Are you interested in the fisheries sector? – we are looking for an administrative employee at the Environmental Protection Agency in Nørresundby

As of January 1, 2026, the Fisheries Agency was merged with the Food and Agriculture Agency, after which the remit was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency. As part of the reorganization, about 50 positions have been moved from Copenhagen to Nørresundby. You will be part of the work to establish the administrative operations in the new department in Nørresundby. Do you thrive in an organization undergoing change, see opportunities and can solve tasks with a professional can-do attitude, this position is for you.

We are seeking an administrative employee who will help establish and develop the administrative operations in our new department. If you thrive in an organization undergoing change, see opportunities rather than limitations and are motivated by making things work in practice, this may be the position for you.

You will become part of a new team where both tasks, workflows, and collaboration interfaces are still being built and developed. Therefore, we are looking for you who can maintain an overview, work structurally and find solutions even when tasks, frameworks, and collaboration interfaces are not fully in place. In return, you will have a rare opportunity to help shape both working practices and the culture that will characterize the new department.

Together with your new colleagues in Nørresundby you will play a central role in the daily task solving. You will become part of an office that handles important administrative tasks in connection with Danish and international fishing.

For us it is not essential that you know all about fishing in advance. What we value instead is that you have good energy, are willing to take a steep learning curve, and can see the benefit in things not running perfectly from the start.

Your personal qualifications

We emphasize that you

• approach the task solution calmly and work structurally and keep calm in a daily life characterized by change, where tasks, priorities and frameworks can continuously develop.
• are a team player , who contributes positively to the community and at the same time can maintain focus on the task, also when processes and workflows are under development.
• prefer to have experience with public administration or similar administrative processes in organizations . You should have a flair for administrative processes, where one follows case workflows and procedures and has control of the documentation. It is central that you have a good understanding of administration and the exercise of authority.
• want to be part of an organization in development where establishing solid and well-functioning workflows is a core task.
• have good IT skills , as the work involves several different professional systems and electronic filing systems.

Your tasks

In addition to becoming part of our new department in Nørresundby, you will be part of building and developing the administrative support of Danish fishery management. The tasks are process-based and supported by fixed workflows, guidelines, checklists and templates etc.

The daily task solving includes among others

• Issuing licenses for fishing.
• Registering vessels in the agency's vessel register.
• Issuing EU fishery licenses.
• Checking and processing information on the sale of fish, including settlements from domestic and international, landed species, market prices etc.
• Registering and managing buyers of fish and fish products.
• Managing the collection of charges in connection with fishery control.
• Advising citizens and businesses on applications, permissions and declarations.
• Supporting communications tasks, including updating the website and intranet as well as sending professional news.
• Contributing to the publication and registration of new rules, including immediate regulation in Retsinformation.

The new team in Nørresundby

You will become part of a new administrative team that will support central areas of Danish fishery management. When the team is fully established, it is expected to consist of about seven administrative employees.

The team has an important role in ensuring high quality, correct case processing and good service to both fishermen and business actors.

Team’s core tasks

Quality assurance of settlements and catch reports

The team reviews and quality-controls settlements and catch reports on an ongoing basis and responds to inquiries from fishermen, auctions and buyers. The work is important to ensure quotas are recorded correctly and that data exchanged with, among others, the EU Commission, is accurate and reliable.

Issuing licenses for fishing

The team administers and issues fishing licenses based on applicable rules and established procedures. An important part of the task is also to advise fishermen on applications and license conditions. The professional framework, calculations are prepared by specialized professional teams, such as templates for fishing licenses.

Registration of vessels and allocation of EU fishing licenses

The team handles applications for the issuance of fishing licenses and vessel registration. The team registers this based on the fishermen's applications and the agency's administrative basis.

About you

We are looking for you with a solid administrative background. You are either educated as a professional bachelor in public administration, office-trained preferably in public administration, administration economist, finance bachelor or similar. You probably have good professional experience with administrative, economic and data-related competences either from the public sector or private sector.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the current Shared Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees’ Organizations - The Civil Service Area and the corresponding organizational agreement for Office Clerks, Laboratory Technicians and IT Employees (HK). The position is a full-time role with start as soon as possible and no later than January 1, 2027.

The employment area is the Environmental Protection Agency, and the workplace is Lindholm Brygge 31, 9400 Nørresundby.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact team leader Birte Solvej Neve at tel. 72 27 50 25 or e-mail [email protected].

Prior to employment a criminal record check and references will be requested.

You should expect a small amount of domestic travel activity.

How to apply for the position

You apply online by sending your application, CV, diploma etc. no later than November 17, 2026 . Interviews are expected to be held on November 23, 2026. There may be a second round of interviews if the applicant pool requires it.