Legal HR Partner at the Red Cross

Would you like to be an HR partner and use your HR expertise to support the work of the Danish Red Cross – both in Denmark and internationally?

You will be part of HR and Service, which works with all levels within the HR area. We take care of recruitment, employment, onboarding, organizational and employee development, leadership development and ensuring that departing colleagues leave Red Cross as good ambassadors for the humanitarian work. HR has the organisation as a whole in focus, and strives to ensure an attractive workplace with opportunities for personal development, high well-being, a good work environment and flexibility.

HR supports the country office, the large local associations and our international country offices in Africa, Asia, Europe/Middle East. As our new HR partner you will be employed in the Department of HR and Service with 32 employees and will be part of the section, HR Personnel, which counts 11 colleagues with different professional backgrounds.

With us we all contribute to a good work environment and good collegiality. You will thus be part of a strong and engaging community.

Your responsibilities

HR is diverse, and you must thrive to work both strategically and in a supporting role in the management room. Your focus will be to be a personnel-law sparring partner for leaders both internationally and for leaders at the country office in Denmark.

You will among other things handle the following tasks

• Advising leaders within labor and employment law both nationally and internationally.
• Interpretation of collective agreements, local agreements, Terms and Conditions etc. and dialogue with union representatives.
• In collaboration with our development partners to support leadership and organizational development in the departments that become your area of responsibility.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance on Red Cross contracts both nationally and internationally.
• Preparation of policies and maintenance of employee handbook with focus on the international perspective etc.
• Handling of concrete personnel cases - possibly in collaboration with Dansk Erhverv.
• HR projects.

Your profile

You know your personnel law and understand the value of having control of process and detail. You know from experience how to give good leadership sparring, challenge and support balanced and qualified.

• You have strong HR expertise and bring it into play for usable solutions.
• You are good at building relationships, and you manage to listen and build trust around your person and professional knowledge.
• You are efficient with great capacity and can navigate complexity and deadlines.
• You have several years of HR experience.
• You have experience with HR project management.

It is important that you are fluent in Danish and English, and that you have experience with hiring foreign employees. If you don't, we would still like to hear from you if you have the personal and professional competencies that match the above.

We offer

An exciting position of 37 hours per week in an organisation that saves lives and equips people to cope through crises and disasters in the world. In Denmark we create communities and support the vulnerable in society to a better life. A job that gives meaning to many. It motivates and obligates at the same time.

There is plenty of opportunity for both independence, development, variety, professional collaboration and sparring and you will join a skilled circle of colleagues with high engagement and good humor.

We offer you a flexible working life with the possibility of remote work. Salary and employment terms follow the Danish Red Cross's common agreement with AC and HK, depending on experience and education level.

We encourage all qualified to apply – regardless of gender, age, functional variation, ethnic origin, educational direction or other background.

Want to know more?

If you want to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact the section head for HR Personnel, Jette Kayerød Christensen on tel. 53 65 15 87. You can read more about the Red Cross at www.rodekors.dk.

Starting 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible.

Upload application and CV no later than Monday 26 October 2026, at 12:00. We expect first interviews on Tuesday 27 October and second interviews on Wednesday 28 October 2026.

Department: HR-Personnel

Application deadline: 26 October 2026

Location: Blegdamsvej 27, 2100 Copenhagen