Head of Section for Occupational Injury and Compensation

Do you thrive with varied tasks that require you to combine your leadership skills with ensuring efficient operations within the work injury and veteran area? Then you may be our new section head.

About the position

As the head of the Work Injury and Compensation section, you will lead about 20 dedicated employees.

The section handles work injury and compensation cases for the entire defense. The primary task is therefore concrete case handling. In addition, we have a number of general tasks such as drafting memoranda, pre-drafting legislative work, answering parliamentary questions, supervising the Danish Labour Market Insurance, and external teaching tasks.

We are very aware that we have a special obligation to the current and former defense employees who have been injured. As section head, you ensure a high quality level is maintained, and you actively keep your finger on the pulse regarding case intake, case queues, and our overall production. You can engage in genuine dialogue about legal challenges and make principled decisions in stuck cases.

The section’s employees range from highly specialized experienced consultants to relatively newly educated staff. The management task therefore requires you to both show a high degree of trust and, by guiding and supporting, help each employee succeed.

Your primary tasks will include, among other things, the following

• lead the section’s employees so they thrive and develop in daily work,
• create an even stronger focus on efficiency in case handling so our veterans and soldiers receive faster responses from us,
• support and maintain the existing high professional standard in task execution,
• look at our workflows and process descriptions with fresh eyes,
• have a strong and approachable view on what our injured veterans and soldiers need from us,
• continue and strengthen cooperation and relationships with both internal and external partners

You will join the center’s cross-cutting leadership team, where there are 7 other section heads and 3 center heads with whom you can spar, and we will help you quickly settle into the job. You will also have a very close partnership with the head of the area.

About you

We expect that you

• have a legal background and knowledge of operations management,
• are particularly attentive to employees’ well-being and recognize when employees exert extra effort,
• enjoy taking responsibility and setting direction,
• through structured and proactive follow-up ensure steady progress in daily case processing,
• can build good relationships,
• want to actively participate in the cross-cutting leadership group in the center

Experience in the work injury area is a big advantage, but not a condition.

About us

In the Danish Ministry of Defence’s organization you will enter an area with high political and media attention. Denmark’s engagement in international crises, multi-billion material procurement, safety for the Danes, and an increasingly complex threat landscape are just a small sample of the agendas that characterize the area.

The Personnel Command is the ministry area’s professional HR authority, responsible for HR operations and strategic development of HR. We are more than 700 employees spread across several service locations around the country. We are organized with a directorate and seven professional centers. The Personnel Command is a workplace where we emphasize professional relationships with the colleagues and authorities we support.

The Center for HR Law and Occupational Safety is responsible for employment-law cases, general legal questions, work injury cases, compensation-law cases, incapacity cases, and the occupational safety area. The center consists of about 110 employees distributed across eight sections.

In the Center for HR Law and Occupational Safety, a large part of the staff has a legal background, and the employees are generally characterized by a high level of professionalism and good camaraderie. We place great emphasis on strong internal and external collaboration. You will become part of a collegial environment with a humorous and informal tone, where we often share a good laugh and have a strong sense of togetherness.

We have a very flexible work arrangement, the possibility of telework, shared facilities, canteen, gym, etc.

Conditions of employment

Employment is in accordance with the current collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (the Academic Agreement). This is a position as chief consultant with personnel management.

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is an opportunity for negotiation of an allowance. The position is linked to an employer-financed pension scheme.

The workplace is located in Ballerup with good parking facilities and good connections by public transport.

As an employee under the Ministry of Defense, you are subject to certain special terms. For example, you must be security cleared and maintain the clearance throughout the employment.

You have an obligation as an employee to perform duties 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 the center chief Susanne Meyersahm in the Center for HR Law and Occupational Safety on telephone 2976 6756.

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant Birgit Jepsen on telephone 3266 5811.

The application deadline is November 22, 2026, and interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach your application, CV and a copy of your educational certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

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

About the Personnel Command

We recruit and retain competent employees for more than 40 educations and 25,000 positions for Denmark’s security, and we provide a special effort for our veterans and their families. Our world revolves around the operational core task, and we support everyone from the conscript to the Minister of Defense.

We have a strong cross-disciplinary HR environment with a focus on development. When the operational reality changes, we do the same. It requires more than ordinary HR.

We have our headquarters in Ballerup with decentralized partner elements and recruitment centers across the country.