Head of the Recruitment and Attachment Element/S1 at the Danish Artillery Regiment at Oksbøl Barracks

Can you balance Relationships and Results?

Are you ready to be an important part of building and developing the Danish Artillery Regiment?

About S1 at the Danish Artillery Regiment

S1 is part of the staff at the Danish Artillery Regiment (DAR).

We manage all personnel at the regiment and handle all facets in terms of onboarding, appointments, duty rosters, advisory services and going forward also the branding of the regiment.

You will experience a workplace where it is possible to influence the planning of your everyday life, both in service and privately. S1 is organized with a chief, a head of the administration element, a head of the personnel management element and, going forward, also a head of the Attraction and Retention Element.

The Attraction and Retention Element will have three case officers, of whom you are the one with the managerial responsibility for the two other case officers. The other case officers are responsible for Branding and Employee, as well as the case area; Skilled Soldiers and apprentices.

Our tone of interaction is characterized by mutual respect, good professional and managerial sparring, and good humor. The section takes pride in meeting the regiment's personnel at eye level and being proactive in the service and leadership sparring it provides.

The section participates in an exceptionally good collaboration with the rest of the staff, where it provides support to the staff and the regiment's leadership.

About the position

You will be responsible for handling the daily leadership of the element, including personnel management, task prioritization, quality assurance and professional sparring with the section's other employees.

You will be the section's case officer for constables enrolled outside the 1st Artillery Division, the new conscription, as well as the chair of the Working Group Attractive Workplace.

In addition, you will be required to undertake the following tasks

• Case handling of lodging. The task includes, among other things, prioritizing the regiment's capacity for fixed accommodation in collaboration with the Establishment and Terrain Command.
• Case handling and follow-up on exit interviews, including the implementation of decided initiatives based on quarterly and annual reports.
• In collaboration with the employee staff: responsible for the preparation of the regiment's newsletter with a view to ensuring broad and systematic internal information about status, changes and initiatives.

About you

You have an interest in development, branding and education and have the courage to contribute to developing your own and your employees' areas of responsibility through a high professional level.

You are respected for your good collaboration skills and show a high degree of independence, thereby achieving useful and well-founded results. You are development-ready and proactive, and able to articulate yourself clearly in both writing and speaking.

You have good collaboration skills, are outgoing and know that good results are achieved in collaboration with the team. Your good collaboration skills are put to use in relation to the regiment's other units and partners outside the regiment.

You thrive on taking responsibility for your own tasks, but at the same time being a advisor to others, as well as being able to prepare yourself and present substantive solution proposals.

You thrive on having partners at several different authorities, just as you will engage in cross-branch collaboration across Army regiments.

Knowledge of the Defence is an advantage but not a requirement.

Terms of employment

Employment is governed by the current Central Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – The Public Sector (OAO-S collective agreement) and the Organizational Agreement for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT staff in the state (HK).

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

The workplace is at Oksbøl Barracks

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

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

Contact and Application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of S1, Major Lone Albertsen Gram-Nielsen on phone 4239 0731 or email [email protected]

If you have questions about pay and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant Mia Backhausen on phone 3266 5574.

The application deadline is 11 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held in connection therewith. The position is to be filled on 1 January 2027.

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach the application, CV and a copy of the 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, regardless of background, to apply for the position.

About the Danish Artillery Regiment (DAR)

DAR was established on 1 January 2019 and is garrisoned at Oksbøl Barracks. DAR carries out a wide range of tasks to support the rest of the Defence and especially the Army's other units.

The Fire Support Department contributes to the Defence's capacity development in fire support and air defense. The Fire Support Department also supports the Service Branch Inspector in their control and inspection activities.

1st Artillery Division (1AD) provides fire support and advice up to brigade level. 1AD possesses modern artillery howitzers, rocket launchers and mortars, a new digital fire control system and several vehicle types.

2nd Capacity Department (2KAP) is responsible for carrying out the Army's Conscription. 2KAP also has the task of developing and deploying the Army's future air defense battery and is responsible for parts of the Army's cross-disciplinary areas (the Army's cross-cut S7) such as small arms, uniforms and personal protection, armored personnel carriers, armored patrol vehicles, firing training, etc., as well as the related course activities. Furthermore, the Army Simulation Center is under 2KAP.

3rd Security and Ballistics Department is responsible for the areas of the Shooting Range Inspectorate, safety in shooting with direct and indirect weapon systems from the smallest to the largest caliber, ballistics and related shooting theory as well as capacity development of ammunition related to the kinetic weapon systems.

In addition, DAR consists of a regimental staff that supports the commander and the regiment's units, including a number of administrative and management functions.

About Oksbøl Garrison

Oksbøl Barracks is located in a scenic area, close to forest and beach and with Denmark's largest military exercise area in connection to the barracks. There are three garrisons in the Municipality of Varde that house the Danish Artillery Regiment (Oksbøl), the Intelligence Regiment and the Army Sergeant School (Varde) and the Home Guard School (Nymindegab). You thus have good opportunities for a varied service career within the municipality's borders.

We have a good collaboration with Esbjerg and Varde Municipality, which are ready to support you and your family if you move to the area. Based on your needs and wishes regarding partner's job, school, housing etc., we tailor the support accordingly.

Esbjerg Municipality has a program for co-moving partners including, among other things, guidance on job search and placement of CVs to a wide range of companies. Contacts to private landlords of rental housing are also facilitated. Immigrants with employment can sign up on a waiting list with the Esbjerg Housing Associations to move up in the queue for apartments.

In Varde Municipality the partner, for example, has the opportunity to attend interviews at selected private and public companies, and newcomers with employment as well as commuters have priority for rental housing.

Read more about what Moving Services can do for you at www.nyiesbjerg.dk and www.flyttilvarde.dk .

You are very welcome to contact

Relocation Consultant Esbjerg Municipality Pia Enemark, [email protected] , 2047 3206 and Relocation Consultant Varde Municipality Nadia Steinicke, [email protected] , 3034 4625.