AC consultant with an eye for coordination and strong collaborative skills sought for the Management Secretariat at the Danish Prisons, Circuit Office in Prison Circuit West

Do you have experience with classic secretariat work in a politically governed organization, and do you have the go-getter attitude to dive into the tasks? Do you thrive in a diverse everyday life characterized by a high professional level and a strong collegial community? Do you want to know what goes on behind the walls in a society-critical organization? Then you are the person we are looking for as our new colleague in the management secretariat.

About the position

We are seeking a skilled generalist who is interested in and experienced with working closely with the management, and who can help strengthen the management secretariat’s task solving in relation to coordinating cross-cutting case handling and delivering tasks at a high professional level. You will become part of our management secretariat consisting of AC consultants and secretaries who work closely together on the team’s tasks on a daily basis.

We can offer you an insight behind the walls into an exciting organization that many Danes only know from the outside. In addition, we can offer a good professional and social environment in the management secretariat, and we always bring a positive mood – even when things are moving fast.

As an employee in the management secretariat, we collaborate and support broadly – both with our top management, the office heads at the District Office and the institutional heads in operations, but also across the prison districts and the Danish Prison Service.

Your tasks

The concrete content of the position will depend on your competences, experience and interests. Specifically, your tasks may include:

• Academic case processing – including coordination and preparation of consultation responses, reports, case summaries, access-to-information requests, etc.
• Secretariat support for meeting forums – including coordination and preparation of agenda material, minutes, decision drafts, presentations, etc.
• Internal communication, including preparation of newsletters, intranet news, preparation of speeches, etc.
• Planning visits from politicians and other key persons
• Cross-cutting process, analysis and project work
• Leadership and organizational development and strategy support

Who are you?

You must as our new employee be focused on delivering a high level of service and quality in task execution. Your strong relational skills and your talent for collaboration, service and communication mean that you quickly establish a good and trusting collaboration. You have a good overview, think cross-disciplinary, and are keen to solve many diverse tasks – sometimes with tight deadlines – in collaboration with many stakeholders. Finally, you work in a structured and proactive manner, which ensures you follow your tasks through to the finish.

Your qualifications

We expect that you have several of the following qualifications

• Have a relevant, academic – preferably social science – education e.g. cand.scient.pol., cand.jur. or similar
• Regardless of background, it is important that you have strong relational skills, are easy to get along with and have social sense
• Have [some] experience with secretariat support, academic case processing, internal communication, project work as well as leadership and organizational development and strategy support
• You like to handle many balls in the air and can maintain an overview and prioritize between tasks when things are moving fast
• You thrive with both routine tasks and completely new tasks – even if they come with a very short deadline
• It comes natural to you to coordinate and think cross-cutting in your task solving
• You have a sharp pen, are skilled at written case presentations and take pride in expressing yourself concisely and precisely in writing
• Have a good understanding of organization and can manage stakeholders and collaborate across disciplines and organizational levels in an organization characterized by change and high media and political attention
• Experience with leadership support in a politically governed organization is an advantage

Salary and employment conditions

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the collective agreement for academics in the state, entered into between the Ministry of Taxation and the academic organizations and any associated local agreements. In addition, allowances can be agreed depending on experience and qualifications.

• The position is full-time with an average weekly work time of 37 hours
• The employment area is the Danish Prison Service. The workplace is currently located in Aarhus at Mosevej 5b, 8240 Risskov
• Security clearance is a condition for employment, and you must be able to maintain the security clearance throughout your employment
• The position is expected to be filled as soon as possible

Application

You apply for the position

via the link

"Apply for the position

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Your application with CV, certificates and other relevant material must be received

no later than Oct 21, 2026.

We expect to conduct

interviews in week 44.

It is a condition of employment that you, in connection with the interview, consent to the Danish Prison Service obtaining and assessing information about you from the Central Criminal Register. If you are invited to an interview, please bring identification, such as a passport or driver's license, to the interview.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to

contact the Secretariat Lead Sara Stensgård at tel.: 72 55 55 50

Danmarks Fængsler encourages all qualified applicants regardless of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic origin to apply.

About Danmarks Fængsler

Danmarks Fængsler reduces crime and creates safety in society. We share this with the police, the prosecution and the courts, which are the other authorities in the criminal justice chain. We ensure that court sentences are enforced. This includes prison sentences served in prisons and detention or with electronic monitoring, and supervision in relation to probation. We also supervise persons released on parole. Punishment is carried out with the necessary control and security, but also with support and motivation so that the convicted do not relapse into crime.

Danmarks Fængsler consists of the Danish Prison Service and two prison districts and employs about 5,000 staff.

You can read more about Danmarks Fængsler here: Danmarks Fængsler - We operate the country’s prisons

Application deadline: Oct 21, 2026

Location: Region Midtjylland