Legal consultant for Social, Employment and Citizen Services in Halsnæs Municipality

Do you want to help translate legislation into good practice and create strong professional solutions for citizens and employees?

We are looking for a legal consultant who is motivated by working closely with citizen-facing work and making a difference in how we solve the municipality's welfare tasks. You will play a central role in supporting managers, subject matter experts and staff with legal advice across employment efforts, citizen service and the specialized adult area.

About the position

As a legal consultant you will have an cross-cutting function where you become an important sparring partner for both managers, subject matter experts and employees. You will work at the intersection of law, social work and development, where you contribute to high quality in authority tasks and support the two municipal companies in the social sector (care homes, sheltered employment and support in own home).

Your tasks include

• Provide legal sparring to managers, subject matter experts and employees in complex cases. You will quality assure difficult decisions for citizens and dialogue with the Appeals Board.
• Support the implementation of new legislation, where you contribute to the development of case processing, professional standards and decision basis. Right now the focus is particularly on the employment reform.
• Facilitate and drive cross-sectional meeting forums for the area's subject matter experts with a focus on exchange of experience, uniform practice and implementation of legislation.
• Coordinator of the municipality's pension council.
• Handling of complex appeal cases in the employment and social areas.

We are committed to creating holistic and coherent solutions for citizens. This means that you often need to look across legal areas and help plan the authority’s work so we ensure the citizen's legal protection and provide the necessary support within the limits of the law.

Your legal perspectives will also be welcomed in some of the development projects and ad-hoc tasks we also handle in the staff, such as the establishment of new offerings and digital solutions for citizens.

Our expectations of you

You can navigate safely in complex legal issues, create an overview at the intersection of different laws and translate legal assessments into concrete recommendations and directions for practice.

You have a well-developed ability to navigate between provisions and people. You can communicate complex cases in everyday language, you can understand daily operations and build relationships.

You are versatile and thrive in both longer tasks and short ad-hoc tasks. Structure, thoroughness and independence are important keywords in your work.

We also place emphasis on the fact that you

• Have a relevant legal education and are familiar with the rules of public administration, especially the Administrative Procedures Act and the Danish Act on the Legal Protection of Rights.
• Have knowledge of employment and/or social law, preferably from a municipality.
• Thrive in a advisory, supportive and facilitating role.
• Can communicate complex law clearly and practically – both orally and in writing.
• Are solution-oriented, service-minded and collaborative.

We offer

• A central role in a welfare area with great societal importance.
• A position with professional depth, where your knowledge is used broadly in the organization
• A daily life with great variation and many professional challenges.
• Close collaboration with dedicated leaders and colleagues.
• Flexibility, responsibility and the possibility to independently plan your tasks.
• A professionally strong environment where sparring, development and knowledge sharing are prioritized highly.

You will become part of a team of 6 employees in Social, Employment and Citizen Services reporting to the area manager. We support the area with development, quality, governance and advisory services. Although we solve different tasks, we have a good collaboration where we help each other, enrich each other’s perspectives and maintain a good tone in everyday life.

Employment terms

The position is 30-37 hours per week with expected start 1 January 2027

Salary and employment terms are according to the applicable collective agreement. For candidates in law, the base salary is 32,573.42 DKK per month excluding pension at the lowest base pay grade, while the base salary for bachelor-level law graduates is 28,341 DKK per month excluding pension at the lowest base pay grade.

In addition, qualification and function allowances can be negotiated.

We look forward to hearing from you

Submit your application and CV no later than Tuesday, 17 November. You are very welcome to contact Area Manager Linette Søndengaard at tel. 23 64 17 26 or email [email protected] if you want to hear more about the position.

Employment interviews are expected to be held on 24 November 2026.

Become part of Halsnæs – a great place to work and a great place to live

We are a modern and inclusive workplace with about 3,000 colleagues who every day strive to deliver welfare and high-quality service. Our values – integrity, opportunity and wholeness – are the foundation of everything we do.

At Halsnæs Municipality we work close to nature, the sea and the fjord – with the capital within reach. Here you will not only get an exciting job but also the opportunity to create a life with peace, community and active experiences. Many choose to settle here to get more space, closeness to nature and a strong local community.

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