Caseworker for the Control Team

Caseworker for the Control Team

About the Job

Do you have a sharp eye for detail, and do you thrive with control work and data analysis? As a caseworker in the Control Team, you will play a key role in the work to uncover fraud with social benefits. You will work closely with experienced colleagues, conduct company inspections and investigate fictitious address details as well as undeclared work. If you have an administrative background and want a job with influence, responsibility and meaningful tasks, then this job is for you!

The Control Team's main task is to detect fraud in social benefits if there is suspicion of this. Social benefits can be cash assistance, sickness benefits and financial hardship allowances, and what is checked can, for example, be undeclared departures in relation to subsistence benefits or the status as effectively single in relation to the economic hardship allowance.

The Control Team, which is part of the Backoffice, is staffed with 1 HR manager, 1 professional leader, 1 Legal Consultant, 18 caseworkers, 2 investigators and 5 student helpers

The Backoffice consists of Debt Collection, the Control Team, Population Register/Sickness Insurance, the Board Secretariat and Operations and Finance. The Backoffice is currently staffed with about 80 employees.

The areas of work include

• Investigation and control: Collecting, structuring information to uncover fraud, including fictitious addresses, status as single despite cohabitation, fraud with sickness benefits, undeclared work and departures.
• Administrative tasks: Screening information in IT systems, hearings and decisions, and forwarding relevant information to other authorities.
• Contact with citizens: Conversations with citizens, written and oral correspondence, as well as company controls.
• Coordination and collaboration: Allocation of control information to other authorities, collaboration with other departments and magistrates in Aarhus Municipality, as well as with Udbetaling Danmark and prevention of social fraud in collaboration with housing associations.

The primary tasks of the position

• questions regarding status as single despite cohabitation and investigate and uncover fictitious address details in this connection
• conversation with the citizen
• written and oral correspondence with citizens
• allocation of control information to other administrations and authorities
• collaboration with Udbetaling Danmark and other departments/magistrates in Aarhus Municipality

Candidate profile

Has an administrative background such as a Bachelor's in Administration, Finance, or similar and/or experience with control work.

• is interested in control work
• is friendly and welcoming, even in busy periods
• can work independently and purposefully
• has good collaboration skills
• can work with legislation
• is used to searching for data in IT registers
• can think in terms of whole processes
• is development-oriented
• is flexible and adaptable to change

Professional insight into social benefit areas is an advantage just like an accounting understanding, but not a requirement.

Why you should choose us

• Exciting and challenging tasks: Get the opportunity to work with meaningful and complex tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Strong teamwork: Experience a strong team with colleagues and many touchpoints to citizens, departments and authorities.
• Development opportunities: We offer good opportunities for further education and personal development.
• Autonomy and flexibility: Enjoy a job with a lot of freedom and flexible working hours.
• High well-being: Become part of a workplace with a high spirit, strong solidarity and a socially friendly working environment.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment will be in accordance with the applicable collective agreement. Final salary determination is made after negotiation with the union organization representing the employee.

Weekly working hours: 37

Private criminal record check will be obtained and employment is conditional on the record not showing that you are unsuitable/undeserving for the position.

You can read more here about how we handle your information. The position is always conditional on a satisfactory private criminal record check.

If you want to know more

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting

Finn Bruun Ravnsbæk, tlf. 21202579

Chanette Lex Aagren, tlf. 87134285

Lis A. Larsen, tlf. 41873086

Application

Click on “Apply for the position” on the right side to fill in and send your application attached with exam certificates showing your grades . All fields with * must be filled out. Only after you have received a confirmation by e-mail have we received your application.

Application deadline: 22.10.2026

We expect interviews to take place on 26.10.2026 and 27.10.2026 and a second interview on 30.10.2026

About Culture and Citizen Service – We move Aarhus with SMILE

Culture and Citizen Service creates, in collaboration with Aarhus residents, the framework for a good city. We focus on making a good culture and leisure life accessible and inclusive for everyone, and we hold fast when the foundation for democracy is built. This strengthens the community and increases citizens’ well-being, education and quality of life.

We move Aarhus, and we have given each other a pledge to do it with SMILE - Cooperation, Courage, Inspiration and Joy of Life - our shared values.

About Aarhus Municipality

Aarhus Municipality is Jutland's largest workplace where 28,000 professionals and passionate colleagues work every day to turn visions into reality and create value for citizens and the society around us. We are a workplace that highly values professionalism and collaboration, and we believe that our differences help make Aarhus a good city for everyone.

Together we work for a sustainable and inclusive city, where both employees, citizens, businesses and nature can thrive and flourish. We have ambitions for the city – and for you. Come and be part of it!

Application deadline

22-10-2026

Start date

01-12-2026

Weekly working hours

37

Job category

Administration and Office

Workplace

Hack Kampmanns Plads 2, 8000 Aarhus C

Contact

Lis Anegaard Larsen

Manager

41873086