Political Consultants for Banedanmark's Center for Political Liaison

Are you interested in working with political support in a varied everyday, you are good at writing clear notes and getting to the heart of a complex case – and would you also contribute to the work for a climate-friendly and modern railway?

If the answer is yes, then read on.

We are looking for three political consultants for the Center for Political Liaison in the Corporate Staff, at Banedanmark. We work closely with the executive management and the other executive groups at Banedanmark. In the Center, we are proud of our secretarial professionalism, but always ready to broaden our perspective and learn from each other and the processes we are part of. The Center for Political Liaison is a relatively new center with new management and new workflows. We work to ensure Banedanmark’s notes and decision briefing papers enable us to support the goal of a green, attractive railway.

We are just under 40 employees in the Center for Political Liaison, based in Copenhagen and Ringsted. Your future workplace will be in Copenhagen, but there may be assignments that require you to work from our premises in Ringsted.

A broad range of exciting tasks

As a political consultant in the Center for Political Liaison, you will be responsible for ensuring that notes and decision briefs are delivered on time and with high quality. The Center for Political Liaison often handles complex tasks. You should therefore thrive with many varied tasks, which sometimes must be solved in parallel and with tight deadlines. You will, among other things, have the opportunity to:

• assist management across Banedanmark with executive support, meeting support, and political liaison on various topics and areas.
• draft, quality-assure, and contribute to cases and decision briefs for Banedanmark’s management, the Ministry of Transport, and others.
• ensure overview and progress on orders, and that cases and cross-cutting initiatives are coordinated in a large organization with many involved parties.
• be a sparring partner and contribute constructively to your colleagues on good executive support and good notes.

A targeted approach, friendly and with strong writing skills

We imagine that you have a social science academic background, e.g. cand. scient. pol., and at least 2-3 years of experience from a politically governed organization, such as an agency or a ministry, or from a similar position in the private sector.

You thrive in a daily life with complex problems and many agendas, where analytical sense, an overview and good process skills are required to create progress. With a systematic and solution-oriented approach you are able to create structure, follow up on tasks and see connections across the organization. At the same time, you have an eye for both detail and the whole, and are motivated to find solutions that not only work for the individual case but also contribute to a well-functioning organization.

Good collaboration skills and a professional, trust-building approach are important in working with many stakeholders and organizational interfaces. Here you contribute with independence and responsibility and with an understanding of roles and decision paths that make it easier to create clarity, coherence and efficient workflows – even when pace is high.

Experience with the rail sector is not a prerequisite. The most important thing is the willingness to familiarize yourself with a complex field, navigate many considerations, and help find good solutions. We will help you build the necessary knowledge about railways.

You will become part of an engaged center with a solid sense of community and good conditions to solve tasks independently. We emphasize that the work should be professionally challenging, meaningful and pleasant to go to. Therefore, a high level of ambition and efficient task execution go hand in hand with a friendly and welcoming tone, where there is room for sparring, knowledge sharing and social activities. We believe that the best results are achieved when skilled colleagues lift together and are eager to go to work.

Your new workplace and colleagues

Banedanmark is a modern workplace with good conditions for a balanced work life, without compromising your professional development.

With us you get a job with real societal impact. You also become part of an engaged professional environment with skilled colleagues and an informal tone.

We attach importance to well-being, professional development and the possibility to take responsibility for your own tasks. In addition, you have flexibility in daily life with the possibility of remote work when tasks allow and flexible hours.

Your new workplace is centrally located in Copenhagen close to Fisketorvet and Dybbølsbro Station with good parking options for both car and bike. In addition, we have a common canteen, paid lunch breaks, a fruit scheme, a café and a gym.

Salary and terms of employment

You are employed under the applicable agreement at all times between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state.

You are classified based on academic seniority and experience as a junior attorney at the base level in accordance with the applicable agreement, which you can find here and the Salary Overview from the Organisation for Employee and Competence, which you can find here .

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is a possibility for negotiation of additional allowances. There will be an employer-funded pension scheme at 18.07%.

Application and contact

If you want to know more about the position, please contact section head Alexander Ludwig Funch Adamsen or Ida Balslev. We review applications on an ongoing basis, so send us your application and CV as soon as possible.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment you can contact our HR consultants at the email [email protected].

To apply for the position, click the link “Apply for the position” and follow the instructions. We process applications on an ongoing basis, so do not delay sending your CV and application.

Diverse perspectives make us stronger. Therefore, Banedanmark values diversity and encourages all interested candidates, regardless of personal background, to apply.

If you pass the initial interviews, references from previous employers may be requested. You will be informed beforehand if a reference is to be requested.