Teachers of Danish Sign Language and consultants for the Dictionary of Danish Sign Language

Are you passionate about Danish Sign Language, and would you like to help develop and convey the language? Then we may have a position for you at Copenhagen University College (KP).

We are looking for new colleagues who will contribute to teaching on the Danish Sign Language interpreter education and/or the continued development of the Dictionary of Danish Sign Language (ODT).

We would like you to have competences and interest in both areas, but you can also apply for a position focusing on either teaching or dictionary work. Please indicate in your application which tasks you are particularly interested in.

With us you will be part of a bilingual workplace with dedicated and professionally strong colleagues. You will have the opportunity to bring your knowledge of Danish Sign Language into play in a close professional collaboration, where there is room for sparring and development.

About the job

Depending on your competencies and interests, your tasks will be linked to teaching in the Danish Sign Language interpreter education, the development of the Dictionary of Danish Sign Language, or a combination of the two areas.

Teaching in the Danish Sign Language interpreter education

As a teacher you will be part of the team that plans and carries out the teaching in Danish Sign Language. Your tasks will include, among other things, the following:

• Teach communication in Danish Sign Language
• Guide students and assess mandatory study products
• Plan and conduct exams on the education's language modules
• Possibly teach theory about and transcription of Danish Sign Language.

Development of the Dictionary of Danish Sign Language

As a consultant you will be part of the dictionary's editorial group, where you contribute to maintaining and further developing the dictionary's content and digital possibilities.

Your tasks will include, among other things, the following

• Maintain and update the dictionary's content, including developing new sign articles
• Contribute to the building and use of a linguistic corpus for Danish Sign Language
• Participate in projects on the dictionary's digital development, including the use of AI
• Collaborate with relevant professional environments and stakeholders, including deaf and interpreter organizations as well as research institutions
• Convey professional knowledge through lectures, networks, conferences and other professional activities, including at the sign language interpreter education.

About you

You master Danish Sign Language Fluently and have a strong professional commitment to the language and its development. You have a relevant educational background, preferably at the master's level.

We also attach importance to you

• Have good collaboration skills and thrive working across languages and professional groups
• Work independently, flexibly and responsibly
• Have linguistic competences or solid knowledge of the theory and description of Danish Sign Language.

If you are applying for a teaching position, we also place emphasis on pedagogical and didactic competences as well as teaching experience. Experience with transcription of Danish Sign Language is also relevant.

If you are applying for a position with tasks related to the dictionary, we further emphasize that you have knowledge of corpus work.

We are interested in different professional profiles and encourage you to apply regardless of whether your competences lie primarily in teaching, dictionary work or both areas.

Your workplace

You will become part of a professional environment with close collaboration between instructors in the sign language and written language interpreter education and the editorial group behind the Dictionary of Danish Sign Language. The sign language interpreter education is an independent unit at Copenhagen University College and at the same time part of KP’s broader professional environments, which provide opportunities for competence development and sparring.

The students have their daily presence close to the teachers' workplace, which creates good frames for a close and vibrant study environment across cohorts.

Your workplace is located at Campus Carlsberg, where you will have a place in an open office environment together with teachers from the teacher education.

Salary and terms of employment

The position starts on January 1, 2027. Working hours are 37 or 18.5 hours per week.

You will be employed as a teaching consultant following the circular on teaching consultants and Danish Sign Language interpreters at the sign language and written language interpreter education at Copenhagen University College.

The workplace is located at Humletorvet 3, 1799 Copenhagen V.

Want to know more?

At Copenhagen University College 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 our strategic vision to educate professionals who succeed in and with practice together with our external world.

Read more about Copenhagen University College and our strategy at www.kp.dk and about KP as a workplace on our career site .

For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact Education Manager Simon Cort Graae at tel.: +45 41897529.

Interested?

Send your application, CV and exam certificates via the application button no later than 16-11-2026.

We expect to hold interviews on Monday and Tuesday in week 48.

Copenhagen University College does not discriminate by gender, age, ethnicity or the like, but only by competence and talent.

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