Chef for establishment partner element at Hjørring Barracks

We are seeking a chief for our Establishment Partner Element Hjørring to support Hjørring Garrison as well as the depot structure etc. in Denmark.

About us

The Establishment and Terrain Command at the Danish Defence Command (formerly the Defence Agency) has 28 (soon 29) Establishment Partner Elements, distributed across the Defence Ministry’s service locations as well as the Emergency Management Agency’s locations, where we aim to ensure an improved strengthened local presence, contact and proximity to users. We are independently responsible for building operations and minor maintenance tasks.

Our role is to support the service site managers with establishment operations and development of the service site. Locally, the partner element is the service site’s and users’ primary entry point for requesting services from the Establishment and Terrain Command.

Our tasks include handling all types of user inquiries, initiating purchases, practical operations and maintenance tasks, supporting events, supervision, quality assurance, goods reception, etc. In short, we handle all questions, inquiries or matters related to running premises under the Defence Ministry.

The Establishment Partner Element Hjørring is tasked with supporting the command’s own headquarters at Hjørring Garrison, as well as the decentralised depot structure for the entire Defence sector, coastal radars and rescue stations in the country, etc.

Your fixed place of employment will be in Hjørring.

About the position

As the chief of the establishment partner element, you report to the Area Chief Major Nikolaj Dalbjerg Sørensen, who is also responsible for several other Establishment Partner Elements.

Your main task as chief of the partner element is to ensure that establishments meet the necessary needs of the employees and units at the establishment that the partner element is responsible for supporting. The focus is on ensuring service deliveries to the units and users, as well as supporting colleagues in the command with local knowledge.

You will be responsible for the daily management of the element’s staff.

Additionally, in close cooperation with the current service site chief and other customers you will be responsible for:

• Daily initiation of tasks.
• Prioritisation and management of facility management services.
• Establishment operations.
• Building maintenance and technical projects.
• Preparing local operating plans based on local conditions.
• Complying with and ensuring follow-up on the Establishment Partner Element’s allocated budgets.
• Ensuring that task solutions are conducted within the command’s approved operating manual and procurement processes.

You will handle personnel-related tasks, including developing and optimizing the element’s internal processes and task execution, as well as ensuring relevant competency development, conducting development, FOKUS and salary discussions. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of tasks spanning leadership and operations to financial follow-up and user satisfaction. The range of your collaboration interfaces is broad, which provides great dynamics in everyday life.

You will as chief be responsible for control and goods reception of deliveries from external suppliers, including local follow-up on complaints, faults and defects, and taking responsibility for the problem-solving process in case of disputes and handling of local complaints.

You will likewise be the command’s local representation at the establishments, with in-depth knowledge to ensure solid support for users. There will be a fair amount of meeting activity with the chief and other users in this context.

Travel activity is to be expected in connection with central meetings at the Establishment and Terrain Command, which will take place at establishments around the country. A smaller part of the work may fall outside normal working hours.

About you

You have a strong professional profile, with fundamental knowledge and experience in

• Facility management
• Case handling
• Economy and budget management

It is a requirement that you have experience with establishment operations, as well as knowledge of customer and supplier relations in connection with handling external suppliers.

We expect you to have an academic leadership education, equivalent to or motivated to complete this.

You possess relevant management experience from an operational organisation, or another public sector company or authority.

As a leader you have experience in maximizing your team’s potential, and you communicate easily with colleagues, employees and customers. You lead by example and show the way for your staff.

We would like you to

• Be solution-oriented.
• Have an understanding of processes and procedures.
• Have the ability to make difficult decisions, as well as create and maintain stable and long-lasting relationships – even in a daily life with a changing and sometimes high pace.
• Have good written and spoken Danish, as well as experience in using IT tools and the Microsoft Office suite; knowledge of SAP DeMars is an advantage.

It is an advantage if you have knowledge of the Defence Ministry’s group, public administration and the Defence Administration’s practices.

It is preferred that you have served at one of the Defence Ministry’s service locations or the Emergency Management Agency, but this is not a requirement for applying.

Employment conditions

You will be employed in accordance with the prevailing collective agreement.

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is an opportunity for negotiation of supplements. There is an employer-funded pension scheme tied to the position.

The workplace is in Hjørring.

As an employee under the Defence Ministry’s area you are subject to special conditions. You must be able to obtain security clearance and maintain the clearance during the entire employment relationship.

You have, as an employee, a duty to perform service outside the country’s borders, including at units in international operations with a view to participating in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace-enforcing, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you would like more information about the position, you are welcome to contact Area Chief Nikolaj Dalbjerg Sørensen by email: [email protected] or phone 2540 7826.

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you are welcome to contact Personnel Command, HR consultant Birgit Jepsen at phone 3266 5811.

The application deadline is 16 November 2026. We may conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so please do not hesitate to submit your application now. The position is expected to be filled as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link and we ask you to attach your application, CV and copies of your diplomas. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Defence Ministry’s organisation we believe that diversity optimises the handling of tasks. Therefore we encourage all interested regardless of background to apply for the position.

About the Establishment and Terrain Command

The Establishment and Terrain Command supports and services military and civilian authorities under the Defence Ministry as well as the Emergency Management Agency. Our task is to deliver and develop attractive physical environments that are necessary for their daily work.

We build new, maintain, operate canteens and clean on service sites across the country.

On behalf of the Defence Command and ultimately the Defence Ministry we are responsible for the green area, which includes environmental, energy and nature care.

Our head office is in Hjørring, but we have employees across the country. We are a total of 1,600 staff, including both civilian and military personnel. We are an organisation based on strong professional communities, and we prioritise cross-functional collaboration.

• We are responsible for more than 600 locations spread across Denmark.
• We manage over 6,000 buildings and administer training areas that are collectively the size of Mors.
• We build and maintain assets this year worth almost a billion and are among other things the client on major projects such as the campus for the new F-35 fighter jets, the reestablishment of Ground-Based Missile Defence at Skalstrup Air Station etc.