Educational Leaders for Teacher Education at Copenhagen University College

Will you contribute to the education of future teachers? Do you have experience with educational leadership and with creating professional communities through collaboration and involvement? And would you be part of a leadership community where there is room to dream, high engagement and willingness to be aligned, because we succeed better together? Then come and be part of it.

At the teacher education at the Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education (KP) we are in full swing to implement and develop the teacher education in the light of the latest reform, which took effect in August 2023.

Currently we are well underway with an inclusive process where we take stock of our experiences to develop and strengthen the coherence, quality and progression of the teacher education for the students. We are focused on strengthening the coherence for the student through the education as well as in relation to the teaching profession and the school. At the same time we focus on supporting and further developing professional communities for both students, teachers/employees and the leadership.

We are seeking educational leaders who have experience with professional and pedagogical leadership and the courage to set frameworks and direction for the community and create space for involvement and participation.

About the job

As an educational leader your primary task will be to manage the leadership of one or more subject groups in teacher education, including personnel management and tasks related to subject- and task distribution. In addition you will have responsibility for cross-cutting tasks in the education.

You will join a management group with a total of nine educational leaders, a secretary-general and a research leader, where all report to the institute head. We in the management group are in the process of clarifying how best to allocate subject groups and tasks. Your concrete areas of responsibility will be agreed based on your interests and experiences in interaction with the management group’s overall competencies.

Academic leadership is an important element in KP’s strategy. At the Institute for Teacher Education we work with academic leadership closely with the professional environments that constitute the school’s subjects and core subjects as well as in relation to the individual employee.

Your leadership tasks will be to

• Provide academic and pedagogical leadership close to the subject environments/subject groups, including contributing to developing and supporting collaboration around teaching in the subjects and teacher education didactics across the disciplines
• Participate in the ongoing development of the interaction between the subjects and the integrated practicum, which is one of the cornerstones of teacher education
• Manage academic and operational leadership tasks related to subject- and task distribution, annual planning etc.
• Take on the role as line manager for staff within subject groups/subject environments
• Contribute to setting the direction for teacher education in collaboration with KP's strategy for teacher education
• Engage in cross-cutting collaboration with other programs and the resource area at KP
• Contribute to further developing collaboration and coherence in the management group

About you – your professional profile

You have a relevant academic education at minimum master's level, very preferably supplemented with a leadership qualification. We also place value on your leadership experience from the education sector.

In addition we imagine that you

• Have experience leading teachers and knowledge workers at an educational institution
• Have knowledge of primary/elementary schools, the teaching profession and the competencies demanded by our stakeholders
• Are engaged in the task of developing a good teacher education and are good at involving and engaging students, staff and partners in the development
• Have competencies to participate in the construction of new professional environments around the newly started professional master's programs
• Are focused on educational development, including strengthening the interaction between teaching, development and research
• Are a clear leader who can set direction and justify your decisions while listening and making room for shared reflection
• Are motivated to be part of a leadership group where dialogue, sparring and support are important for the community
• Would like to engage in leadership tasks across KP
• Are known for your good collaboration skills and your willingness to find common solutions

About us

The Institute for Teacher Education has about 275 staff and is responsible for the education of teachers, sign language interpreters and textile communicators. The institute also hosts a research area and professional master's programs in pedagogical-psychological counseling and in teaching and school development. The institute is also host for the National Center for Reading and NAFA, a national project on the development of science teaching in schools and teacher education.

We have about 4000 teacher- and merit-teacher students distributed across Campus Carlsberg in Vesterbro, Nyelandsvej in Frederiksberg and two smaller departments (Rønne and Hillerød).

KP’s leadership foundation

At Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education, the ambition is that leadership is exercised professionally based on the common leadership foundation, so all staff at KP experience leadership that develops and supports their work. It is therefore important that you can see yourself in our 6 leadership principles and have an interest in unfolding your leadership task within this framework.

Salary and terms of employment

You will be employed as an educational leader with start date 1 January 2027.

Employment and remuneration are generally in accordance with the agreement on Employment of managers at institutions within the education, training and research sector under the Ministry of Education and Research. The position is a permanent post with no maximum working hours.

The workplace is located at Humletorvet 3, 1799 Copenhagen V.

Want to know more?

At Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education we educate students for meaningful working lives, where they meet other people and make a tangible difference for them. We see it as our finest task and our strategic vision that together with our external world we will educate professional practitioners who succeed in and with practice.

Read more about the teacher education and Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education 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 the institute head Helle Bjerg at tel.: +4521367418​​.

Interested?

Send your application and CV via the apply button no later than 23-10-2026.

We expect to conduct 1st interviews on 29 October 2026 and 2nd interviews on 11 November 2026. There will be a personality test and a case as part of the interviews. Time has been set aside for a debrief interview on the test in the period 2-4 November 2026.

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With more than 20,000 students and about 1,800 employees, Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education is one of the largest higher education institutions in Denmark.

At Copenhagen University College of Professional Higher Education we educate social educators, nurses, teachers, social workers, physiotherapists, midwives and many more.

Together with our partners we will set new standards for professional education, research, development and continuing education in the fields of school and pedagogy, health and welfare, leadership and administration.

Department: ILUC

Application deadline: 23 October 2026

Location: Humletorvet 3, 1799 Copenhagen V