Employment advisor for JOBVejle

The flexi-job area is seeking an Employment Counselor

Do you want to use your employment-related expertise in JOBVejle / the flexi-job area and help retain and create progression for citizens in flexi-job employment?

This is a temporary position. The position is 37 hours per week – available as soon as possible and until the end of 2027.

The vacant position is in the department's follow-up team.

About the job

Are you interested in, experienced in and eager to work job-focused with citizens who are in flexi-job employment?

Would you like to become part of a department where the staff are professionally ambitious and share enthusiasm for the area with the belief that every citizen can contribute valuable to the labor market? - then we have a position for you.

With us you will have the opportunity to use your employment and social worker expertise in an effort where relationship, trust and sustainability are central elements in task solving. The department consists of 3 teams, which solve tasks related to flexi-jobs and early retirement pensions. In the department there are besides employment counselors, a business consultant and a professional specialist who among other things supports us in task solving as well as a section head.

Your main tasks

• Conduct follow-up meetings where retention in employment and progression are the central focal points
• Engage in dialogue with companies regarding job retention, compliance with citizens' shielding considerations and opportunities for progression
• Prepare case handling for the preparatory part
• Tasks related to citizens' applications for senior pension
• Take part in multidisciplinary collaboration and actively contribute to the development of initiatives, workflows and professional solutions in complex citizen pathways, including with colleagues in the sickness benefits section
• Close collaboration with colleagues who work with the unemployed flexi-job registered citizens
• Work with digital solutions

In our department we believe that each person is unique, and that there is room for everyone in the labor market. This means you must have a sharp eye for the individual's competencies and the labor market's needs, so that the employee can develop and stay in the job.

We expect that you

• are educated as social worker or social mediator and have experience from the employment area, very preferably from the flexi-job area and also possibly with experience from the sickness benefits area
• can see yourself in a cross-field between employment and social work efforts
• know the legislation and can professionally apply it in practice
• are strong in relationship building and a good communicator, both with citizens and companies
• can navigate professionally in the authority role and thrive in a goal-oriented organization
• can work independently, structured and systematic
• focus on a good working environment and actively able to contribute to a good collegial community
• can maintain calm in a busy everyday life
• are curious about your own practice and learning – and keen to be an active sparring partner for your colleagues

About us

Flexi-jobs and early retirement is a department where we are professionally ambitious, we focus on high professionalism, and a strong willingness to help each other. We are about 22 staff organized in 3 teams, where sparring, professional reflection and joint development are a natural part of everyday life. There is room here for both professional discussions, curiosity and a good laugh in a busy day.

We are in JOBVejle in an exciting development, where we continuously adapt organization and interventions to best solve the core task. You will become part of a workplace where professionalism, development and implementation of solutions go hand in hand.

We offer you

• a meaningful job where you make a difference for citizens who are covered by the flexi-job scheme and you get the opportunity to use your professional knowledge in the work
• a high degree of freedom and trust in the planning of your work
• to become part of a strong professional environment with sparring, recognition and the opportunity to bring both your employment and social work knowledge into play
• a workplace focused on well-being, professional pride, development and a sustainable working life
• a daily life with complex, meaningful tasks where you are not alone but have colleagues and management close by
• good staff facilities such as a canteen and fruit and coffee arrangement as well as an active staff association

JOBVejle places great value on our workplace being a nice place to go to work.

Vejle Municipality is a smoke-free workplace.

Employment terms

This is a temporary position until the end of 2027. The position is 37 hours per week.

The expected salary range for the full-time position, exclusive of pension, is between DKK 33,491.50 (salary step 32 + base pay) – DKK 37,505.26 (salary step 38 + base pay) according to the collective agreement for municipal-employed social workers and social mediators §§ 3-6 on salary setting.

Please note that the final salary placement, including the collective agreement basis and pay level, will be determined based on your education and qualifications and the specific offered position.

Would you like to know more?

Contact department head Bettina Sørensen at telephone 2178 5835 or send an email to me at [email protected] and I will call you back.

Application deadline October 19, 2026

Interviews are expected to be held on October 26, 2026

Start date 1 October or as soon as possible thereafter.

Submit your application

We prefer that you apply for the position online by using the button “Submit application.” Remember to attach your application and CV as well as other relevant documents.

When you have sent the application, you will receive an email as a receipt.

Please note that the email may be placed in your Junk mail folder.

Vejle Municipality encourages everyone to apply for the position regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, disability, etc.

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last updated October 5, 2026

• Workplace

Havneparken 16C, 7100 Vejle

• Working hours

Full-time

• Start date

November 1, 2026

• Employment terms

Temporary employment

• Application deadline

October 19, 2026