A forest ranger and a forestry worker for the Nature Agency West Jutland

Would you like to work practically with forests and nature and be part of a workplace where we solve tasks together?

The Nature Agency West Jutland is looking for two new colleagues for our operations group. We are seeking a forester and a forest worker with different professional profiles: one with competences within the Nature Agency's forest worker tasks and one with special practical competences in technology, tractors and machine operation.

The Nature Agency West Jutland manages about 25,000 hectares of forest and nature areas with focus on nature and outdoor life. We work with forest management, nature care, biodiversity, nature restoration and outdoor life. At the same time we are developing where nature and biodiversity get an increasing role in the administration of our areas.

That means a everyday with both known forest worker tasks and new types of practical tasks.

We work together

You will become part of an operations group with skilled and engaged colleagues and an informal tone.

We each have our own tasks and professional areas, but we help each other in daily life. It can be an extra hand for a concrete task, sparring on a solution or help to get something that suddenly is urgent solved.

We emphasize that one takes responsibility for one's own tasks and at the same time has an eye for the community.

We have good experiences with starting from the individual employee's competences and interests and then finding the best mix of tasks.

The two professional profiles

The two profiles are not fixed to specific workplaces. As a starting point we see the technical/machine profile placed around Hoverdal, where there is a special need for these competences, but the final distribution of workplace and tasks we agree on based on the individual candidate's competences, interests and wishes.

Profile 1 – traditional forest worker tasks

Here we are open to different backgrounds and would like to find the right person for the group. We need to strengthen our competences in forest management, but the concrete tasks can be adapted to the individual employee's experience, competences and interests.

• Vegetation and cultural care.
• Fence work.
• Supervision of contractor with regard to planting, soil cultivation, felling tasks, etc.
• Nature care and nature restoration.
• Maintenance of public facilities.
• Tasks related to beavers.
• Other practical operations and ad hoc tasks.
• Possible to participate in inspection of own animal stock.

Profile 2 – technology, tractor and machine operation

Here we specifically seek a colleague who can strengthen the group's competences within technology, tractor and machine operation.

You will therefore have the opportunity to work with

• Tractor and machine tasks.
• Maintenance and practical troubleshooting.
• Maintenance of roads and tracks.
• Maintenance and repair of fences.
• Maintenance of public facilities.
• Tasks related to beavers.
• Other practical operations and ad hoc tasks.
• Possible to participate in inspection of own animal stock.

Forester function in Hoverdal

If you are attached to Hoverdal as a forester, you will be permanently attached to the area and have housing obligation in the Nature Agency's service housing Store Hoverdal at Sørupvej 7, 6971 Spjald. Part of the function is local supervision and contact with the public. The position involves the special supervision obligations that come with the forester function.

The service housing is located in the middle of nature with forest, trails and Hoverdal Dog Park close by. There are good opportunities for outdoor life, exercise and an active private life. Hover and Torsted are close by and have among other things a children’s house, school, sports association and leisure and cultural facilities.

In connection with employment there are funds allocated for user switching, beautification of outdoor areas etc. There is an opportunity for influence on this process. Rent is set according to the applicable rules for service housing.

We are looking for the right colleague

We have good experiences with not only looking at whether a candidate fits into a pre-established job description. We would like to find the right person and use their competences as well as possible.

That means also that your tasks may develop over time in line with your competences and interests and with our needs.

The most important is that you

• Like practical work and being outdoors.
• Have good dexterity and practical understanding.
• Can work independently and take responsibility.
• Collaborate well and help your colleagues.
• Are flexible when tasks and priorities change.
• Want to contribute to the work with forests and nature.
• Are willing to use digital tools for registration and reporting.

You do not need to be able to do it all. The most important is what you can contribute with, and what you want to develop yourself within.

If you are to join the forester function, it is also important that you thrive with local supervision, contact with the public and the special responsibility that follows with the function.

We offer

A practical and varied job with forests and nature, where you can use your professional and practical competences and at the same time help to develop them.

You will become part of an operations group where we emphasize professionalism, cooperation, responsibility and an informal daily life.

You will have the opportunity to work with both forest management and new tasks within nature, biodiversity and outdoor life.

For the forester position there is service housing Store Hoverdal Sørupvej 7, 6971 Spjald

For the forest worker position there may be an opportunity for rental housing.

Salary and terms of employment

Your salary and terms of employment are as a forest and nature technician in accordance with the current general agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Fagligt Fælles forbund (3F) for gardeners, animal keepers, forest and nature technicians etc. A local agreement on working hours has been concluded for employees in the Nature Agency, which is covered by the general agreement for gardeners, animal keepers, forest and nature technicians etc. between 3F and the Employee and Competence Agency.

The average weekly working time is 37 hours.

The employment area is the Nature Agency West Jutland, which covers a larger geographic area.

It is a requirement that you have a B driver's license for a car.

Start: 01.01.2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

For the forester position there is an attached service housing, which the forester is obliged to occupy and to move out of at the end of the service.

More information

If you would like further information, you are welcome to contact HR manager Søren Bay Højbjerg, +45 25 26 95 93.

How to apply for the position

You apply for the position online by sending your application, proof of education and CV no later than 13 November 2026.

Expected recruitment interviews: weeks 47-48

If you want to know more about the positions, you are welcome to contact HR manager Søren Bay Højbjerg, +45 25 26 95 93.