Chief Judge at the National Board of Appeal

As Chief of Legal Affairs at Ankestyrelsen, you will play a central role in working with some of the legal questions that cut across our many professional areas. You will become a close legal sparring partner for the management and the agency's leaders and will have a special responsibility to support high and consistent legal quality in our case handling.

Our strategic compass revolves around efficiency, a holistic approach and openness, and as Chief of Legal Affairs you will play an important role in supporting the coherence between the three compass points.

We are therefore looking for a professionally strong lawyer and an experienced leader who can both get close to complex legal issues and lift the view towards the organization as a whole, including with regard to reducing our case processing times.

A cross-cutting legal responsibility

Ankestyrelsen makes decisions each year in cases that have great significance for people and for practice in municipalities and other authorities nationwide. As Chief of Legal Affairs you will hold a key position in the work with legal quality across the agency.

You will among other things advise the management and the agency's heads on difficult administrative law and other cross-cutting legal questions and drive and develop Ankestyrelsen's work with principled cases.

You will have many touchpoints and must be able to work closely with both the management, heads and legal specialists. At the same time you must be able to represent Ankestyrelsen professionally in relation to external partners.

Head of a small unit with a large reach

You will become head of the Legal Unit, which besides you consists of a deputy head and six employees.

As Chief of Legal Affairs you report to the Vice Director for Shared Functions, and you will be part of Ankestyrelsen's overall leadership group. You will have a close and direct collaboration with the entire management, including the agency's director. It is expected that you not only have a view for your own area but also contribute to the development of Ankestyrelsen as a whole.

You must be both a legal authority and a leader

We are looking for a Chief of Legal Affairs with a very strong legal expertise and a solid eye for public law and public administration. You have insight into Ankestyrelsen's areas of work and substantial experience with complex legal issues, preferably from central administration or another relevant public authority.

We will particularly emphasize that you

• have in-depth insight into administrative law and public-law issues
• have thorough knowledge of Ankestyrelsen's case areas
• possess strong legal judgment and can identify the core in complex questions
• communicate clearly and precisely – both orally and in writing
• build trust and be a sought-after sparring partner
• can establish strong collaborative relations across professional disciplines and organizational levels

A position with significance across Ankestyrelsen

With us you get the opportunity to work with law where it is both principled and practical. Your assessments and your leadership will impact how we solve concrete cases, develop our practice and as an authority ensure quality and the rule of law.

You will also become part of an organization with a strong legal environment and colleagues who every day work with complex issues in areas that have great significance for citizens' lives.

The practical

The position is a management role in salary group 2/salary framework 38.

The employment area is Ankestyrelsen.

Your workplace is Ankestyrelsen, Teglholmsgade 3, 2450 Copenhagen SV. Travel activity related to the job may occur, primarily to our location in Aalborg.

We expect you to be able to commence on 1 March 2027.

The application deadline is 25 October 2026. November 2026

Want to know more?

You are very welcome to contact Deputy Director Trine Hede, [email protected], 61 89 73 80, if you want to hear more about the position and Ankestyrelsen.

Do you want to be Ankestyrelsen's new Chief of Legal Affairs?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, your CV and relevant documents no later than 25 October 2026 .

You apply for the position via the link in this posting.

We see diversity as a strength and encourage all qualified candidates to apply for the position regardless of personal background.

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

Location: Copenhagen