Sharp generalist for secretariat and development tasks in the digital realm at the City of Copenhagen

Do you want to help ensure that the City of Copenhagen works ambitiously and responsibly with digital development?

Motivated by secretariat- and development tasks in close collaboration with many different stakeholders?

And would you also be part of a strong professional and social working community?

So you may be our new colleague.

The digital area and AI are rapidly developing, and in the City of Copenhagen the ambitions and opportunities are large. We work with strategy, governance and analyses within digitization and administration.

About us

We are a small office with a broad collaborative reach across the municipality's corporate units and departments as well as with KL, the state and other external partners.

The Office for Cross-Functional Digitalisation and Corporate Development consists of generalists with strong competencies in secretariat support, analyses and advocacy. We work to create common direction, ownership and high ambitions across the municipality so that digital opportunities can be used to solve administrative tasks efficiently, securely and with user focus.

The office is responsible for, among other things

• drive the cross-cutting strategic development in the digitalization area, including through the City of Copenhagen's Digitalization Strategy 2026-2027
• drive and support the work with AI across the municipality and in the Finance Administration
• work with governance and financing in the digital area
• drive the strategic development of the municipality's administrative shared services
• secretariat support for the municipality's cross-cutting IT Director and Chief Digital Officer circles
• secretariat support for the board of the municipality's corporate entities
• advocate and coordinate initiatives in the digitalization area from the state, KL, etc.

We are based in the beautiful and historic Copenhagen City Hall, close to the Finance Administration's leadership and the political decision forums. The office is part of the Center for Economy, where around 80 employees work with high professionalism and strong engagement.

We value both the professional and social community, with, among other things, seminars, center meetings and Friday bars. There are good opportunities for professional and personal development, and you will continually be able to take on new tasks and areas of responsibility.

About the position

We are seeking a profile with an interest in development and digitization of administration and service, as well as experience with secretariat support and development tasks in a public organization. You will work with both operations and development tasks and gain solid insight into processes, governance and decision-making in the Finance Administration.

Your primary tasks will include developing and launching activities in the AI area. You will, among other things, be responsible for the municipality's AI large-scale project within the AI task force and activities that support the dissemination of AI in the City of Copenhagen. Secretariat tasks, including coordinating ongoing advocacy in the digitalization area and providing secretariat support at meetings in the digital area.

As a person you are collaborative, trustworthy and engaged. You thrive in a close work community and actively contribute to both the professional and social environment. We provide a good introduction so you quickly get involved in the tasks and have the opportunity to develop.

About you

We imagine that you

• have a long-cycle higher education, e.g., a master's degree in social sciences
• have one to three years of relevant professional experience
• have good collaboration skills and can navigate dialogues with different stakeholders
• work thoroughly and in a structured way and are good at planning and executing
• are motivated by development tasks, are idea-driven and analytically sharp.

Terms of employment

The position is 37 hours per week and is a fixed-term one-year contract beginning 1 December 2026. Salary and terms of employment are determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement, with the possibility of negotiating supplements according to qualifications.

Further information

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Office Head Caroline Hegelund at 24 78 35 13/[email protected]. You can read more here .

Apply via the link no later than Wednesday 21 October 2026

We expect to conduct interviews in the last two weeks of October.

About the Finance Administration

The Finance Administration is one of the City of Copenhagen's seven administrations. In total about 3,600 people work in the Finance Administration, of whom about 300 have offices in the city hall. The physical framework for your work will thus be Copenhagen's historic and beautiful city hall. Here we serve the Lord Mayor, the City Council and the Finance Committee, and we are close to the political life of the municipality. Together we focus on creating value for the residents of Copenhagen and Copenhagen.

You will at the city hall be part of an exciting work environment where motivation, well-being and good collaboration are paramount, with good opportunities for skills development.