Student with political interest and flair for data and communication

Are you interested in politics and advocacy? Do you find social policy exciting? Do you also have a flair for data and are you good at writing? Then you might be our new student in KL's Center for Employment, Integration and Social Policy.

We offer an exciting opportunity to try your hand in one of Denmark's largest interest organizations with significant influence on societal development. We are currently seeking a student for our Center for Employment, Integration and Social Policy. You will become an important part of our work with employment policy, the labor market, integration of refugees, and social policy.

One of the center's primary tasks is to advocate for municipalities' interests to key actors at Christiansborg, in ministries and agencies, as well as partners in other organizations. As a student with us, you will help support advocacy with data, presentation material and communication.

Your daily life at KL

As our new student you will have about 33 new colleagues, of whom six are students. Our tasks span from advocacy, policy formulation and projects to development and hosting thematic days and conferences. To begin with, you will work on tasks in the part of the center that works with employment and integration.

You will, among other things, come to work with

• Plan, implement and participate in conferences, thematic days and meetings
• Collect and process data in SurveyXact
• Collect and disseminate knowledge about the municipalities' work, e.g. for KL’s website
• Contribute to the center's advocacy, e.g. by collecting background knowledge, figures and creating PowerPoint presentations
• Various ad hoc and administrative tasks

A larger task will be to carry out a continuous survey of various analyses of municipalities' task performance in the social area. The task includes, among other things, collecting, processing and reporting data in SurveyXact and Excel.

Another task will be to contribute to KL's various networks in the social field.

We are looking for a student who takes responsibility

You are a student in a relevant long-cycle higher education program and have at least one and a half years left in your studies.

Knowledge of and interest in the social area is an advantage, but not a requirement.

We want you to

• Be quick to grasp new knowledge and new IT systems
• Be well-formed in writing and speech
• Work structured, thoroughly and have a sense for detail
• Be good at taking responsibility and following your tasks through
• Have good knowledge of and interest in SurveyXact and Excel and be interested in the use of AI
• Be flexible and open to all kinds of tasks, both professional and practical
• Be good at keeping several balls in the air at once
• Ask for help when you need it

We offer varying tasks and responsibility

With us you are part of an advocacy organization with political influence and an impact on societal development. As a student in KL you will get varied tasks, responsibility and good development opportunities. KL also has a strong student environment, staff activities and a gym.

The practical

If the student position sounds right for you, please send your CV and application via the form, so we have it no later than 19 October.

We expect to hold interviews on Thursday 22 October with employment starting in early or mid-November.

Working hours are on average 15 hours per week, corresponding to 2 workdays. We are flexible regarding peak loads on your studies. Salary and terms follow the applicable collective agreement.

If you have questions about the position, they can be directed to Special Consultant Rafai Atia at [email protected].

Application deadline: October 19, 2026

Location: Employment, Integration & Social Policy