Legal Specialist

Would you like to apply your professional expertise to procurements that strengthen Denmark's defense and security? With us, you will work on some of the Armed Forces' most complex procurements, ranging from advanced drones and modern air defense to fighter jets and helicopters. We are looking for several colleagues at all levels of experience.

About us

Air & Space ensures that Denmark has the air military capabilities that are needed when the security situation changes quickly. We procure everything from fighter jets and helicopters to drones, modern air defense and long-range precision weapons, and experiences from Ukraine have created new needs and forms of collaboration. We work closely with what we buy, e.g. through reviews of fighter jets, helicopter flights and live demos of drones. You will work together with military colleagues, technical experts and operating staff in a section with an informal tone, high ambition and close professional sparring.

About the position

As a legal employee with us you are involved from the first reflections on how a procurement should be tackled, until the contract is negotiated and in place. Specifically, this means that you will among other things:

• assess how a procurement is best structured, e.g. choice of procurement model and legal basis
• plan procurement processes and negotiate contracts
• advise decision-makers on courses of action when operational needs and time pressure are decisive
• join cross-disciplinary teams with military colleagues and technical experts on everything from drones to combat aircraft
• contribute to quality assurance of legal drafts and decision basis
• take responsibility for your own cases and spar with colleagues across law, technology and business

Depending on your experience you will take responsibility for your own cases, contribute to quality assurance and professional sparring, or take on a leading professional role. The role grows with your experience: from your own cases as a trainee to professional sparring and responsibility for the most complex procurements as a special- or chief consultant, where you help develop the section’s way of solving tasks.

About you

The most important is that you work analytically and structurally, take responsibility for your own tasks, maintain an overview in complex cases and thrive in finding solutions between law, technology and operational considerations. You likely have a legal education such as cand.jur. or cand.merc.jur. and can express yourself clearly, while experience with procurement law, contract law or contract negotiations is an advantage, not a prerequisite.

If you have another background but can see yourself in the role, we would very much like to hear from you, whether you are at the start of your career or have several years of experience.

Employment terms

The employment is in accordance with the currently applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academics Agreement).

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is a possibility for negotiation of supplements. There is an employer-financed pension scheme tied to the position.

The workplace is in Ballerup.

As an employee under the Ministry of Defence's area you are subject to some special terms. You must, among other things, be able to obtain security clearance and maintain the security clearance throughout the entire employment.

You have a duty as an employee to perform service outside the country's borders, including at units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the section head

• Michael Nymark Rasmussen at mobile +45 6187 1625 (text messages are welcome).

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact the HR consultant:

• Aldijana Henic at mobile +45 3266 9952.

The application deadline is 18 November 2026. The starting date is 1 January or as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link in the advertisement. Please attach your application, CV and education certificate. Note that attachments can only be uploaded in PDF format.

In the Ministry of Defence’s organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested regardless of background to apply for the position.

About the Danish Defence Acquisition and Materiel Agency

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Materiel Agency (FMI) is Denmark's central authority for the armed forces' and emergency services' materiel, IT and cybersecurity in peace, crisis and war. We work to ensure that the total defence is equipped, updated and operational — in a time when the demands for speed and combat power have never been higher. We are the ones who procure, operate and dispose of materiel and IT for the Army, Navy, Air Force and the rest of the Ministry of Defence’s group.

It is our IT staff who daily help avert the cyberattacks the group is exposed to. We are a diverse organization with about 2,500 employees — civilians and military — spread across the kingdom.