Experienced lawyers for exciting tasks related to international migration cooperation and asylum policy in the Ministry of Immigration and Integration's department

Dream of working with international migration cooperation and asylum policy? Do you want to handle central societal tasks within an area of high political attention? And do you want to work with complex legal and professional issues in close collaboration with skilled colleagues on Slotsholmen and internationally? Then we have an exciting position for you!

Welcome to UIM

We deal with questions such as

• who may enter and stay in the country? And who may obtain citizenship?
• how do we ensure that foreigners contribute to and participate in society?
• how do we ensure that persons without legal residence leave the country?

These are important questions that all countries must relate to – and that is exactly our core tasks.

You can read more about our core tasks and our ministry here.

We are a total of about 250 employees in the department, who look forward to welcoming you to a everyday life characterized by high professionalism, strong engagement, lots of sparring and a good social environment.

Here you can come to work

The Office Internationalt Migrationssamarbejde deals with international cooperation in the migration area - especially the European Schengen and asylum cooperation, including borders, visas, returns and asylum. The Office prepares e.g. the Minister for Immigration and Integration's participation in the EU’s Ministerial Council for Justice and Home Affairs and assists in preparing the Prime Minister's participation in the European Council.

The Office assists the minister during their official travels, and handles negotiations of EU legislation at all levels. The Office is also involved in UN-related cooperation including cooperation with UNHCR and International Organization for Migration (IOM) and finally participates in the IGC cooperation (Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees) as well as high-level Nordic cooperation in refugee matters (NSHF).

Finally the Migration Task Force is anchored in the office, and has in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the responsibility for tasks related to realizing the ambition of new solutions within the asylum system. The Task Force's work includes dialogue with third countries, alliance-building with EU institutions, EU member states, international organizations and other partner countries.

Office for Asylum and Entry has responsibility for a broad portfolio of tasks in the asylum area and entry area. In the asylum area the Asylum and Entry rules relate to international protection, including the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the Aliens Act rules on asylum, quota refugees, human trafficking and handling of mass influx.

The office also deals with the asylum procedures, rules on distribution of asylum seekers in the EU and asylum seekers' accommodation in Denmark. In the entry area, Asylum and Entry is responsible for the Aliens Act and EU law rules on border control, including in relation to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Your role

As a lawyer with us you will get meaningful and important tasks, and you will have the opportunity to gain experience with, among other things, legislative preparation, ministerial support, international cooperation and policy development within societal issues with high attention.

You may come to

• contribute to legal analyses and assessments, including interpretation of legislation, conventions and other legal basis,
• participate in legislative preparation processes and support the development and adaptation of the rule set,
• support the ministerial service through preparation of notes, briefings and written contributions to political processes and press inquiries,
• collaborate across the department and with our agencies and other authorities,
• handle varied tasks that require both legal method, structure and political understanding.

About you

We imagine that you

• have completed a master's degree in law,
• have one or more years of experience, preferably from central administration,
• have political flair,
• work analytically and structured and can communicate complex issues clearly and precisely both orally and in writing,
• thrive in a politically governed organization, have an overview and can handle changing priorities and deadlines,
• can collaborate constructively with colleagues with different professional backgrounds,
• are flexible and service-minded and want to collaborate widely with many internal and external partners,
• and contribute actively to a professional and social community.

We offer you

When you start with us, we ensure a training program, where you will among other things be assigned a mentor and receive ongoing sparring in your task solving.

We would like to have employees who are competent and have a strong professional ballast. Therefore we focus on you developing professionally and personally through our various courses, new tasks and with the possibility that you at some point can move to other positions in UIM's area.

We value balance between work and private life. Therefore there is possibility of flexibility in the work schedule and to arrange homework on an ad hoc basis after an onboarding process.

Are you curious?

If you want to know more about the positions specifically in the respective offices, you are welcome to contact the following:

Office Internationalt Migrationssamarbejde: Office Manager Louise Berth at tel. +45 61 98 33 20.

Office for Asylum and Entry: Office Manager Özlem Gencay Akar at tel. +45 20 98 69 73.

Come and become part of the UIM

We look forward to receiving your application, CV and diploma etc. no later than Sunday 18 October 2026.

In connection with your application please indicate if there is a particular office you are especially interested in.

We expect to hold interviews in week 43.

Salary and terms of employment

You are employed under the state administration's collective agreement for academics and will be placed as an administrator or consultant depending on your qualifications and experience. There is the possibility to negotiate allowances that match your qualifications.

These are permanent full-time positions with an average of 37 hours per week.

The positions are to be filled as soon as possible.

The employment area is the Ministry of Immigration and Integration with the associated institutions, and the workplace is the department Slotholmsgade 10-12, 1216 Copenhagen K.

In order to be employed with us you must be able to pass a security check or obtain security clearance to CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET depending on which office you are employed in. You can read about how we handle your personal data here.

Equality in all its aspects is important. Therefore all interested regardless of ethnic background, religion, gender, age and similar are encouraged to apply for the position. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is a member of Foreningen Lige Adgang.