Lawyer with ambitions for complex legal tasks in Maritime and Fisheries Subsidies in Aalborg (temporary employment)

As one of our colleagues goes on maternity leave, we have the opportunity to offer an employment with tasks in EU law, interpretation of complex rules, case processing, etc. All contribute to the important work of ensuring sustainable fisheries in the future.

In the Office for Marine and Fisheries Subsidies we work for a sustainable fisheries sector and aquaculture. We are in the process of implementing a new political agreement and are seeking a lawyer with an interest in complex legal tasks, including realizing the political initiatives. You will have the opportunity to put your entire legal toolkit to use in a agency that on a daily basis handles control, subsidies and regulation in the Danish fishing industry.

If you would like to work with a broad and exciting regulatory complex, where you come close to the industry, perhaps you are the one we need. We place importance on creating a balance between work and leisure and safeguarding a good collegial community, where we help each other and where our professional administration is in the foreground.

Your duties

As a lawyer in Marine and Fisheries Subsidies you will have the opportunity to shape your tasks within a wide range of political and legal tasks, including administrative law, EU law, international regulations, criminal law, state aid, de minimis and data protection.

You will join a team of 5 lawyers, which is part of the overall office of about 25 employees.

A central part of your work will be to have control over the legislation around the disbursement of funds, including the preparation of regulations and to ensure legal basis for the implementation of both national and EU funds. In addition you will help ensure compliance and sanction practices, where you will work at the crossroads of staff and administrative law.

You will work at the interface between the industry, research institutions, professional organizations, municipalities and the ministry, etc., where you will have good opportunities to develop and contribute with your legal competencies.

You will in this connection come to work with

• Case handling of complex legal cases
• Contribute to ministerial support and access to information
• Participate in the work to implement the new political agreement and legal analyses in realization and implementation of the agreement
• Legal advice and sparring internally and across the agency
• In some of the legal cases you will work in close collaboration with the state attorney
• Support the daily administration of subsidy schemes.

About us

The office consists of a head of office and two team leaders and is divided into 3 teams: Subsidy Law, which you will become part of, Team Policy & Design, and Team Commitments & Payouts. The office is spread across two locations. In Aalborg, where the two teams Subsidy Law and Policy & Design are, and in Augustenborg, where the team Commitments & Payouts is.

We sit in newly renovated open-plan offices in Nørresundby.

We place professionalism, collaboration and collegiality high, where there is room for new ideas and to shape one’s own tasks. We also have a close cooperation with the rest of the agency, where there is a legal forum for the agency’s lawyers. In particular we emphasize that there should be opportunities for good career paths and we focus on what intellectually challenges each employee. We emphasize that you become part of a strong legal professional environment across the agency.

Your profile

• You are a cand.jur. or cand.merc.jur.
• You perhaps have experience with fund administration and state aid
• You are newly graduated or have a few years of experience
• You are good at communicating both verbally and in writing, and you can explain a complex area concisely and in an easy-to-understand language
• You work professionally and can contribute positively to a good work environment
• You work independently, thoroughly and efficiently, ensuring progress in cases – across your unit and the rest of the agency
• You think across the agency and have an eye for involving relevant parties in task solving
• You emphasize good cooperation – both internally in the office but also across the agency
• You must be able to maintain an overview, plan and structure your tasks in a day when all workflows and procedures are not yet in place.

Salary and terms

Salary and terms are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic Agreement). The employment area is the Ministry of the Environment with its associated institutions.

The place of employment is the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Lindholm Brygge 31, 9400 Nørresundby.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is for 12 months.

Further information

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of office Jessica Christiansson at telephone 72 27 56 04.

A criminal record check and references will be obtained.

How to apply for the position

You apply for the position online by sending your application, CV, educational certificates, etc. no later than

18 October 2026 .

Interviews are expected to be held on 21 October 2026.

Application deadline: 18 October 2026

Division: Lerchesgade 35 5000 Odense C

Location: Nørresundby