Head of Section for Negotiations and Legal Affairs

Are you motivated to bring together leadership, employment law, negotiation and advisory work in one role, where you will be responsible for both operations, development and prioritization? Then apply for the position of Section Manager for Negotiation and Legal Affairs in Banedanmark.

As section head in Negotiation and Legal Affairs at Banedanmark you will lead 14 ambitious, engaged and professionally capable employees, who value professional sparring and a good social work environment with an informal tone. You will have line management responsibility for the section's employees in close collaboration with the area manager.

You will become part of the management team in HR Personal. Here we work with employment law, agreements, negotiations, management advisory, HR data and payroll. When the internal HR frameworks function, it supports Banedanmark's work with a safe and stable infrastructure for citizens and businesses.

Tasks

You will have a daily routine with both leadership, prioritization and professional sparring. The tasks are varied, but closely connected and require that you can translate law, agreements and cross-cutting development projects into clear deliverables in the organization. Your tasks include, among others, to;

• Have the managerial responsibility for the section’s 14 employees (HR partners and HR lawyers), including prioritizing and distributing tasks, following up on quality and ensuring delivery on agreed time.
• Support the business in employment-law matters and negotiation tasks and ensure clear and usable HR advice in daily operations.
• Structure and further develop the section’s workflows, including work with further digitalization of tasks and work processes.
• Conduct dialogue and negotiation processes with the professional organizations and ensure a proper basis for agreements and personnel policy solutions.
• Support the development of personnel policies, local agreements and cooperation agreements.
• Actively contribute in the HR Personal management team with coordination, prioritization and joint management tasks across.

Qualifications and competencies

• You hold a Master's degree in social sciences or have another relevant academic education.
• You have strong analytical skills and are able to understand complex problems.
• You have organizational understanding and can coordinate across divisions and contribute to good cross-functional collaboration
• You have strong relational skills, and you understand the importance of building relationships with partners.
• As a person you are motivating, empathetic, positive and contribute to a good working environment.

In addition you have

• Experience with people management in an HR function (preferably governmental).
• Good understanding of a politically governed organization as well as clear written and oral communication across disciplines and levels.
• Solid knowledge of HR tasks including employment law in a broad sense, so you can contribute to informing decisions and spar with employees and managers.
• Experience with the area of agreements and negotiations in an organizational context with multiple stakeholders is desirable.

Salary and terms of employment

As an academic you are employed according to the applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics employed by the state.

The placement is as Senior Consultant with line management in accordance with the applicable agreement, which you can find here and the Salary Overview from the Employee and Competence Agency, which you can find here .

Depending on your qualifications and competencies there is a possibility for negotiating an allowance. The total salary will include an employer-funded pension scheme of 18.07%.

The position may potentially be filled on a fixed-term basis.

Application and contact

If you would like more information about the position, please contact HR Head of Personnel Christina Lundgren at +45 21842565 (feel free to send a text message, and you will be contacted). If you have questions about salary and employment terms you can contact our HR consultants at [email protected]

We review applications and invite to interviews on an ongoing basis, so please send your application and CV as soon as possible.

We expect to hold 2nd interviews in late October using a personality profile and possibly a case.

To apply for the position, click the “Søg stilling” link and follow the instructions.

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

If you progress from the initial interviews, references from former employers will be sought. You will be informed before a reference is requested.