Experienced consultant for the FOA Collective Agreement

FOA Collective Agreement seeks an experienced and committed consultant who is passionate about working with the Danish model. If you want to contribute to ensuring good pay and working conditions for FOA’s members, you might be our new colleague.

About the position

Our new colleague will join Section on Wages and Working Time. The section's core tasks are to negotiate collective agreements and arrangements in the public sector, implement the results of these agreements, ensure that applicable collective agreements and arrangements are complied with, advise FOA’s local trade unions, and negotiate and carry forward labor-law cases.

Your tasks may include

• Advising FOA's local trade unions on the interpretation of collective agreements and working-time agreements in the public sector
• Working with local pay and other pay-related matters
• Negotiation and continuation of cases where the local unions have not been able to reach agreement with local employers
• Advice to the federation's politically appointed
• Educating caseworkers in the local unions, elected representatives, etc.
• Projects on the development of the labour market for FOA’s trade groups

We offer a professionally challenging job in an ambitious and informal environment with high quality and a strong sparring culture. Here there is room to grow, solid collegial camaraderie, and a collaborative approach characterized by openness, helpfulness and professional dialogue.

About you

• You have a social science background (cand.jur., cand.merc.jur., cand.scient., cand.scient.pol. or similar). You may also have obtained your qualifications through many years of experience with interpretation and negotiation of collective agreements from other employment.
• Passionate about and with in-depth knowledge of the labor-law system.
• It is an advantage, but not a requirement, that you have knowledge of FOA's around-the-clock working-time agreements in the social and health sector and the educational sector, including the conditions under which employees in these areas work.
• You have impact and gravitas and are a skilled negotiator.
• You have political understanding.
• You communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
• You thrive in a busy daily life where high professional standards are required and you are given great responsibility.
• You have a good sense of humor, are outgoing and a team player.

About us

You will become part of the Section for Wages and Working Time, which consists of 23 employees. The section is part of FOA’s Collective Agreement Department, which consists of about 90 dedicated employees. They are each specialized in different areas of employment and labour law and workplace accidents. The department's core task is to support and advise FOA's 30 local unions with high professional quality.

We are a department that constantly develops professionally and creates space for new challenges – and we have fun while doing it.

At FOA we see diversity as a strength. We value different perspectives and experiences because it creates better solutions and a stronger community.

We place a high priority on well-being and flexibility. With us there is a focus on balance between work and private life, flexible working hours, and an open dialogue about the framework for your work.

You can read more about FOA here www.foa.dk .

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are agreed in accordance with the applicable internal collective agreement with the possibility of negotiating individual supplements according to qualifications. In addition, there is an employer-paid pension scheme of 15%, a holiday allowance of 3%, and a choosing-allowance of 4%. We accrue seven weeks of vacation after one year of employment, have a massage program/physiotherapy, a fitness basement, and various staff associations

The workplace is Staunings Plads 1-3, Copenhagen V.

Application and process

If you find the above description of the position and FOA as an employer interesting, we look forward to receiving your application. The application deadline is Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 10:00. You apply via FOA's digital recruitment system.

If you would like to hear more about the concrete tasks, you are welcome to contact the head of the Section for Wages and Working Time Ann-Britt Olsen Morild at 21 33 48 95. The appointments committee consists of Ann-Britt Olsen Morild, Senior Consultant Barbara Godthjælp Petersen, Senior Consultant Lis Svanberg and Senior Consultant Tony Selvig.

We will hold the first round of interviews on Tuesday and Thursday in week 46 and potential second interviews on Monday in week 47. We would very much like to welcome a new colleague on 1 January 2027.

We look forward to receiving your application.