Join the team as a nature worker in Favrskov Municipality

Do you have a passion for nature and want to help improve biodiversity and make a real difference through authority work? Are you looking for a professional community where meticulousness, good collegiality, and collaboration are the keys to the best solutions?

About the job

We are currently offering an exciting and diverse two-year project appointment in a dynamic, social and professionally competent environment. The position is in Team Nature, which is part of Nature and Environment with a total of 35 employees. The team is part of the Department of Water and Nature with a total of 20 employees.

The project appointment runs from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2028.

Nature is high on the agenda in Favrskov Municipality, and in the coming years the natural area will gain an even more central significance. Among other things with the prospect of a new biodiversity law, increased focus on nature considerations in the municipality's low-lying and wetland projects as well as the associated authority processing.

At the same time Team Nature works purposefully to translate the municipality's biodiversity plan, Wild with Favrskov, into concrete actions that strengthen nature and biodiversity in the municipality.

Your tasks will be adapted to your competencies and experience, but may include

• Case processing under the Nature Protection Act
• Processing of dike cases (Museum Act) and rural area permits for water holes
• Responding to internal consultations from your colleagues in Teknik og Miljø (Technology and Environment)
• Working with the operation of the municipality's nature management agreements and the implementation of new nature management and biodiversity projects

The position offers an exciting combination of authority tasks, project work and cross-disciplinary collaboration. You will have the opportunity to work both with day-to-day case processing and with larger, strategic tasks that require holistic thinking and dialogue with many different actors. Depending on your qualifications and interests, there will be an opportunity to influence the position in collaboration with the department head and your colleagues in the nature team.

Your qualifications

We expect that you

• take responsibility and work independently and proactively with your tasks
• have experience with or interest in working with the natural area
• have experience with or interest in working with authority tasks
• can unravel complex problems and find solutions
• see yourself as a team player and contribute to the overall task solving in the team
• have good communication skills both in writing and orally
• are solution-oriented with a willingness to constructive dialogue with citizens and businesses
• can handle a busy and sometimes changing everyday life and maintain overview of several tasks
• have a structured approach to tasks and can close cases

You may be newly graduated or have a few years of experience. If you have experience with public administration, that is an advantage, but not a requirement. We expect you to have a relevant environmental/natural science education. Knowledge and experience in the professional areas would be an advantage.

We offer

• a workplace with a team-based organizational form
• an exciting and professionally challenging workplace with varied tasks
• a high degree of independence, delegation of responsibility and planning of your own tasks
• a working environment with opportunity for professional sparring and feedback, we help each other
• a well-functioning and informal department with a good working environment with well-being and humor at the forefront
• a workplace in the administration building Torvegade 7, 8450 Hammel
• 37 hour working week and flexitime

Want to know more?

You can read more at www.favrskov.dk , about the natural area at https://favrskov.dk/borger/natur-og-miljoe/vild-med-favrskov

For further information, contact

• Henrik Pedersen Noe, Department Head in Water and Nature: 24 34 52 26, [email protected] (not available in week 42)
• Nguyet Le, colleague in Team Nature: 23 80 39 16, [email protected] (not available in week 42)
• Christian Krogh Ørskov, colleague in Team Nature: 21 81 84 91, [email protected]
• Morten Gjerning Petersen, colleague in Team Nature: 21 77 16 01, [email protected]

Interviews

We expect to hold interviews on Wednesday 18 November 2026.

You will be notified of any interview by email.

Apply for the job

We ask you to submit your application, CV, examination papers and any references via the link below. We encourage everyone to apply for the position regardless of experience, gender, age and ethnic background.

Application deadline is Sunday 8 November 2026. You can see all available positions at www.favrskov.dk/job

Favrskov Municipality can only receive applications sent electronically. It is a prerequisite for employment that the person we wish to hire is not convicted of offences that make them unsuitable to hold the position. A criminal record check will therefore be obtained for the candidate offered employment.