2 caseworkers for the payout of unemployment benefits in Jobcenter Esbjerg

We are looking for 2 colleagues to pay sick pay at the Job Center Esbjerg

There are two permanent full-time positions as of January 1, 2027.

Would you like to work with sick pay legislation, thorough case processing and timely payments?

Then this might be you we are looking for.

The payment of sick pay will be organizationally anchored at Job Center Esbjerg from January 1, 2027. In this connection we are seeking two new colleagues for the case processing of sick pay benefit.

You will become part of the payment of sick pay, which consists of 5 caseworkers. We are linked to the Job & Retention section at Job Center Ravnevej, which consists of a total of 29 employees and a section leader. We handle various tasks, including early intervention, payment of sick pay and administrative tasks.

Job Center Ravnevej works with the efforts regarding citizens on sick pay and job clarification programs, citizens referred to flex jobs, as well as citizens on rehabilitation and resource programs. We are a workplace where engagement, professional awareness, results and job satisfaction are key words.

About the job

You will take on case processing tasks with calculation and payment of sick pay to citizens, reimbursement to employers including sections 56 / 58a.

Our task is to ensure that citizens and employers receive the correct benefit at the right time - with the right justification. Controlling is something we will focus on going forward. We collaborate with both citizens, employers and colleagues with authority follow-up.

We are a dedicated group of employees with a high professional level, where sparring is a big part of daily life and where we focus on wellbeing and a good work environment.

We work with joint task solving. This requires that you have the ability and enjoy independent task solving, while also contributing to ensuring flexible task solving.

We want a new colleague who actively contributes to a good working environment.

Work tasks

• Assessment of eligibility for sick pay / sick pay refund and handling of payment thereof.
• Collection of medical information.
• Expedition and telephone service as a fixed part of the work.
• Advising and guiding citizens and employers within the framework of the sick pay law.
• Process appeals in the area together with the section leader.
• Handling refund payments to employers under §§ 56 / 58a.
• Controlling and active use of KSD tasks.
• Processing cases of social fraud.
• Sending and handling invoices to citizens and employers.

Your profile

• You are educated as an office assistant preferably within public administration, or another relevant education - municipal experience and experience from the benefit area with sick pay is welcome.
• You thrive with both uniform routine tasks and more complex tasks, which together require you to have a systematic and structured approach to work.
• You have good collaboration skills and are adaptable. You contribute to and support the positive development and the social and professional aspects in both the benefits team and the section.
• We work in an area where concrete individual assessments and professional judgments are to be made – with the citizen at the center. You have the ability to create overview and can see nuances.
• We work in an area where concrete individual assessments and professional judgments are to be made – with the citizen at the center. You have the ability to create overview and can see nuances.
• Our task includes ensuring correct payment to the sick employee or payment of refund to their employer. It is therefore important that you have strength, interest and flair for numbers and can understand and explain the basis for a calculation.
• You have a flair for working in IT systems, and can navigate the various professional systems. We work in systems such as KSD, Fasit, KY, Sapa, Netforvaltning health, etc.

We attach importance to your knowledge of several of the above tasks.

It is not a requirement that you have knowledge of the Sick Pay Act, the Legal Status Act and the Administration Act, but it is expected that you are interested in learning the legislation.

We can offer

• Thorough training for your tasks and good onboarding to your new workplace.
• Dedicated and ambitious colleagues where professionalism is highly valued and there is always an opportunity for professional support and sparring in task solving.
• A team where dialogue and collaboration with employers and citizens have high priority.
• We work according to the principle ”freedom under responsibility”, where you have influence on the organization of your daily work.
• An exciting and challenging job, where work is targeted and where you are instrumental in shaping the everyday.
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development in a development- and learning-oriented environment.
• Possibility to choose a 4-day work week with Friday off.
• Possibility for individual arrangements for a home office day, compatible with your tasks.
• A section where everyone contributes to a good working environment, with a light sense of humor, a good tone and integrity, and where there is smiles and good humor.

If you want to know more

For further information you are welcome to contact section leader Karen Falck Hansen, tel. 23995192.

Salary and employment terms

In Esbjerg Municipality we work on trust-based principles and see human diversity as a strength. We therefore encourage all qualified applicants regardless of gender, age or ethnic background to apply for the position.

Salary and terms of employment are determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement, including the applicable provisions on local pay formation. You can find information about the salary level in Esbjerg Municipality via this link KRL Here you will also find information about base pay and pension. Furthermore, after a concrete assessment, qualification and/or function supplements may be agreed depending on the content of the position and your experience and qualifications.

When employed in the position a criminal record will be obtained.

If you progress after the interview, references will be sought from current and/or former employers if you are still under consideration for the position. You will be informed before a reference is requested.

The application

The application is sent electronically with attached CV and other relevant documentation.

Application deadline: Tuesday, October 27, 2027.

First round of interviews expected to be held in week 46.

Second round of interviews expected to be held in week 47.

If you proceed to the second interview, you will be asked to take a personality test. The personality test will be used as a dialogue tool about strengths and development points at the second interview.

When employed, the personality test will be used both individually and in the group to support and develop.

We look forward to receiving your application!