Committee Secretary for the Social Services Administration of Copenhagen Municipality

Do you thrive up close to the political decision-making processes? Do you want to help serve a political committee with products and processes of high professional quality? Then you may be our new committee secretary in the Social Administration at Copenhagen City Hall. About the position

We have an important and exciting task to serve the Social Committee in the City of Copenhagen, therefore with short notice we need to find a new colleague. As a new committee secretary you, as one of two committee secretaries, will have a central place in the Social Administration's Leadership Secretariat and Communications at Copenhagen City Hall and a unique insight into the political engine room.

The secretariat is the link between the political and administrative top management and the rest of the administration – and you must therefore be able to support both the leadership and the organization as best as possible. You will have a close daily dialogue with the rest of the administration, where you help your colleagues shape the good basis for decisions for the politicians and contribute to a good process for the conduct of the Social Committee meetings.

Specifically, in collaboration with an experienced colleague who is a jurist, you will spend a large part of your time preparing and following up on the Social Committee's meetings, which is why you have a flair for and thrive on arranging good processes. You must also help the administration's professional offices to trim the cases so that the communication is sharp and the political leeway is clear.

In addition you will participate in the committee's meetings, where you will be responsible for keeping the minutes of the committee's decisions and noting orders, which you subsequently follow up on. This also means that you have or develop an understanding of the legal framework for both the administration and the committee's work.

Core tasks

• Planning, preparation and distribution of agendas for the Social Committee meetings
• Quality assurance of recommendations to the committee so the Social Committee can make decisions on an informed basis
• Support to the administration and top management with sparring on the Local Government Act and the formal framework for assisting the committee
• Support to the Social Mayor in relation to the responsibility as chairperson of the Social Committee
• Responsible for conducting the committee meetings and minutes writing and assisting the committee during their meetings, including advising on decision-making competences etc.
• Collaboration with other committee secretaries across the seven administrations of Copenhagen Municipality, including cross-cutting submissions and political joint meetings
• Other coordination with the Citizens' Representation Secretariat, member secretaries etc.

About you

You have a relevant master’s degree in social sciences or law. If you have a legal background, there will be good opportunities to deepen yourself in various legal aspects of the political committee work, just as there will be good opportunities for sparring with other lawyers in the administration and across the administrations in the City of Copenhagen. In addition, it is important for us that you

• are action-oriented and able to make independent decisions
• have political acumen
• are good at communicating, both in writing and verbally
• have strong collaboration skills and are good at building relationships
• can handle many parallel tasks and are able to work systematically and meet deadlines
• can balance keeping an overview of many cases while also having a sharp eye for relevant details in the individual case
• thrive in periods where the tempo is high with short deadlines

You must be flexible because committee meetings typically take place after 4:00 PM, and a workday may sometimes be longer than expected. We expect that you are relatively recently graduated with a couple of years of relevant experience from a politically governed organization.

Who are we?

The Leadership Secretariat and Communications in the Social Administration is the link between the political and administrative top management and the rest of the administration. The secretariat consists of 22 staff. In addition to serving the Social Committee, we are responsible for serving the Social Mayor and the executive management, including press and communications. Our tone is informal, and we all contribute to creating a good working environment, even when pace is high.

We span a broad range of experience and expertise, but succeed in solving the tasks and delivering the good political and leadership support in partnership. You will become part of the committee team and, together with an experienced committee secretary, distribute the committee meetings and tasks between you.

You will also have a close collaboration with both the Mayor's Office and the other teams in the secretariat, and you will play a central role in collaborating with the rest of the administration and colleagues at the City Hall.

Salary and employment terms

You will be employed as an administrative officer on the terms of the applicable collective agreement between Local Government Denmark and the relevant trade union. Start no later than December 1, 2026 and preferably earlier.

Further information

The Social Administration in Copenhagen is the largest social administration in the country with over 7,000 employees. We have contact with more than 40,000 Copenhagen residents with special needs, and our goal is that Copenhagen should be a city with room for everyone – including Copenhagen residents with special needs. You can read more about the City of Copenhagen and the Social Administration at Socialforvaltningen | City of Copenhagen.

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Secretariat Chief Mie Henriette Eriksen at 21 24 91 83 or current committee secretary Sofie Pars Jacobsen at 21 49 78 99.

Application deadline: Apply via the link no later than Wednesday 21 October 2026

Interviews are expected to be held in weeks 43 and 44 with anticipated both a first and second interview.

Application deadline: Oct 21, 2026

Department: City Hall Square 1 1550 Copenhagen V

Location: Social Administration