Development consultant and project manager with insight into the asylum and refugee sector and experience collaborating with businesses

Would you be the focal point for the asylum department's work with corporate partnerships and drive development projects that make a real difference for people on the run. Then you may be our new project manager and development consultant in the Red Cross asylum department.

The Red Cross asylum department manages the operation of a number of asylum centers across the country and works to create a safe, meaningful and dignified waiting time with a focus on the future.

In the central unit Center Operations and Development we work, among other things, to create, develop and retain corporate and donation partnerships, as well as to develop, finance and implement

projects in close collaboration with colleagues in the asylum centers.

As a project manager and development consultant you will be responsible for both a externally funded intervention and research project in the child field, as well as our corporate partnerships. At the same time you are expected to actively contribute to the development of new initiatives and to solve smaller consultancy tasks and the like in various asylum centers.

You can read more about the Red Cross asylum department and our tasks here .

Responsibilities

• Systematic project planning and management of externally funded projects
• Budget and financial management
• Method development tasks
• Communication and collaboration with partners, grant makers, authorities etc.
• Proactive relationship building with donation and corporate partners with a view to both establishing and maintaining partnerships
• Ensuring effective logistics and handling of donations internally in the asylum department
• Facilitation of development initiatives and collaboration with leaders and staff in the asylum centers
• Idea generation, conceptualization and fundraising for new development projects based on the Red Cross’ strategy for asylum work

Qualifications

• Relevant educational background (tertiary education)
• Min. 10 years of relevant professional experience
• Documented experience with project management of complex externally funded projects
• Experience with the asylum area
• Ability to navigate in very different contexts with both Red Cross leaders and staff in the asylum centers and with external partners
• Strong in stakeholder management across different organizational levels
• Systematic and independent work

We offer

• A versatile job in a busy and changing organization with a humanitarian value basis
• A job where you can concretely contribute to ensuring that asylum seekers and refugees have a safe, meaningful and dignified everyday life
• Great influence on your own area of work and the organization's strategic development
• A really good collegial environment

The practical

You will be employed under the civil service agreement for academics in the state.

Working hours: 30 hours per week

Start date: As soon as possible

Workplace: Sandholmgårdsvej 40, 3460 Birkerød

Driving license: Beneficial

When an employment offer is made we will obtain a child protection certificate, and you must present a private criminal record certificate.

If you need further information about the position, you are welcome to contact Center Chief Kasper Koch at [email protected].

How to apply

The position can only be applied for via our online recruitment system. Click the link 'Søg jobbet' to apply for the position. If you encounter technical challenges, contact [email protected]

Application deadline: Apply as soon as possible and no later than 18 November 2026

We expect to conduct recruitment interviews on an ongoing basis and immediately after the application deadline.

The Red Cross asylum department has been operating asylum operations for over 40 years. Watch a film about our history here - perhaps it will inspire you to become part of something bigger.

Send your application today - we look forward to reading it!