Leadership Development Consultant – experience with teaching, e-learning, and educational development for the KU HR corporate unit

Do you have strong consultancy skills within teaching, e-learning, educational and concept development? Do you have experience with developing leadership groups and with planning, implementing and following up on leadership development activities? Do you want to put them into practice at one of Denmark's most internationally recognized universities? Then we may have the job for you. Mind you, in an organization where wellbeing, communities and good leadership are defined as a strategic prerequisite!

We are looking for a skilled colleague who will have a unique opportunity to help strengthen and further develop the work with leadership development at the University of Copenhagen with a basis in Strategy 2030 For the Benefit of More . Strategic resources have been allocated to strengthen the offerings targeted at our research group leaders within wellbeing, communities and good leadership.

As a team, we contribute to developing and continuing education for leaders and leadership teams so that leaders can be strengthened in managing their role, position and tasks as effectively as possible. We have a high professional level both as project managers, sparring partners, facilitators, teachers and consultants. We know the conditions for the core business and develop HR concepts that support leadership work.

What you will become part of

You will become part of a team in the HR corporate unit (KU HR) with 5 competent and engaged leadership consultants, all working to create value for KU and with respect for KU’s particular context and culture. We have the tasks and the expertise at the center and emphasize a appreciative collegial atmosphere with an informal tone.

KU HR is organized into two areas with corresponding sections. The position as Leadership Development Consultant is placed in the Development and Strategy area and you will join the Leadership, Work Environment and Collaboration section with 20 colleagues and a reporting line to the section head. We cooperates closely with the HR departments in KU’s three campus administrations, where local HR development partners are attached.

Your primary tasks will be

We are facing the need to adjust our offerings to research group leaders and strengthen our offerings to institute management teams. We are seeking a colleague who can contribute broadly to the team’s portfolio, with this primary task focus:

• Contribute to developing and teaching on educational offerings aimed at research group leaders within occupational health and safety and diversity, equity and inclusion possibly innovation. We work with a flipped classroom approach and some activities will involve translating e-learning offerings within DLI into blended learning.

Teaching will be a substantial part of your task portfolio, and it is essential that you can communicate leadership-related topics and facilitate processes in English.

We develop programs and implement new educational initiatives, and here you will contribute to identifying needs, concept development and the ability to bring together all threads, e.g. in a precise memo.

You will join our overall leadership development program, where we teach both personal leadership, strategy and research strategy as well as a broad range of leadership tools. We also provide feedback from tests (NEO PI-3 and JTI). You must be skilled at communicating leadership topics briefly and precisely within a broad spectrum of the leadership field and be eager to acquaint yourself with new topics.

You must be able to thrive with both planning, carrying out and following up on development paths for leader groups, and provide leadership sparring to new and experienced leaders at all levels at KU.

In addition you will, among other things

• Contribute to projects, concept development and rethinking within leadership development
• Drive educational development in collaboration with the organization, creating engagement and momentum
• Prepare case materials, notes and manage tenders
• Develop and implement teaching and facilitation tasks, with both physical presence and on digital platforms
• Convey concepts and offerings e.g. via our leadership portal and workshops
• Contribute to the operation of our education program

We imagine that you can

• Translate theoretical material or input from the organization into concrete processes and practice-oriented concepts, teaching and framework descriptions for decision-making fora
• Work strategically with leadership development based on the organization's needs and core tasks
• Facilitate development programs and processes for both small and large groups based on a defined purpose
• Be a sparring partner for leaders and conduct leadership development conversations in connection with training programs

Your qualifications

There can be many paths to the position as Leadership Development Consultant. We imagine that you:

• Have experience teaching leadership, preferably from a similar position in a large public, politically governed organization or from the consulting industry.
• Are prepared to learn the university's specific core areas
• Have political acumen and good relational skills that can help achieve results in collaboration with actors with different professional backgrounds across organizational boundaries
• Are well-structured and can develop, plan, implement, evaluate, follow up on and adjust leadership development initiatives, and improve the quality of our initiatives in close collaboration with the team
• Have relevant education in leadership and organizational development
• Have language skills so you can teach and facilitate in English
• Can prepare case materials and recommendations for e.g. steering groups and the executive board
• Thrive with both being strategically self-directed and part of an obligating team collaboration.

We can offer

You will become part of a large, complex elite university, which among other things aims to be an excellent place to work for its staff. We focus on enabling you to structure your tasks so that there is balance in work life, including the possibility of remote work when the task allows. We support allowing individuals to experience a high degree of autonomy and flexibility in task solving.

We place emphasis on professional sparring in an obligating team collaboration, and we offer good opportunities for professional inspiration and development. You will sit in an open office landscape with free seating, so there are good opportunities to interact with other teams in the section.

Practical information

The position starts as soon as possible and no later than 1 January 2027.

The appointment is as a senior consultant under the state academy agreement. Compensation under the AC agreement is seniority-based. There will be opportunities to negotiate additional allowances based on qualifications. The weekly working time is on average 37 hours.

You can read more about state salary levels at www.loenoverblik.dk .

"The University of Copenhagen has established a new common administrative organization, which is still being implemented. This involves ongoing changes and development of, among other things, workflows and collaboration interfaces."

KU has many locations, including several in Copenhagen. The place of work will be in the inner city, but there will be a need to be physically present at several locations as part of the job. Unfortunately, we cannot offer parking, but we have a base close to Nørreport station and access to borrowed bicycles. You will report to the section head Mette Vase.

Your application

If you are interested in the position, please submit an electronic application with attachments via Job Portal (click on the "APPLY FOR THIS JOB" link at the bottom of the advertisement) no later than 29 October 2026.

We expect to invite to first interview on Monday 16 November 2026 and second interview on Thursday 19 November. A case will be used for the second interview.

The university wishes to reflect the surrounding society and encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position.

Additional questions

Questions about the position can be directed to the section head Mette Vase, at [email protected] or +45 9356 3583.