Administrative employee – 20 hours per week - for a wide range of tasks in the North Zealand Prison and Remand Centre – especially within construction

Have you got the desire to work with tasks of administrative and practical character, especially within construction projects? Then here is a good opportunity to be involved in supporting the exciting construction projects that are part of the penal reform.

Your tasks

Your tasks are of a service-oriented and administrative nature, especially in relation to construction projects in the institution. You will have a cross-functional role and close cooperation with the Prison Circle East and especially the Danish Prison Service.

You shall contribute with your knowledge and experience in relation to new construction. In addition, you shall contribute, support and service the agency and external actors in relation to the establishment of temporary places, demolition and rebuilding of Horserød Prison.

Your tasks you will carry out in close cooperation with the head of Nord Zealand Prison and Remand Prison and the other management in the institution.

About you

You are helpful and thrive being the one everyone goes to for practical and technical tasks, and you are the type who always lends a hand where it is needed.

It is an advantage that you have solid knowledge of the core tasks that are carried out in Denmark’s Prisons.

About us

Nord Zealand Prison and Remand Prison belongs organizationally to the Prison Circle East and has room for 257 inmates and detainees distributed across Horserød Prison, which has 67 places, Helsingør Remand Prison which has 69 places and Ellebæk Immigration Center which has 121 places. The Immigration Center receives foreigners who are detained under the rules of the Return Home Act.

In addition, Denmark’s Prisons operates, after a cooperation agreement with the Danish Immigration Service, the Departure Center Sjælsmark, which has a capacity for up to 600 residents. It is the Danish Immigration Service that handles the residents’ cases under the “openly unfounded-procedure,” and that must be refused or transferred to another country according to the Dublin Regulation.

Salary and employment terms

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – the state sector, as well as the organizational agreement for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT workers (HK).

Link to organizational agreement

Area of employment is Denmark’s Prisons.

Workplace is currently located at Esrumvej 367, 3000 Helsingør.

The working time is 20 hours per week. The position is intended to be filled on January 1, 2027.

Application

The position is applied for electronically via the link “Search for the position.”

Applications, CV and documentation of education as well as other relevant material must be received in the recruitment system no later than Monday, 4 November 2026.

Interviews will be held in Week 46.

If you are invited to an interview, you must bring identification such as a passport or driver’s license to the interview.

It is a condition of employment that, in connection with the interview, you consent to Denmark’s Prisons obtaining and evaluating information about you in the Central Criminal Register.

Denmark’s Prisons sees diversity as a strength, and invites all interested candidates regardless of personal background to apply.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of department Tine Vigild 20148801.

About Denmark’s Prisons, Prison Circle East

Prison Circle East consists of a district office, open and closed prisons, remand centers and supervision, as well as shackled cell departments, transport and guarding, a departure center and an immigration center distributed across all of Zealand, Bornholm and the Faroe Islands.

In total approx. 2300 employees.

For further information about Denmark’s Prisons please refer to the website www.danmarksfængsler.dk