Administrative employee to the City Council Secretariat in Hjørring Municipality

Would you like to be part of the central administration in a politically led organization where two days are rarely alike? Do you thrive with a varied range of tasks, many contact points, and a daily life where you must maintain an overview even when the pace is high?

Then you may be our new administrative employee in the City Council Secretariat.

About the position

The City Council Secretariat is organizationally placed in the Directorate Staff, which is part of the overall staff in Hjørring Municipality. The City Council Secretariat counts 11 employees with different professional backgrounds.

In the City Council Secretariat we support the City Council and the political committees with secretarial services. We have a broad and varied task portfolio, which includes, among other things, the preparation of agendas for political committees, holding public elections, secretarial support to the rent board and fencing inspection, data protection, alcohol licenses and much, much more. We are seeking an engaged and service-minded employee who can contribute to the daily operations and development of the secretariat's many tasks.

The position offers a wide range of tasks, and you will play an important role in supporting both political processes and administrative workflows.

Your tasks

Your tasks will include, among other things

• Preparation of agendas and minutes for political committees. This task includes, among other things, quality assurance of agendas before dispatch.
• Supporting the organization in the use of agenda and journals system, e.g., user support and guidance in new functionality
• Administration of alcohol licenses
• Handling of access to information requests
• Daily administrative tasks
• Various ad hoc tasks across the Secretariat's areas of responsibility

The tasks will develop over time, and you will therefore need to be willing to work with both well-known tasks and to venture into new ones. It is important that you want a position with a versatile job content and thrive with the fact that the task set can vary from day to day.

We expect that you

• Have a relevant administrative education, preferably with experience from a municipality or another politically governed organization
• Are proactive and take responsibility for getting tasks done
• Are robust and can maintain an overview in a busy everyday life with many simultaneous tasks
• Work structured and have a keen eye for details
• Thrive with a varied and changing task set
• Have good collaborative skills and at the same time can work independently
• Are relational in your approach to colleagues and partners
• Have good writing and speaking skills and can communicate clearly and precisely

We offer

• An exciting and varied position close to the political decision-making processes
• Skilled, experienced and engaged colleagues
• A workplace with great variation in tasks and opportunities for professional development
• An informal and inclusive working environment in an open-plan office
• Flexible working arrangements with the possibility of home office days when operations allow
• Good opportunities for skills development.

Employment terms

The position is a 37-hour position with commencement on 1 February 2027.

Salary and employment terms are according to the applicable collective agreement.

Want to know more?

You are welcome to contact department head Ulla Andersen, tel. 41 22 34 42 for further information about the position.

Application

We look forward to receiving your application.

Application deadline: Friday, 20 November 2026

Interviews are expected to be held: Tuesday, 1 December 2026. Possibly a second interview will be held Monday, 7 December 2026.