Experienced team leader with personnel responsibility for system management and support of the Environmental Protection Agency's fisheries systems

Do you want to lead a professionally strong team that bridges business and IT and ensures that our fisheries systems and subsidy administration system works in everyday life? And are you motivated by people management, while also being able to create structure and direction in an area where existing systems must be kept stable while new solutions are developed and implemented?

About the position

You will lead the team closest to the daily use and management of our fisheries systems and subsidy schemes. The team works with system ownership, support, system setup and ongoing system management. As team leader you will have the daily professional and managerial responsibility for a dedicated and cross-functional team, currently consisting of 7 colleagues, but 4 additional colleagues will be hired over the next six months.

You will be responsible for a team of supporters and system-savvy people who have extensive knowledge of their solutions, who have worked with operations processes and with a shift from system- to service-oriented task solving.

As team leader your main tasks are

• Set direction for the team and create clear frameworks, priorities and responsibilities.
• Manage personnel leadership and support both the individual employee's and the team's professional development.
• Ensure a professional and stable management of the fisheries systems with focus on operations, support, incidents, risks and follow-up.
• Ensure setup of our subsidy schemes.
• Further develop the team's work with system ownership.
• Create a strong collaboration between the team, the business, other teams in the office and our suppliers that are insourced.
• Lead the team through the transition from existing to modernized fisheries systems, while maintaining daily operations and user support.

We are modernizing our system landscape in the fisheries area and there will be a substantial task to contribute to the transition from old to new applications, while maintaining stable operations. An important part of your role here will be to develop the team's system ownership and ensure close collaboration with the business. Our fisheries systems are used by both employees and by the industry, around the clock, year-round.

Digitalization Office

The Digitalization Office consists of barely 48 employees. The office is led by 1 chief of office and 5 team leaders, of which you will be one. In addition to the internal staff there are about 28 external consultants attached to the office. The office is responsible for a number of domain applications, subsidy systems, data platform, projects, IT delivery model and a number of supporting functions such as finance, contract management etc. Furthermore, we are in the process of adopting AI as part of the development and maintenance of the systems.

Our expectations of you

You take a proactive approach to work and want to see your tasks through to completion. You value people management combined with an IT-technical foundation and experience in developing teams and see a well-functioning team as the key to success. We particularly emphasize that you:

• Have experience with IT-technical foundation and are motivated by developing both employees and teams.
• Can create structure, prioritization and direction in a everyday life with both planned deliverables and urgent operational needs.
• Have experience with IT systems, system management, support or similar and have sufficient technical understanding to lead specialists.
• Are strong in collaboration between business and IT and can build bridges between different disciplines and interests.
• Can maintain an overview and make decisions when the situation requires it.

It is an advantage if you have experience from a politically led organization, with ITIL or with agile ways of working, but we do not necessarily expect you to check all the boxes.

You have a relevant higher education degree, or through your experience have gained equivalent competencies. Your specific educational background is less important than your experience in people management and in leading tasks at the intersection of business and IT.

You will have real managerial latitude together with the team to develop how we work with system management, support and system ownership. We are in the process of developing our organization and collaboration forms, and you will therefore not only be responsible for daily operations but also have the opportunity to shape the team's development and cooperation with the rest of the organization.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are in accordance with the then applicable Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of Academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic Collective Agreement).

Employment is permanent as chief consultant with people management with base salary according to the collective agreement plus any allowances.

The place of employment will be the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Miljoystationen, Stationsparken 31-33, 2600 Glostrup

Further information

If you want to know more, you are welcome to contact chief of office Amalie Eriksen on 72 18 58 08 or team leader Sarah Elisabeth Andersen on 72 18 57 89.

How to apply for the position

You apply online by sending your application, CV, certificates etc. no later than October 18, 2026.

We expect to hold first interviews in week 43 in October 2026, after which there will be a profile process with a feedback interview prior to the second interviews in week 44. There will also be a case to solve at this time.

Application deadline: October 18, 2026

Department: Lerchesgade 35 5000 Odense C

Location: Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Miljoystationen, Stationsparken 31-33, 2600 Glostrup