Lawyer with an interest in public administration and procurement sought for maternity leave cover

Do you find it exciting to help ensure that pupils and students with disabilities receive the right support so they can complete an education on an equal footing with others? Do you have a knack for applying your legal knowledge and at the same time support colleagues with other professional backgrounds in their tasks? Then it’s you we’re looking for! We are currently seeking a lawyer for the Office for Special Pedagogical Support in the Agency for Education and Quality.

Your tasks

As our new colleague you will become part of the office’s legal team, which works to ensure the correct legal framework in the special pedagogical support schemes (SPS schemes). You will handle a wide range of legal tasks both in relation to administration and development of the SPS area.

One of your main tasks will consist of conducting tenders regarding suppliers of services and assistive devices for recipients of special pedagogical support. Here you will take a project leadership role, where you in close cooperation with the office’s other teams must prepare tender materials and enter into contracts with the suppliers.

In addition, you will generally play an important role in supporting several of the office’s other teams. Tasks are carried out in close cooperation with the other colleagues in the team and the office.

You will, among other things, come to

• Carry out public tenders and enter into contracts with suppliers in the area
• Ensure operation and compliance of contracts and framework agreements with providers of special pedagogical services through ongoing supplier contact and dialogue meetings
• Answer general legal interpretation questions
• Advise on the rules in the area and work with administrative-law questions
• Collaborate across disciplines, e.g., with regard to applications for SPS and appeals against decisions
• Draft regulations, particularly in relation to the preparation and revision of regulations in the area

About you

You have a legal master’s degree, e.g., cand.jur. or cand.merc.(jur.). It is an advantage if you have experience with public administration and conducting public tenders, but it is not a requirement.

In addition we value that you

• Can formulate yourself clearly and unambiguously in writing.
• Are systematic and analytical in your approach to tasks.
• Can maintain an overview while also having an eye for detail.
• Take responsibility and have good collaboration skills.
• Can create good relations with external partners and can represent the agency externally.

About us

SPS Office administers the state-run special educational support schemes in connection with education. The support should ensure that pupils and students with a disability can complete an education on an equal footing with others. We cover most educations in the Ministry of Education’s area and in the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s area. We administer about 100 contracts for the purchase of various special pedagogical services, issue about 200,000 decisions on SPS allocations annually, and continuously work to quality-develop the SPS schemes.

The SPS Office consists of about 30 employees distributed over five teams; a case-handling team, an inspection team, a legal team, a cross-disciplinary consultancy function in dyslexia and other language difficulties, and a disability-related professional team. You will become part of the legal team. We are a workplace with a good social cohesion, where we all are passionate about making it possible for pupils and students with disabilities to undertake an education on equal terms with others.

Salary and terms of employment

This is a maternity leave replacement position, lasting until and including September 2027. Working hours are on average 37 hours per week.

You will be employed as an Administrative Officer (fuldmægtig) or a Senior Consultant depending on qualifications under the common agreement for academics in the state.

Expected start date: December 1, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Place of employment: Tidemandsvej 1, 4300 Holbæk.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Chief Legal Counsel and Professional Coordinator Kim Taasby at tel.: 4014 8976 or Head of Office Lisa Folmer Wessman at tel.: 2013 6438.

You can read more about the Ministry of Education on our website uvm.dk.

You can also read about the special educational support schemes at www.spsu.dk.

Does this sound like something for you?

You apply for the position via the link in the advertisement. The deadline is 15 . October 2026 . We expect to hold interviews in week 43.

We seek a composition of staff that reflects the surrounding society. All interested applicants regardless of background are encouraged to apply if they match the requirements mentioned above. We assess applicants solely on the basis of qualifications.

If you use AI for your application, please attach your prompt so we can see the reasoning you used.

We look forward to reading your application.

Application deadline: Oct. 15, 2026

Department: Kalvebod Brygge 47 1560 Copenhagen V

Location: Tidemandsvej 1, 4300 Holbæk