Chief Prosecutor for the Prosecution Authority at the South and South Jutland Police

The Director of Public Prosecutions, on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, seeks a Chief Prosecutor for the Central and West Zealand Police.

The position is to be filled no later than January 1, 2027.

Chief Prosecutor

The chief prosecutor is the head of the local prosecution service in the police district and will have 3 heads of the attorney offices as well as an office manager under them.

Under the Police Commissioner’s overarching leadership and in close cooperation with the police, the chief prosecutor is responsible for ensuring that criminal cases are handled at a high professional level, with the necessary speed and in good and efficient collaboration with the district court. The chief prosecutor is also responsible for ensuring that criminal cases are prioritized in accordance with the requirements set by the Police Commissioner based on, among other things, national performance requirements.

The chief prosecutor is furthermore responsible for legality checks across the entire police district. The chief prosecutor also plays an important role in the collaboration and interaction between the prosecution service, staff and the police pillar.

The chief prosecutor plays a central role in cross-cutting and strategic cooperation on the development of criminal case processing, including quality and supervision work, both internally in the local police district and across districts, including together with the other chief prosecutors, the public prosecutors and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Prosecution Leadership Forum. At the same time, the chief prosecutor has a central role with regard to the district’s external stakeholders and partners.

Qualifications

The chief prosecutor must be a well-qualified jurist (cand.jur.), who through work in the prosecution service or otherwise has acquired a strong professional foundation to lead a local prosecution service. The chief prosecutor must possess a high professional integrity with a focus on quality and legality, as well as solid experience with operations management. The chief prosecutor must furthermore be a strong, committed and visible leader with good strategic and analytical abilities, cooperative abilities, good organizational understanding and good communication skills.

The chief prosecutor must be able to exercise leadership through leaders in a strongly professionally anchored culture and must at the same time lead the ongoing development of the organization.

It requires strong personal leadership power, a trust-building leadership style, solid experience with goal- and result-oriented management, experience with change management and organizational changes with particular emphasis on strategic analysis of the task portfolio.

Salary and terms of employment

The appointment will be on a fixed-term basis in accordance with the framework agreement on the appointment of managers in the state. The position will, under the framework agreement, be placed in pay grade 2 (equivalent to salary framework 38). A personal allowance will be agreed depending on experience and qualifications and a fixed-term allowance.

If you are already employed as a civil servant, you can retain your employment status.

The area of employment is the police and the prosecution service.

It is a condition of employment that you can obtain security clearance.

Further information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Police Director Andreas Langsted at tel. 2933 6693 or e-mail [email protected].

Applications

The positions are advertised online via apply for the position.

If you are a civil servant, the application should be addressed to the King.

The application must be received in the recruitment system no later than Monday, October 26, 2026 at 12:00.

Interviews are expected to be held at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on Thursday, October 29, 2026.

All interested parties regardless of personal background are encouraged to apply.