Senior Choir Consultant at Sangens Hus

Senior Singing Consultant for Sangens Hus

Motivated by helping others learn and develop? Do you have strong singing expertise and do you understand how to bridge to other disciplines? Can you translate knowledge into concrete practice – on the floor and in materials? And are you keen to promote singing in Denmark through projects and initiatives that have singing at the center?

Then perhaps you are the one we are looking for.

Sangens Hus is a national cultural institution whose purpose is to promote singing in Denmark . We contribute to welfare solutions through a range of projects, courses and networks with singing at the center and by spreading knowledge of the importance of singing for the individual and for society.

In all our projects we work to upskill professionals, e.g., educators, teachers, choir conductors, care staff, volunteers, employees in municipal social areas, etc., so they themselves are able to pass on the good properties of singing. We talk about “training the trainer”, so professionals are able to work with singing among different target groups.

Your tasks

As a senior singing consultant your tasks are to upskill professionals, but you also get to task to equip other singing consultants for this work and thus ensure the quality of the singing-professional effort Sangens Hus delivers.

You will become part of Sangens Hus fixed team of singing consultants, consisting of four people, of which two are senior singing consultants, who are singing professionally responsible for respectively the 0-6 year age group and health and adult area. You will have particular responsibility to contribute to development of the singing professional practice in our various tasks and projects in the school area. You will have close cooperation with the team’s senior singing consultants, and several tasks will also cross across these areas.

Your primary tasks will be

• Contribute to development of practice “on the floor” in projects in collaboration with project managers
• Contribute to development of courses and initiatives targeted at the school sector in collaboration with the course team
• Deliver presentations and workshops in project and course settings
• Prepare materials for teaching and dissemination, printed and digital
• Enter into collaborations internally in the house and in external networks and partnerships
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the singing consultant professional practice at Sangens Hus

We are looking for a person who

• Has strong singing expertise, preferably in combination with pedagogical professional background
• Thrives well with teaching, sharing knowledge and providing professional sparring – both 1:1 and with groups
• Has solid experience with the school sector – e.g., as a teacher, consultant or practice developer
• Is relationship-capable and can bridge from own professional field to the recipient's perspective and professional background
• Is open and engaged in own learning processes as well as others
• Has experience with project and development work
• Is also interested in tasks within the program for singing and health as well as the adult sector
• Can take responsibility for own tasks and time management
• Engages in the team and contributes with ideas and input
• Is prepared for periods with considerable travel around the country

About Sangens Hus

We are a flexible workplace with great opportunity to contribute with good ideas. We go to work to promote a cause, to succeed with concrete projects and tasks and to thrive and develop along the way. We are about 25 ambitious and engaged colleagues internally and have a wide range of partners across the country.

Sangens Hus is an independent cultural institution with a grant from the Parliament and under the supervision of Slots- and Culture Agency. We receive a large part of our funds from foundations and through collaborations with municipalities and institutions. We operate on NGO-like terms, have good working conditions with great flexibility and lots of trust that each employee solves their tasks in the best possible way while life stays in balance.

Sangens Hus’ vision

Sangens Hus works to promote singing in Denmark.

Our vision is to ensure that singing is a recognized tool that promotes community and well-being for all, while singing is an end in itself. Sangens Hus supports through its areas of action that still more people find and use their voice.

Read more at https://sangenshus.dk/om-sangens-hus/

We offer

There is a permanent full-time position of 30 hours per week. Your tasks may be throughout the country, probably with an emphasis on Zealand, so your workplace is effectively home-based, with at least one weekly workday at the secretariat in Herning. Start February 1, 2027 or earlier if possible.

Are you interested? Then send your application as soon as possible to [email protected] marked “senior singing consultant” and no later than December 6, 2026. We expect to hold interviews on Monday in week 51.

Want to know more

If you want to hear more about the job, you can contact the program manager for Singing, Children and School, head of Courses and Programs as well as Information Center for Singing, Mette Johnsen Elbeck on 2757 2010 or email: [email protected] or senior singing consultant Astrid Steen Noringriis on 20 63 85 14 or email: [email protected] .