Lawyer for the Authority for the Elderly

Be part of shaping the future authority practice in the elder care area

Do you want to use your legal expertise close to practice and help build a new authority organization?

In Favrskov Municipality, we are in the process of establishing the Elderly Authority, where visitation, needs assessment, rehabilitation and authority tasks are gathered in cross-disciplinary citizen teams. To strengthen the legal quality, citizens' legal protection and the overall task resolution, we are looking for a jurist who wants to play a central role in the ongoing development.

We are seeking a jurist who wants to be involved where decisions are made, dilemmas arise, and solutions must be found.

As a jurist with us you will be an active part of the daily task resolution and work closely with both citizen cases, staff and management.

What matters to us is not how many years you have worked as a jurist, but that you have a strong legal professional competence, that you are curious about the authority area in the Elderly field and that you want to develop in the role. We emphasize that you can translate law into practice and engage constructively in collaboration with both staff and management.

A part of the task will also be dialogue with citizens, relatives and external partners. Here there may be a need to explain and justify the legal framework and the decisions that are made. Therefore, you must be able to make the law understandable and usable and at the same time treat people properly, even when the message may be difficult.

About the position

The position is broad, versatile and professionally challenging.

You will work with complex cases within the Elder Law, the Social Services Act and the Health Act, where legal precision must go hand in hand with professional assessments and understanding of the citizen's situation.

Some days you will be deeply involved in complex citizen cases and decisions. Other days you will spar with managers and staff on legal issues, contribute to complaints handling or help develop procedures and practices in the new organization.

You will become an important partner for both staff, the department head and the area manager and will have the opportunity to shape how we work with legal protection and the exercise of authority in the future.

Your tasks

You will among other things

• Take over and handle complex and principled citizen cases.
• Make legal assessments within the Elder Law, Social Services Act and Health Act
• Make or quality-assure decisions in complex cases.
• Maintain dialogue on behalf of the municipality with other sectors – for example the Appeals Board, the Region and the Family Law House.
• Contribute to ensuring high legal protection and consistent authority practice.
• Support the balance between legislation, professional assessments and the municipality's service level.
• Prepare reassessments and respond to appeal cases, including cases to the Appeals Board.
• Prepare proposals for responses to citizen inquiries and complaints received via the mayor, management or political level.
• Provide legal sparring to management and staff in concrete cases and issues.
• Support the implementation of the new organization of the Elderly Authority.

We are looking for you who

• Is cand.jur.
• Has an interest in public law, administrative law and exercise of authority.
• Would preferably have experience from the health sector, a municipality or another public authority. We will especially note whether you have experience with the Social Services Act and the Elderly Act.
• Wants to work closely with both operations, citizen cases and support the management.
• Can translate legislation into concrete, understandable and robust solutions.
• Has strong written skills.
• Thrives with complex problem settings and professional dilemmas.
• Can balance consideration for the citizen's situation, applicable law and the municipality's service level.
• Works independently and at the same time thrives in cross-disciplinary collaboration.

We offer

• A key function in the establishment of the new Elderly Authority.
• A daily life with great variation and high professional complexity.
• Opportunity to shape the development of the authority area.
• Close collaboration with management and cross-disciplinary colleagues.
• Professional sparring and good opportunities for competence development.
• A workplace where legal protection, professionalism and the citizen perspective go hand in hand.

Practical information

The position is, as a rule, full-time with expected commencement on February 1, 2027. Your workplace is Hadsten Health Center, Hovvej 76, 8370 Hadsten.

It is a condition of the position that you have a driver's license for a passenger car.

Salary and employment conditions are governed by the applicable collective agreement and the principles of local wage formation.

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Lisbeth Bjerre at tel. 21172862. Feel free to text if you want to be called back.

The deadline for applications is November 30, 2026, and we expect to hold interviews on December 8 and 9, 2026.

We ask you to send your application to Favrskov Municipality via the link below.

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