Strategic development consultant for capacity building in the school sector

Would you like to help strengthen Copenhagen's University College of Professional Education's capacity and value proposition in the school sector? Then you may be our new colleague.

In the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Copenhagen University College (KP), we are looking for a development consultant who can help strengthen the coherence between KP's research environments, basic education programs and activities in the primary school sector.

You will contribute to developing KP's overall capacity in the school area and strengthen our value proposition to municipalities and schools. The task is to support KP's knowledge, research and educational professional competences being translated into relevant and value-creating initiatives that support the development of the future primary school. You will play a central role in work with the reform of the subjects (fagfornyelsen) and other important development agendas in the school area.

About the job

You will become a key person in the work to create strong connections between research, education and practice. Through collaboration with municipalities, schools and various internal professional environments, you will help develop KP's position as an attractive and value-creating development partner in the primary school area.

A substantial part of the task is to identify needs, opportunities and trends in collaboration with municipalities and schools and translate them into initiatives that strengthen KP's overall value proposition. At the same time, you will support the building of common professional capacities across the organization so that we can even more effectively bring research, undergraduate education and continuing and further education into play in collaboration with practice.

You will thus become an important link between KP's professional environments and the municipalities and schools that want to collaborate on developing the school of the future.

Your tasks will include, among others, to

• Facilitate collaboration, coordination and development between KP's undergraduate programs, research environments and continuing and further education area
• Develop and maintain strategic collaborations and partnerships with municipalities, schools and other central actors in the school sector
• Identify needs, opportunities and development potentials in collaboration with practice and translate them into value-creating initiatives, offerings and projects
• Support steering groups and cross-cutting development processes through coordination, meeting preparation and decision proposals
• Contribute to project development, project maturation and funding of strategic initiatives in the school sector
• Support internal and external communication about KP's initiatives, results and value proposition in the school area
• Contribute to the development, sale and implementation of activities and development programs in the primary school area.

About you

We imagine that you

• Have a relevant master's or candidate degree
• Have in-depth knowledge of the primary school sector and the current development agendas
• Have experience with school development, consultancy or development processes in municipalities, schools or educational institutions
• Have experience with creating collaboration across professional environments and organizational units
• Are strong at relationship building and can develop trusting collaborations with leaders, consultants, teachers and professionals
• Can translate needs and opportunities into concrete initiatives, collaborations and solutions
• Have strong process, facilitation and project management skills
• Work independently and thrive on driving tasks from idea to implementation.

We offer

We offer a strategically important role with the opportunity to influence the development of KP's effort in the primary school area. You will become part of a strong professional environment and have the opportunity to work at the intersection of research, education and practice development.

You will have engaged and competent colleagues where collaboration, sparring and knowledge sharing are a natural part of everyday life. At the same time, you will have a lot of freedom to plan your work and flexible terms that support a good balance between work life and private life.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment starts on January 1, 2027. The working time is 37 hours per week. The position is located in the School and Learning department at the Institute for Lifelong Learning.

You will be hired as a senior consultant or chief consultant depending on your experience and qualifications after the state academics collective agreement . There will be opportunities to negotiate allowances based on qualifications.

The workplace is located at Tagensvej 18, 2200 Copenhagen N.

Would you like to know more?

At Copenhagen University College of Professional Education we educate students for meaningful working life, where they meet other people and make a concrete difference for them. We see it as our finest task and strategic vision to educate professionals who succeed in and with practice, together with our external world.

Read more about Copenhagen University College of Professional Education and our strategy at www.kp.dk and about KP as an employer on our career site .

For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact the continuing education leader in School and Learning, Rasmus Anker Bendtsen at tel.: 41898173.

Interested?

Submit your application and CV via the apply button no later than November 16, 2026.

We expect to hold interviews in weeks 47 and 48.

Copenhagen University College of Professional Education does not discriminate based on gender, age, ethnicity or similar, but only on competence and talent. We strive to minimize bias in the recruitment process and therefore encourage you to refrain from attaching a profile photo in your CV/application.

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