Lejre Municipality is seeking a legal consultant

Center for Job & Social

We are looking for a legal consultant and colleague in the Joint Secretariat for Job & Social • Families, Youth & Early Intervention

If you are sharp on administrative law, legislation and governance, then it might be you we are looking for as a legal consultant in the joint secretariat for Job & Social and Family, Youth & Early Intervention. You will have a central role with close collaboration and sparring with management, colleagues in the departments of the specialized adult area, the specialized children’s area, as well as the employment area, and not least good colleagues in the secretariat.

We have clear ambitions that our authority work should be organized in a way that ensures the citizen’s legal protection and at the same time provides the necessary help within the framework of the law – we must do the right thing, right. If you share this ambition, you can play an important role in our secretariat.

Do you think that administrative law, case processing processes, follow-up and governance, the arrangement of common professional standards, and more – are both exciting and important and would you like to use your legal skills for sparring with other professional groups, then read on.

About us

The secretariat consists of 10 employees who together solve a wide range of administrative, supportive and development tasks across the specialized adult area, the specialized children’s area and the employment area. In the secretariat we value good collegiality highly and the tone is informal and friendly.

We prioritize professional sparring and knowledge sharing and we help each other in the joint tasks we have to support operations and development in the centers.

Your primary tasks

• Independent preparation of written legal products, including notes, draft decisions and practice descriptions, which can be used directly in the organization
• Governance and coordinating role regarding management supervision and social review. The task consists of quality assurance of management supervision and coordination in relation to external audit
• Coordinator in the municipality’s pension committee
• Handling of complicated access-to-document requests and complaint cases
• Contribute to the development of practice, workflows and the decision basis
• Proactively seek and relay new legislation that has significance for our tasks, as well as in-depth professional enrichment when special needs for action arise, e.g., in the form of case reviews, extraordinary management supervision or other.

And if you are interested in a broader and varied portfolio, there is opportunity for good collaboration around both project and process management.

We envision that you

• Have a relevant legal education
• Have solid experience with social and administrative law, preferably from a municipal context
• Thrives in an advisory and supportive role without formal managerial responsibility
• Can communicate complex law clearly and practically – both orally and in writing
• Have an eye for organizational learning and development
• Have a pronounced sense of systematics and governance and an ability to maintain focus – both yours and others – on the task at hand
• Understand working in a politically governed organization

You should feel comfortable working independently, creating overview and progress in collaboration with different professional groups.

We offer

• A meaningful position with professional weight, where your knowledge is used by everyone in the organization
• Opportunity to become part of a well-functioning network of lawyers in Lejre Municipality
• Close collaboration with center managers, other leaders and skilled professionals
• A work environment with high professionalism, openness and respect
• A high degree of flexibility in both frameworks and task solving

It is important to us that you have the necessary personal and professional competencies, but if you need professional upskilling in individual areas, we also offer that.

The practicalities

• You should preferably start on 1 December 2026
• You will be employed under the current collective agreement and the Ny Løn principles
• The average working time is 37 hours per week
• Deadline for applications 18 October 2026
• The recruitment committee meets on 21 October and selects candidates for the first interview round. You will hear from us on 21 October if you are selected
• We hold 1st interview round on 22 October and 2nd interview on 26 October 2026.

If you want to hear more about the position and the department, have questions about the job, you can contact the Secretariat Manager, Louise Brønholm on 2349 5083

Lejre Municipality is a community of 49 small towns and villages. Here live just under 30,000 people, and even more are moving here. As a municipality we work to create the good life in the countryside, now and for future generations. It’s about integrating nature into everything we do. To find solutions in the community and in communities, and to create spaces where citizens, associations and businesses can unfold.

We have around 2000 employees in total who work to create welfare in close collaboration with all those whom the efforts affect.

That is why we call Lejre Municipality Our Place.

In Lejre Municipality there is a smoke-free working time.

In Lejre Municipality we obtain criminal record checks and child background checks for a number of positions. Please note that you may be asked to consent to the retrieval of these, in positions where it is relevant.

Type of appointment

Permanent

Working hours

Full-time

Start date

1 December 2026

Number of vacancies

1

Employment rate

37

City

Lejre

Region

Zealand

Country

Denmark

Reference number

2026/180

Contact

• Louise Brønholm, Secretariat Manager, 23495083

Published

16.09.2026

Last date for applications

18.10.2026