Deputy Commander for J1 Personnel at the Operational Support Command

Would you like to be a leading key player for operational HR and personnel administration at the Operational Support Command?

We are looking for an experienced and motivating deputy commander and case handler who can create direction and coherence, and who has an eye for both people, operations and the organization.

Are you motivated by being part of a management team in a geographically distributed organization, ensuring high quality in daily operations and at the same time developing processes, collaboration forms and solutions across a large agency area?

Can you advise the top management, make decisions and maintain overview in a daily life with high complexity and changing priorities?

Then the job as deputy commander with us might be exactly right for you!

About us

The Operational Support Command is a newly established authority whose core task is to ensure cross-cutting coordination and effective operational support within logistics, health and maintenance. Our headquarters are in Brabrand near Aarhus.

With the combined expertise from our four underlying authorities; Defense Health Capacity, Defense Maintenance Service, Joint Movement and Transportation Organization, as well as the Defense Supply Service, the Operational Support Command contributes to ensure that the Defense's operational units have the necessary support and the right resources to solve their tasks – both in national readiness and international operations.

We are still shaping both the organization, workflows and culture. It gives you the opportunity to help develop the way we work. We emphasize high professional standards, integrity and quality, but also a work environment where we help each other across and have an informal tone.

We have an ambition to build a staff where professionalism, integrity and mutual trust are the foundation – and where we together find the solutions that give the greatest effect for the units we support. We emphasize continuous competence development of both managers and employees and offer good working conditions, with a focus on good physical premises and an informal tone.

About the position

You contribute to advising both the staff chief, the deputy chief and the head of the Operational Support Command on personnel administration and organizational matters.

You join a management team that has the overall responsibility for the Operational Support Command's operational HR and personnel administration and contribute to the overall task solution and resource use, through the eight administrative elements and their leaders.

You will have the opportunity to influence the organizational and personnel development of a new authority and join the management of a large and geographically distributed organization with skilled employees and leaders, where you have a central advisory role, close to the top management.

You will help ensure that the staff at the Operational Support Command and the four underlying authorities receive continuous, professional and timely personnel administration support.

You prioritize and process incoming tasks, relating to operational HR and personnel administration and have an eye for the overall task portfolio both decentrally and locally, so that employees and managers have the best possible framework, the necessary time and the relevant tools to solve their tasks.

The position also entails an overarching responsibility for the administrative contacts in the Operational Support Command as well as for the agency area’s handling of reserve personnel, including support for mobilization of reserve personnel. We also assist with administration in connection with the Operational Support Command's contribution to international operations, with particular focus on Task Force Individual and deployment of health professionals, in collaboration with Defense Health Capacity.

The Operational Support Command is still under development and you should expect that there may be changes in the content, responsibilities and tasks of the position. The position therefore contains a significant development perspective, where you have the opportunity to shape the organization and development of the operational HR and personnel administration.

The tasks include among others

• Involve, coordinate and work closely with HR partners on strategic HR matters.
• Contribute with advisory and guidance on personnel and organizational development in the Operational Support Command and the underlying authorities.
• Ensure a clear and well-functioning linkage between strategic HR and operational HR.
• Daily personnel administration.

As deputy commander you will also be the deputy for the leader and represent the Operational Support Command in internal and external forums within the organization’s area of responsibility, and participate in / lead relevant working, governance and project implementation groups.

We prioritize daily between tasks with different time horizons and degrees of complexity. Some cases require quick action, while others require thorough analysis, extensive coordination and a longer development perspective.

About you

We expect you to be an experienced academic with a solid managerial foundation, strong relational competencies and a clear holistic view. You must be able to see the connection between people, organization, resources and operational needs and through your task execution ensure that the organization actively contributes to the Operational Support Command's overall task resolution.

Since you also need to function as a deputy, it is an advantage if you have experience in leading leaders and employees and can create common direction and coherence in an organization with different professional disciplines, operating conditions and geographical locations. It is also advantageous if you have experience with managing and coordinating complex case and decision processes.

You must be able to make decisions and stand by them. At the same time you must be able to identify when a case has a principled or strategic character and therefore should be escalated to the staff chief or the head of the Operational Support Command.

We expect that you

• Can combine clear direction with trust and delegation.
• Are accessible, proper and relational in your working style.
• Have an eye for both the task, the organization and the individual employee.
• Are collaborative and relation-building and can create constructive cooperative relationships.
• Are a strong communicator both in writing and orally, at multiple levels.
• Have political and organizational understanding.
• Are development-oriented and have an eye for how processes, structures and workflows can be improved.
• Can balance development and operations and translate strategic ambitions into practical solutions

Experience from the HR, personnel or administration area is a significant advantage. The same goes for experience from service across the Defense Command’s agency area

Employment terms

The position is advertised for both military and civilian recruitment.

The employment is in accordance with the current agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic Agreement).

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is the possibility of negotiating supplements. There is a employer-funded pension scheme attached to the position.

The workplace is in Brabrand.

As an employee under the Ministry of Defense's area you are subject to special conditions. You must, among other things, be security cleared and maintain the clearance throughout the employment.

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

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Colonel Christian Enghusen Poulsen at telephone 72811330 or email [email protected]

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment you are welcome to contact Personnel Command, HR consultant Mia Backhausen at telephone 3266 5574.

The application deadline is 22 October 2026 and interviews are expected to be held subsequently. The position is available 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 educational certificates. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Defense Ministry’s organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested, regardless of background, to apply for the position.

Application deadline: 22 October 2026

Department: Sødalsparken 20 8220 Brabrand

Location: East Jutland