Educational Leaders for Teacher Education at Copenhagen University College of Professional Studies

Do you want to 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 like to be part of a leadership community with a high ceiling, strong engagement, and a willingness to be in tune because we succeed better together? Then come and join us.

At the teacher education program at the Copenhagen University College of Education (KP) we are at full speed in implementing and developing teacher education in light of the latest reform, which came into force 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 teacher education for the students. We are focused on strengthening the connection for the student throughout 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 students, teachers/employees and the management.

We are seeking educational leaders who have experience with professional and pedagogical leadership and the courage to set the framework and direction for the community and create room 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 allocation. In addition, you will be responsible for cross-cutting tasks in the education.

You will join a leadership group with a total of nine educational leaders, a secretary, and a research leader, all reporting to the institute head. We are in the leadership group working to clarify how best to allocate subject groups and tasks. Your specific areas of responsibility will be agreed based on your interests and experiences in interaction with the overall leadership group’s competencies.

Subject leadership is an important element in KP’s strategy. At the Institute for Teacher Education, we work with professional 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 include

• Engage in professional 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
• Participate in the ongoing development of the interaction between the subjects and the integrated practicum, which is one of the cornerstones of teacher education
• Handle professional and operational leadership tasks related to subject- and task allocation, annual planning, etc.
• Carry out the role as personnel manager for employees within subject groups/subject environments
• Contribute to setting the direction for teacher education in interaction with KP's strategy for teacher education
• Participate in cross-cutting collaboration with other programs and the resource area at KP
• Contribute to the further development of collaboration and coherence in the leadership group

About you – your professional profile

You have a relevant academic education at least at master level, preferably complemented by a leadership degree. We also value that you have leadership experience from the education sector.

In addition, we imagine that you

• Have experience in leading teachers and knowledge workers at an educational institution
• Have knowledge of primary school, the teaching profession and the competencies demanded by our stakeholders
• Are committed to the task of developing a good teacher education and are good at involving and engaging students, staff and partners in development
• Have competencies to participate in building 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 a direction and justify your decisions while listening and giving space for joint reflection
• Are motivated to be part of a leadership group where dialogue, sparring and support are important for the community
• Want 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 training teachers, sign language interpreters and textile printers. The institute also houses a research area as well as professional master's programs in pedagogical-psychological counseling and in teaching and school development. The institute is also the host of the National Center for Reading and NAFA, a national project on the development of science teaching in schools and teacher education.

We have almost 4,000 teacher and merit-educated students distributed across Campus Carlsberg in Vesterbro, Nyelandsvej in Frederiksberg and two smaller departments (Rønne and Hillerød).

KP’s leadership foundation

At the Copenhagen University College of Education, the ambition is that leadership is exercised professionally based on the shared leadership foundation, so that 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 are interested in unfolding your leadership task within this framework.

Salary and terms of employment

You will be employed as an educational leader starting January 1, 2027.

Employment and remuneration are generally governed by the agreement on The Employment of Managers at Institutions within Education, Training and Research under the Ministry of Education and Research. The position is a permanent role with no upper limit on working hours.

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

Would you like to know more?

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

Read more about the teacher education and the Copenhagen University College of Education and our strategy on www.kp.dk and about KP as an employer on our career site .

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 application button no later than 23-10-2026.

We expect to hold 1st interviews on October 29, 2026 and 2nd interviews on November 11, 2026. Personality tests and a case will be part of the interviews. There is time allocated for feedback on the test in the period 2-4 November 2026.

The Copenhagen University College of Education does not look at gender, age, ethnicity or similar, but only at 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.

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

At the Copenhagen University College of Education we educate pedagogues, 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 areas of school and pedagogy, health and welfare, leadership and administration.