As an employee of the Nordic Council's Secretariat your workplace will be in Copenhagen, where the secretariats for the Nordic Council, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Culture Fund have their offices. The various meetings often take place, however, in the other Nordic countries, and as the Presidency of the Nordic Council rotates between the countries, a number of the meetings follow the country holding the Presidency. You must therefore expect a certain amount of travel as an employee in the Nordic Council's Secretariat.

The employees in the Nordic Council's Secretariat come from all the Nordic countries, and so it is important that new members of staff become well integrated. There are many social activities for all employees. These activities are mainly attended by the employees themselves, but are supported by the organisations.

The staff has its own association which organises these activities. This is a joint association for employees in the Nordic Council, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Culture Fund. The activities cover culture, food, sport and music. These activities form the core of the integration of new members of staff who often arrive here without a social network.

Professional induction to the job will be given by our experienced members of staff. As a new employee in the Nordic Council's Secretariat you will have one colleague acting as a buddy at the beginning of your time in your new workplace.

The Nordic Council is the co-operative forum for the five Nordic parliaments in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; the Løgting on the Faroe Islands, the Lagting on Åland, and the Landsting in Greenland. The Nordic Council of Ministers is the corresponding co-operative forum for the Nordic ministers. The Nordic Council has 87 members currently distributed amongst four party groups. The Nordic parliaments choose the members of the Nordic Council themselves.