Student assistant

COWI; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; DKK 89,000 - 112,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair remuneration

Job summary

COWI in Lyngby invites you to join the P&O Legal team as a Student Assistant, gaining hands-on experience with labour relations and employment matters across international projects.

You will support labour relations tasks, assist with contracts, maintain employee files, and respond to inquiries, while working two days per week and collaborating with a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Psychology, or Organisation and Management
• Detail-oriented with a clear and reasoned viewpoint
• Motivated and diligent in completing tasks with organized planning
• Available to work two days per week
• Proficient in Danish, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Supporting tasks related to labour relations.
• Assisting with contractual matters, including employment contracts and addendums
• Maintaining and administering employee files and benefits
• Responding to employee inquiries and providing support on P&O-related matters

Skills

Danish language

Detail-oriented

Organized planning

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Psychology, or Organisation and Management

Job description

Do you want to gain in-depth knowledge of the operational framework within a large People & Organisation department? Can you ensure smooth management of daily operations while paying attention to detail? And are you curious about the daily challenges within labour relations? Then, this is the ideal opportunity for you!

Student Assistant – P&O Legal

We are looking for a motivated Student Assistant to join our P&O Legal team and support both COWI and Arkitema with their labour relations and employment‑related matters. You will become part of a diverse team of five legal professionals, two People Operations Specialists, and the Head of P&O Legal, based at our COWI office in Lyngby. Together, we support both an innovative architectural firm and an international engineering consultancy operating across multiple countries, allowing you to gain insight into a broad range of employment and labour‑related topics in an international environment.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting tasks related to labour relations.
• Assisting with contractual matters, including employment contracts and addendums
• Maintaining and administering employee files and benefits
• Responding to employee inquiries and providing support on P&O‑related matters

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will be:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Psychology, Communication, or Organisation and Management
• Detail‑oriented with a clear and reasoned viewpoint
• Motivated and diligent in completing tasks with organized planning
• Available to work two days per week
• Proficient in Danish, both verbal and written.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

• An inclusive work environment that encourages both professional and personal growth
• A collaborative and knowledge‑sharing culture
• Fair remuneration aligned with COWI’s internal pay structures for undergraduate students

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to People Operations Specialist Michelle Storm Fink at [phone], People Operations Specialist Sofie Petersen at [phone], or Senior Legal P&O Partner Lisa Dalsager at [phone].
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to accomplish, and what life is like at COWI. We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can support us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.