1-2 local plan planners and 1 professional coordinator for local planning are sought for the Department of Planning and Development in Syddjurs Municipality

You will be part of Plan and Development in a socially and professionally strong colleague community, where a well-functioning collaboration both within the department and across Culture and Development is crucial to our success.

We have exciting and challenging projects as well as good colleagues ready to welcome you. We are looking for both you who want a taste of leadership, and you who are passionate about working with local planning and the many tasks connected to it.

Syddjurs Municipality is a workplace that prioritizes flexibility and efficiency. There is typically the possibility of 1-2 days of remote work per week, while the rest of the workweek is spent in good company with colleagues at the town hall in Ebeltoft. There is major development underway in Syddjurs Municipality, and the City Council has a strong focus on supporting this development, while ensuring it takes place in balance with nature, the landscape and local communities.

Therefore, over several years, extra resources have been prioritized for local planning. At the same time, our professional coordinator has received a new and exciting position.

The City Council has large ambitions for sustainable urban development. Therefore, we work with a thorough political startup of the projects, among other things through completing sustainability forms, preparing starter reports and project descriptions from developers. Citizen participation is highly prioritized in all planning processes, and you must therefore have a desire to work in an environment where both the City Council and the citizens of Syddjurs Municipality are active participants in the development of future projects.

Who are we?

The Department for Planning and Development consists of 15 permanent employees with different professional backgrounds. We handle a wide range of tasks within physical planning, including municipal planning, structure plans, local plans as well as larger urban development projects.

With us you will receive clear frameworks to participate in interdisciplinary collaboration with your colleagues. We support each other weekly in handling each other’s tasks through joint sparring and knowledge sharing, and we are united in developing the department’s workflows and our professional approach to urban development. You can read more about our local planning process

on our website.

In daily life you will have a broad contact interface, both internally to the many professional staff in the administration and externally to developers, builders and citizens. You will have the opportunity to follow and take responsibility for all parts of the planning process, from the initial strategic considerations and dialogue with builders and developers to the final local plan that sets the framework for our physical surroundings.

Profile for the Professional Coordinator

The professional coordinator has three main functions

• Support the leader, among other things by preparing for and participating in the initial meetings with developers as well as distributing and coordinating tasks in the local planning team.
• Ensure that the local planning team works with common professional standards and consistent practice, as well as hold the weekly planning professional meetings.
• Ensure a good dialogue with the other departments in Culture and Development about existing and changed internal and external consultations as well as procedures.

You're not necessarily executing all responsibilities under points 2 and 3, but you are responsible for ensuring that tasks are completed, and you have a mandate to set the professional direction. The direction is typically determined based on dialogue and joint discussions at the planning professional meetings and in dialogue with the manager. You may of course have experience with formal or informal leadership, but the most important is that you want to take on the role. You will not have personnel or budget responsibility.

The position as professional coordinator is expected to occupy about 50 percent of a 37-hour workweek. The remaining time is used as project leader on your own plans on equal terms with the department's other employees.

As part of the position you are offered to complete The Public Leadership Education, but in the first instance this will not be a requirement.

There are currently 8-10 employees in the department who work with local planning. The number varies depending on the tasks and initiatives that the City Council prioritizes.

You ideally have

• a relevant education, e.g. as a land surveyor, engineer, architect or similar, as well as solid experience with local planning.
• knowledge of the Planning Act provisions and an understanding of the interaction between law and planning.
• experience with local planning processes, including environmental assessments, citizen involvement and dialogue with builders and developers.
• a flair for structure, coordination and systematic work.

It would be an advantage if you

• are used to working in Plandata.dk.
• are familiar with IT systems such as InDesign and AutoCAD.
• have knowledge of GIS.
• have good knowledge of environmental assessment processes.

We would like, as a person and colleague, you to

• be good at communicating and collaborating with both internal and external partners.
• thrive in a changing everyday life, where you as coordinator must balance supporting the department's overall task solving and your own projects.
• have the ability to make decisions based on dialogue and joint professional discussions.
• have the ability and willingness to collaborate with and service different stakeholders, including citizens, companies, authorities and colleagues across the organization, so that holistic solutions and high-quality urban development are created.
• be process- and solution-oriented.
• be proactive and willing to contribute with new perspectives and ideas.
• be able to work independently, structured and targeted.
• have good written and oral communication skills.
• be flexible and good at planning and prioritizing your work time.

Profile for 1-2 local planners

You will have a central role as project manager for local plans, developed in close cooperation with builders, citizens and other stakeholders. In addition, you will work with, among other things, the development of new institutions, planning of larger energy facilities, structure plans for new neighborhoods and many other exciting projects.

You should help us with, among other things

• preparation of local plans.
• preparation of structure plans, including holistic plans and city sketches.
• environmental assessments in connection with the plans.
• dialogue with developers, citizens and other stakeholders.
• preparation of case statements for the standing committee and translation of political decisions into concrete plans and projects.
• contributing to the municipality's overall planning in the form of visions, planning strategy and the municipal plan.

You ideally have

• a relevant education, e.g. as land surveyor, engineer, architect or similar, as well as experience with local planning.
• knowledge of the Planning Act provisions and understanding of the interaction between law and planning.
• experience with local planning processes, including environmental assessment, citizen involvement and dialogue with builders and developers.

It would be an advantage if you

• are used to working in Plandata.
• are familiar with the use of IT systems such as InDesign, the Adobe suite in general and AutoCAD.
• have GIS knowledge.
• have good knowledge of environmental assessment processes.

We would like, as a person and colleague

• to quickly be able to actively join the professional environment and contribute to sparring and development in the overall planning group.
• have the ability and willingness to collaborate with and serve different stakeholders, including citizens, businesses, authorities and colleagues across the organization, so that holistic solutions and high-quality urban development are created.
• be process- and solution-oriented.
• be good at examining, communicating and conveying complex planning professional issues.
• be proactive and eager to contribute with new perspectives and ideas.
• be able to work independently, structured and targeted.
• have good written and verbal communication skills.
• be flexible and good at planning and prioritizing your work time.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the rules of New Salary

The professional coordinator must be able to fill a 37-hour position.

For other employees there is the possibility of reduced hours down to 32 hours, if personal needs require it.

We expect you to work according to Syddjurs Municipality’s Collaboration Basis

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Want to know more

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Christine Vistoft Rasmussen (2467 5639), Louise Porsgaard Olesen (2128 7619), Christina Sander Koppel Olsen (2332 2758) or

the head of the Planning and Development Department, Rikke Stæhr Jensen (2113 2922).

Application deadline: 18 October 2026

First interview is expected to be conducted on Wednesday or Thursday, 28-29 October 2026, with the aim of starting on 1 January 2027 or before.

In special cases there may be a need for an extra interview, which will take place on Thursday, 5 November.

Syddjurs Municipality encourages everyone to apply for the position regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, disability, etc.

Syddjurs Municipality uses digital recruitment, see available positions at www.syddjurs.dk/job

We are the largest workplace in Syddjurs with approximately 3,200 employees. Employees who every day go to work to help and support the municipality's citizens. Through dialogue with businesses, users and citizens, we ensure shared responsibility for the Municipality's development.

We have a Collaboration Basis built on five guiding principles; Dialogues , Community, Action, Responsibility and Development. See glimpses of our cross-workplace collaboration here

You can read more about our collaboration basis via the following link Collaboration Basis

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Syddjurs Municipality has around 44,000 inhabitants, five main towns and a large hinterland with many villages. We are a municipality in development and every year many families choose to move here. Our strengths are active citizens, many townships, a unique nature and proximity to the big city Aarhus. We are an active part of development in the Central Jutland region, including Business Region Aarhus, which is a community between the 12 East Jutland municipalities with a total of one million East Danes, half a million jobs and the country's largest growth area outside the capital region.

Department: Planning and Development

Application deadline: 18 October 2026

Location: Lundbergsvej, 2, 8400, Ebeltoft, Denmark