Legal profiles for the Danish Prison and Probation Service, Department of HR

Would you like to be part of a team of skilled legal case handlers, working with classic personnel law as well as development projects within the HR area in an organization with high political scrutiny, and who perform a meaningful societal task in the Ministry of Justice’s area?

Then perhaps you are the one we are looking for.

We are seeking legal professionals for the Department for HR, the Negotiation Unit, in the Danish Prison Service Directorate

Your areas of responsibility - about the position

You will become part of our Negotiation unit, which currently consists of 8 staff, of whom most are lawyers, and a deputy head. As an HR legal case handler in Negotiation you will work with a broad spectrum of legal tasks and development projects to support that the Danish Prisons continues to be a good place to work, where many professional groups collaborate, and where there will be a number of recruitment and retention measures, including increasing the number of uniformed staff.

You will as a case handler have diverse tasks, exciting across

• advising managers as well as HR units in the two prison districts on handling concrete personnel cases both in the collective bargaining and civil service areas
• participation in larger projects such as recruitment of workforce, etc.
• case processing of personnel law cases in the collective bargaining and civil service area
• negotiation of concrete cases, local agreements and collective agreements with the trade unions
• preparation of notes and concrete decision proposals for top management

As an employee with us, you will experience good development opportunities both professionally and personally, and you will be part of a work community with colleagues who help each other, challenge and spar with each other and ensure that there is always room for laughter and that we have fun together.

The unit is located in an office that consists of two units with their own deputy heads: Recruitment and Training as well as Negotiation.

The office is part of the HR Department together with another office, which likewise consists of two units, Occupational Safety and HR in the directorate.

The HR Department in the Danish Prison Service Directorate consists of approximately 45 professionally skilled and dedicated staff distributed across four units (two offices), collectively responsible for central strategic, development and operations tasks in relation to, among other things, administration, law, negotiation, occupational safety and recruitment and training.

About you

You hold a master’s degree with a legal background. This can be cand.jur., cand.soc.jur. or cand.merc.jur. Experience with employment and personnel law and preferably from another public authority is an advantage but not a prerequisite.

In addition, we value that you

• have strong legal competencies
• have good written communication skills and an understanding of processes and case handling procedures in a large public organization that is under high political scrutiny
• are proactive and keen to get to know a large organization
• have good collaboration skills and can think across disciplines
• thrive in a job where every day is not the same, and where there are times a high pace

Salary and terms of employment

Appointment and remuneration are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement for academics in the state Circular on the collective agreement for academics in the state | Rules, agreements and circulars . Depending on qualifications you may be placed as a senior or chief consultant. In addition, allowances may be agreed depending on experience and qualifications.

• The position is to be filled as soon as possible and no later than February 1, 2027.
• The position is a full-time role with an average of 37 hours per week.
• The employment area is the Danish Prisons.
• The workplace is the Danish Prison Service Directorate, Strandgade 100, 1401 Copenhagen K.

The application

You apply for the position via the button ”Søg stillingen”.

Your application with a CV and documentation of education must be received no later than November 25, 2026.

Interviews are expected to be held in week 49.

If you are invited to an interview, you must bring identification such as a passport or driver’s license.

It is a condition of employment that, in connection with the interview, you consent to the Danish Prisons obtaining and assessing information about you in the Central Criminal Register.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Office Manager Julie Vedel Hejlesen at phone 72 55 42 45. You can read more about the Danish Prison Service's organization and tasks at Danmarks Fængsler - We run the country’s prisons

The Danish Prison Service sees diversity as a strength and encourages all interested candidates regardless of personal background to apply.