 30, 2029, but with the possibility of extension for up to 2 years.

About us

The Center for Team Sports and Health is a knowledge-, research-, and implementation center that gathers interdisciplinary expertise in research, dissemination, teaching, and advising in team sports and health. The goal is to develop and spread the health-most effective and motivating training, develop tailored strategies for recruiting and retaining training routines, and support the implementation of tailored bridge-building models.

The center was established in 2012 on the basis of a grant from the Nordea Foundation. The center aims to research and bring the results of research in team sports and health to the Danish population and contribute to more Danes achieving increased health and well-being through participation in team sport activities. Based on a new grant, the center will over the next 5 years primarily support 10 municipalities in implementing team sports and creating a bridge from municipal governance to civil society.

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Arbeidsopgaver

As a development and implementation officer, you will help translate research results into concrete initiatives with tailored team sports and physical activity that will be implemented in municipal arenas, AOF and sports clubs, etc., together with the center’s many external partners, including the major sports organizations and patient associations.

You will be part of a traveling team that primarily supports 10 Danish municipalities in implementing bridge-building in practice.

A central part of the position will consist of facilitating research knowledge in theory and practice for municipal professionals across the sports and health sectors and associations, and participating in the work of establishing partnerships between 10 Danish municipalities and civil society. The work is carried out in close collaboration with the Center for Team Sports and Health, and other staff at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital.

The center’s development areas focus on physical, mental, and social health among primarily adults, seniors, and people with chronic conditions, while there is also a special focus on implementing and bridging from municipal health and training programs to civil society.

Concrete tasks will include

• Develop and deliver courses in tailored team sports in municipalities and sports communities and advise on the use of team sports and bridge-building to promote health and well-being among different target groups.
• Support municipalities’ work with implementing team sport activities in their municipal training programs and support the implementation of local bridge-building models.
• Plan, facilitate, and conduct network meetings and workshops with municipalities and other actors.
• Plan, facilitate, and host dissemination conferences
• Help formalize partnership and cooperation agreements between the municipalities and relevant civil society actors.
• Act as a link between the municipalities and the research.
• Contribute to developing and implementing implementation projects with a focus on long-term anchoring.
• Disseminate through lectures, theory and practice teaching, etc.
• Carry out written tasks such as smaller analysis tasks, preparation of documents related to partnerships, etc.
• Develop and produce course materials, guidelines, and manuals for professionals across municipal arenas, educational institutions, and civil society.

Competencies and educational requirements

• You have a relevant academic education, e.g., with sports or health-related or similar educational background.
• You have insight into and interest in developments in the sports and health field - especially in the municipal sector.
• You have a sports/health-related foundation and the ability to understand research-based knowledge, which you will help translate and disseminate in practice.
• You have experience with implementation projects and processes in municipalities.
• You have experience working with municipal staff, e.g., physiotherapists, development therapists, and sports consultants.
• You are outgoing and good at building trustful collaborative relationships.
• You have experience teaching in sport in theory and practice.
• You work independently and structurally.
• You speak and understand Danish, and have good communication skills, both orally and in writing, as well as good English skills.

We offer

• An exciting and challenging job with a high degree of independence and influence in daily work.
• Engaged and professionally skilled colleagues who want to make a difference.
• A development-oriented environment with an informal atmosphere.
• A flexible and outward-facing workplace.

Salary and employment terms

The employment is as a physiotherapist. The weekly working time is on average 37 hours, including lunch. Compensation is according to the Agreement for non-leading occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and midwives.

( https://www.regionh.dk/om-region-hovedstaden/fakta/arbejdsplads/Sider/Startloen.aspx )

There will be the possibility of negotiation of additional allowances according to qualifications. Your physical workplace will be at Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, where you will join an interdisciplinary team of other development and implementation officers and researchers. We offer flexitime and the possibility of remote work. We expect you to show flexibility regarding working hours as there may be evening and weekend work. There will be considerable travel activities around to the municipalities.

Application process

If you are interested in the position, please send an electronic application with attachments no later than October 21, 2026.

Additional information

Questions about the positions can be directed to

Mikkel Kølle Dahlerup, consultant at the Center for Team Sports and Health, email: [email protected]