Urban planners for local plans

We are busy! In fact, so busy that the Council has set aside a budget to hire more town planners

Skanderborg Municipality is growing, and there is high demand for new local plans. Therefore we are looking for three town planners who want to help turn visions into reality and create the framework for the future's most beautiful municipality.

You will be part of realizing the Council's vision “People meet people – in Denmark's most beautiful municipality.” The vision commits us to thinking sustainably and strategically in local planning – in close dialogue with developers and citizens. The main emphasis of your tasks will be local planning. You will work with the entire local planning process from the initial discussions until a plan is finally adopted. You will also contribute to the further development of the way we prepare local plans – and it is therefore important that you find working with the “local plan tool” interesting.

We solve tasks with a holistic approach. We therefore place great emphasis on our collaboration with other professional groups internally in the municipality and externally with consultants, advisers and citizens.

The Council has adopted an Architecture Policy, which – just like the Climate Policy – is central in the preparation of local plans in the municipality. At present, the Council is also developing a green mobility policy, which will have significance for future local plans.

In Planning and Urban Development we place great weight on a good work culture and close collegiate collaboration. To support this, we have jointly developed and actively work with our guiding principles, which are:

• professionalism and Identity
• role distribution and Expectations
• community and Job satisfaction

We offer

You will, together with 12 colleagues, join the Planning and Urban Development department, which is part of Planning, Technology and Environment. We can offer you as an workplace and colleagues

• a development-oriented work environment and a creative approach to architecture and planning
• professionally strong collegiality, where we are passionate about creating quality with our planning
• collegial sparring and support in task solving, whether you are a recent graduate, have limited or extensive experience with local planning
• high ambitions for sustainable urban development and a strong focus on achieving our climate goals
• professionally challenging tasks with different types of local plans, and
• an informal tone and contagious good mood in daily work.

Your professional and personal profile

Professionally you are

• a relevant education – with a strong interest and preferably good experience in physical planning
• completely familiar with the Planning Act and preferably the Environmental Impact Assessment Act
• a skilled project manager who can create momentum in larger and often complicated cross-disciplinary projects with many stakeholders
• motivated by cross-disciplinary collaboration – both within the field and across the organization with a holistic approach to task solving
• persistent in achieving results through negotiation, cooperation and dialogue with investors, developers and local citizens, and
• a strong communicator in writing and speech.

As a person you are

• development-oriented and curious about planning
• empathetic and approachable
• independent, but good at seeking help and sparring from your colleagues
• a competent partner in a good dialogue with both developers and citizens
• efficient, solution-oriented and takes initiative, and
• a conscious and result-oriented negotiator.

About Planning, Technology and Environment

We in Planning, Technology and Environment at the town hall “Fælleden” number about 90 employees with backgrounds as engineers, architects, building constructors, biologists, geologists and other academics, as well as administrative staff with broad and mixed experiences and references. In addition there are about 65 employees in the Contracting Department. This is an exciting and broad professional environment with good opportunities for professional and personal development.

Further information

If you want to know more about the job, you are welcome to contact

• Planner Mette Freund on phone 87 94 73 68 or email [email protected].
• Planner Stine Poulsen on phone 87 94 77 63 or email [email protected]
• Head of Department Marianne D. Galsgaard on phone 20 25 83 53 or email [email protected]

Workplace

Planning and Urban Development, Skanderborg Fælled 1, 8660 Skanderborg.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment are according to the applicable collective agreement. The positions are permanent and full-time.

Application deadline

We must have your application and relevant attachments - including CV, diploma and any recommendations – no later than Sunday 25 October 2026 at 23:59, where the application system automatically closes.

We expect to hold interviews on Tuesday 3 November, Monday 9 November and Monday 16 November 2026.

Start date 1 January 2027 or by agreement.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and terms of employment are determined according to the applicable collective agreement, including the fixed provisions for local pay formation. You can find information about the salary level in Skanderborg Municipality via this link: KRL. Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. In addition to base salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

In Skanderborg Municipality you will see more prams, trees and lakes than in other parts of the country. Here there is a view. Not only to Denmark's most beautiful nature, but also to active local communities, growth companies and a club life of exceptional quality. As a workplace, Skanderborg Municipality is known for its flat structure and open ears to ideas. Welcome to natural surplus.

Application deadline

25 October 2026

Start date

As soon as possible

Working hours

Full-time

Job title

Town Planner

Contact

Mette Freund

Tel. 87 94 73 68

Workplace

Planning and Urban Development