Development and Implementation Officer for the Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital

Development and Implementation Officer for Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital

Center for Team Sports and Health at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital is seeking a development and implementation officer. The position is full-time corresponding to 37 hours per week with start date 1 December 2026. The position is fixed-term until 30 September 2029, but with the possibility of extension for up to 2 years.

About us

Center for Team Sports and Health is a knowledge-, research- and implementation center that gathers multidisciplinary competence within research, dissemination, teaching and advisory in team sports and health. The aim is to develop and disseminate the health-most effective and motivating training, develop tailored strategies for recruitment and retention of training routines and support the implementation of tailored bridging-building models.

The center was established in 2012 on the basis of a grant from the Nordea Foundation. The center aims to research and bring the results from research on team sports and health to the Danish population, and contribute to more Danes achieving increased health and well-being through participation in team sport activities. Based on a new grant, the center will for the next 5 years primarily support 10 municipalities in implementing team sports and creating bridging-building from municipal sector to civil society.

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Responsibilities

As a development and implementation officer, you will help translate research results into concrete initiatives with tailored team sports and physical activity to be implemented in municipal arenas, AOF and sports clubs, etc., together with the center's many external partners, including the major sports organizations and patient associations.

You will be part of a task force, that primarily supports 10 Danish municipalities' work with practical bridging-building in implementation.

A central part of the position will consist in facilitating research knowledge in theory and practice for municipal professionals across the sports and health sectors and associations, and participating in establishing partnerships between 10 Danish municipalities and civil society. The work is carried out in close collaboration with the Center for Team Sports and Health, and other staff at Bispebjerg/Frederiksberg Hospital.

The center's development areas focus on physical, mental and social health for mainly adults, seniors and people with chronic diseases, while a special emphasis is also on implementation and bridging-building from municipal health and training programs to civil society.

Concrete tasks will include

• Develop and conduct courses in tailored team sports in municipalities and sports communities and advise on the use of team sports and bridging-building to promote health and well-being among different target groups.
• Support municipalities' work with implementing team sports activities in their municipal training programs and support the implementation of local bridging-building models.
• Plan, facilitate and run network meetings and workshops with municipalities and other actors.
• Plan, facilitate and run dissemination conferences
• Help formalize partnership and collaboration agreements between municipalities and relevant civil society actors.
• Act as a link between municipalities and research.
• Contribute to developing and implementing implementation projects with a focus on long-term anchoring.
• Disseminate in the form of lectures, theory- and practice-based teaching etc.
• Carry out written tasks such as smaller analysis tasks, preparation of documents related to partnerships, etc.
• Develop and produce course materials, guidelines and manuals for professionals across municipal arenas, educational institutions and civil society.

Competences and educational requirements

• You have a relevant academic education, e.g. with a sports or health-related or similar educational background.
• You have insight into and interest in developments in the sports and health field - particularly at the municipal level.
• You have a sports/health-related foundation and the ability to understand research-based knowledge, which you will help translate and disseminate into practice.
• You have experience with implementation projects and processes in municipalities.
• You have experience working with municipal staff, e.g. physiotherapists, development therapists and sports consultants.
• You are outgoing and good at building trusting collaborative relationships.
• You have experience teaching sports in theory and practice.
• You work independently and in a structured manner.
• You speak and understand Danish, and have good communication skills, both orally and in writing, as well as good English skills.

We offer

• An exciting and challenging job with a great degree of independence and influence in daily work.
• Engaged and professionally skilled colleagues who want to make a difference.
• A development-oriented environment with an informal tone.
• A flexible and outward-facing workplace.

Salary and employment terms

Employment is as a physiotherapist. The weekly working time is on average 37 hours, including lunch. Remuneration is in accordance with the Collective Agreement for non-leading occupational therapists, physiotherapists and midwives.

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There will be opportunities to negotiate additional allowances based on qualifications. Your physical work location will be at Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, where you will join a multidisciplinary team of other development and implementation officers and researchers. We offer flex-time and the option of working from home. We expect you to show flexibility regarding working hours, as there may be evening and weekend work. There will be a significant amount of travel to municipalities.

Application process

If you are interested in the position, please submit an electronic application with attachments no later than 21 October 2026.

Further information

Questions about the positions can be addressed to

Mikkel Kølle Dahlerup, consultant at Center for Team Sports and Health, email: [email protected]