Quality Advisor for Higher Education (Specialist or Senior Consultant)

At Zealand – Zealand's Business Academy, we have from 1 January 2027 a position available as a quality advisor. The job is aimed at you who have solid experience with higher education, have worked with quality assurance and can take on a role with independent professional responsibility and a wide collaborative surface with regard to students, staff and managers in our organization.

Quality development in our programs is supported from our Research, Quality and Development Secretariat, in which we have established a quality unit. As a quality advisor you will be employed in the secretariat with responsibility for the ongoing quality assurance of Zealand's programs and you will have a central role in developing our quality work ahead of the next accreditation.

The job as a quality advisor

As a quality advisor you will have the professional responsibility for planning the ongoing quality assurance of Zealand's programs. On which basis the quality work is built there is a quality concept that frames our quality work, and our quality advisor is process responsible for the initiatives related to the implementation of the quality concept, including sending out evaluations, communicating evaluation data and leading the meetings held with the programs and the quality unit for follow-up.

The Research, Quality and Development Secretariat participates in the preparation and quality assurance of the study regulations of the programs. The ongoing implementation of the agreement on reform of professional bachelor and business academy programs in Denmark places an extraordinary task on us in 2027, where the development of programs means the preparation of study regulations for new programs and revision of study regulations for existing programs. As a quality advisor you will play a central role in the work with study regulations.

As a quality advisor you will have our quality consultant as your nearest colleague and you also join the Research, Quality and Development Secretariat (Focus), where you have eight additional colleagues and a manager. You can see Zealand's organization here

In the job as a quality advisor you will have a very broad collaboration with our students, adjuncts/lecturers and managers. It is therefore important that you are collaborative and can gather many viewpoints into common conclusions.

Important aspects of you

• We expect that you have a master's degree, work experience within higher education and knowledge of working with quality assurance and development of education.
• We expect that you have organizational understanding, can lead tasks and projects and you thrive in both independent operational tasks and collective development tasks.
• We expect that you have strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• We expect that you work systematically and in a documented manner.
• We expect that you are a “team player” and enjoy helping others to succeed.

Who are we

Zealand – Zealand's Business Academy offers a total of 30 full-time technical, commercial and IT professional programs at the university college and professional bachelor level. In addition, 15 part-time programs at academy and diploma level are offered.

Educational programs and disciplines are organized into three programs

Technical program

Zealand's technical programs include: Building Constructor, Building Technician, Laboratory Technician, Process Technician, Production Technician, Auto Technician, Electrical Installer, Plumbing Installer, Agricultural Technician.

IT and Management program

Zealand's IT and management related programs include: Data Technician, Digital Concept Development, Multimedia Design and Web Development, Diploma in Management and Academy Profession in Management.

Commercial program

Zealand's commercial programs include: Financial Economist, Event Management and Economics, Service and Experience Economy, Marketing Economist, Commercial Economist, as well as Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

We have addresses in Roskilde, Holbæk, Slagelse, Nykøbing Falster, Næstved and Køge. Our quality advisor has his/her daily workplace in Køge and has tasks at our other addresses to varying extents.

Practical information

The position is full-time, corresponding to 37 hours per week.

Our expectations of you are that – depending on your seniority and background – you can be hired as either a specialist or a senior consultant in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish ACA (Academics Central Organization).

Your primary place of employment is in the Research, Quality and Development Secretariat (Focus), which has an office in our department in Køge. You should expect activities at all our locations in Køge, Roskilde, Næstved, Slagelse, Nykøbing F. and Holbæk.

If you would like further information about the position, you are welcome to contact the secretariat manager Henrik Agerskov ([email protected])

Application , CV, copies of examination certificates and other relevant documentation are sent electronically via the link below. Apply today or no later than November 19, 2026.

Recruitment interviews will be held on 23 and 26 November with a view to employment on 1 January 2027.

We encourage all qualified applicants regardless of background to apply for our vacant positions.

Become part of Zealand

At Zealand we educate for employment in the business world with a focus on combining theory and practice in close collaboration with the region's companies.

With us it is the passion for collaboration and professionalism that drives the work. We educate and shape ambitious and professional practitioners who contribute to growth in the business community.

Zealand is in 6 cities in the Zealand Region. Read more at Zealand.dk