Education Lawyer for Studieservice

Are you interested in education law and want to advise management, staff and students in an organization in development? Are you motivated by translating legislation into practical solutions that support both legal certainty and a well-functioning educational administration? Then you might be the education lawyer we are looking for in Studieservice at Copenhagen University College of Engineering and Education (KP).

About the job

As an education lawyer you will be part of a professionally strong environment, where you in close collaboration with colleagues, management and administration contribute to ensuring high quality in the education-related work.

You will work with both concrete cases and development tasks within educational and administrative law.

You will also participate in the ongoing reform work at KP, which will shape the organization in the coming years – including the work with development and adjustment of study regulations.

You will be part of a collaboration with three other education lawyers in Studieservice, a case-processing team responsible for discretionary cases and a broad circle of internal partners. Here you will deliver legal assessments that can be translated directly into management decisions and practical case processing.

Your main tasks

• Handle legal cases, including disciplinary cases, exam complaints, appeal cases and complex discretionary applications
• Advise management, educational leaders and staff on interpretation and application of laws and regulations
• Contribute to development and quality assurance of study regulations and related rule sets
• Support the implementation of reforms and new educational frameworks
• Prepare legal memoranda, decision proposals and guidelines
• Develop and optimize legal processes and workflows in collaboration with administrative functions
• Contribute to the development of guidelines and procedures with a focus on legal certainty and quality
• Participate in relevant sector networks and contribute to ensuring the organization’s practices are up-to-date with applicable regulations

About you

You are a jurist with experience from or interest in the education sector and are motivated to create clear and durable frameworks for both students and staff. You have an eye for the interaction between law, administration and educational practice and thrive with finding solutions that are legally sound and usable in everyday life.

We imagine that you

• Are cand.jur.
• Have experience from public administration, the education sector or another area where you have worked with rule application and legal advice
• Have knowledge of administrative law principles and can apply them in practice
• Have an interest in or experience with educational law and educational administration
• Are good at reading, interpreting and communicating regulations and rule sets
• Can translate complex law into clear and usable solutions
• Are a collaborative advisor with good communication skills
• Thrive in an environment with many stakeholders and changing tasks

It is advantageous if you have experience with study regulations, reform work or educational administration.

About Studieservice

Studieservice handles study administrative tasks from admission to examination and plays a central role in supporting the organization’s education. We are in the middle of an organizational development focusing on developing processes and services to create coherent study programs and ensure high quality and legal certainty for students and staff.

We offer

• An exciting position with great variation between operational, advisory and development tasks
• Opportunities to work with central issues within educational law
• A strong professional environment with skilled and engaged colleagues
• Good opportunities for professional development and sparring
• Flexible working arrangements with the possibility of remote work and flexible working hours
• An workplace characterized by collaboration, development and high professionalism

Salary and employment terms

Employment is with start on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. Working hours are 37 hours per week.

You will be employed as a consultant or senior consultant depending on your experience and qualifications under the state agreement for academics . There will be opportunities to negotiate additional pay based on qualifications.

The workplace is located at Humletorvet 3, 1799 Copenhagen V. There may be meetings at KP’s other locations.

Want to know more?

At Copenhagen School of Professional Pedagogy we educate students for meaningful working lives, where they meet other people and make a concrete difference for them. We see it as our finest task and our strategic vision that we, together with our external environment, will educate professionals who succeed in and with practice.

Read more about Copenhagen School of Professional Pedagogy and our strategy at www.kp.dk and about KP as an employer on our careers page .

For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Mette Aaby Hvidsteen at tel.: +4520290500.

Interested?

Send your application and CV via the application button no later than 11-11-2026.

We expect to conduct interviews in week 47 and 48.

Copenhagen School of Professional Pedagogy does not discriminate by gender, age, ethnicity or similar, but only by competence and talent. We strive to minimize bias in the recruitment process and therefore encourage you to refrain from attaching a profile picture in your CV/application.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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