Sharp Negotiation Consultant for the OK Team at the Danish Association of Social Workers

Would you like to help ensure decent terms for the country's social workers? And are you passionate about collective agreements and about delivering solid results to members at the negotiating table, then perhaps you are exactly who we are looking for. Danish Association of Social Workers (DS) is an ambitious trade union, which is set up to secure social workers good pay and working conditions. Our collective agreements are the backbone of that work – this applies to both the public and private sectors.

Responsibilities We are looking for a skilled consultant who has already gained relevant experience with collective agreements, labor law or negotiation. You do not need many years of experience, but you must be willing to take responsibility quickly and develop professionally in collaboration with experienced colleagues. In particular, it is important that you are analytically strong and can perform calculations that can be translated to the negotiating table.

You will become part of a small and specialized team, which besides this position consists of a negotiating manager (professional leader of the team) and a negotiating consultant. In addition, you will join the salary and employment team with another three legal consultants.

Responsibilities include

• Advising and servicing DS politicians on collective agreement and labor law questions
• Preparation, planning and negotiation of the public collective bargaining negotiations and nationwide private collective agreements
• Negotiation of disputes and level cases
• Coaching, advising and servicing of consultant colleagues in DS on difficult cases regarding wages, collective agreements, employee influence etc. within the municipal, regional, state and private employment area.

We envision that you

• Have a university-level education, e.g. cand.jur., cand.merc., cand.scient.pol. or similar
• Have gained relevant experience with collective agreements, labor law and negotiation
• Have experience from a professional organization, public authority or similar
• Thrive in working analytically and using numbers and calculations as a basis for decision-making
• Can work independently and in a structured way in both shorter tasks and longer processes
• Are a strong oral and written communicator

And it is important to us that you share the values of the Danish Association of Social Workers, that you have a good sense of humor, take initiative and responsibility and that you want to contribute to developing our area of work and workplace. Read more here: Princip program and strategic guidelines - Danish Association of Social Workers

About the workplace The Department of Policy, Collective Agreement and Communications is part of DS’s Shared Administration, which consists of a total of four nationwide departments. You report to the head of the Department of Policy, Collective Agreement and Communications, Stine Brix. The position is based at Toldbodgade in central Copenhagen. In Toldbodgade you will have about 40 colleagues, and a further about 35 colleagues distributed across DS’s other locations.

We are an organization with many tasks, and we therefore work together across departments. We have a good and informal working environment, where there is often little time from idea to action, and where from the start you will work very independently and take on your own areas of responsibility, but always with the opportunity for sparring with skilled colleagues. You will also work closely with the politically elected.

We offer flexible working hours and two additional collective-bargained days off. The position is 36 hours (full-time) and to be filled by 1 December 2026. You will be employed under the collective agreement between DS and DJØF.

You can obtain further information about the position from the negotiating leader Charlotte Vinderslev, tel.: 2426 0334 and email: [email protected].

The application deadline is 18 October 2026 and we expect to hold interviews in weeks 43-44.

The Danish Association of Social Workers is a growing professional union with over 18,000 members. We work on social workers’ wages and working conditions and on developing the social work profession. We are an association for all social workers: employees and leaders, self-employed, students and social workers with an academic background. Read more about DS at www.socialraadgiverne.dk