Lejre Municipality seeks a legal consultant

We are seeking 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 perhaps you are the legal consultant we are looking for in the joint secretariat for Job & Social and Family, Youth & Early Intervention. You will obtain a central role with close collaboration and sparring with management, colleagues in the departments in 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 arranged in a way that ensures the citizen’s legal protection while also providing the necessary assistance within the bounds 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 handling processes, follow-up and governance, the planning of common professional standards with 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 handle a wide range of administrative, supporting and developing tasks across the specialized adult area, the specialized children’s area as well as the employment area. In the secretariat we highly value good collegiality, 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 operation and development in the centers.

Your primary tasks

• Independent preparation of written legal products, including memoranda, drafts of decisions and practice descriptions, which can be used directly in the organization
• Leading and coordinating role in relation to management oversight and the social audit. The task consists of quality assurance of management oversight and coordination in relation to external audits
• Chair of the municipality’s pension committee
• Handling of complicated access to information requests and appeal cases
• Contribute to the development of practice, workflows and decision basis
• Proactively seek and relay new legislation that has significance for our tasks as well as in-depth professional study when there is a particular need for action, e.g. in the form of case reviews, extraordinary management oversight or other.

And if you are interested in a broader and more varied portfolio, there is the possibility of good collaboration around both project and process management.

We imagine that you

• Have a relevant legal education
• Have solid experience with social and administrative law, preferably from a municipal context
• Thrive in an advisory and supporting role without formal leadership responsibility
• Can convey complex law clearly and practically – both orally and in writing
• Have a mindset for organizational learning and development
• Have a pronounced sense of systematics and governance and an ability to keep focus – both your own and others – on task solving
• Have understanding of working in a politically governed organization

You should thrive 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 professional staff
• An 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 certain areas, we also offer that.

The practical

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

If you want to hear more about the position and the department, or if you have questions about the job, you can contact Secretariat Lead, Louise Brønholm at 2349 5083

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

We have about 2,000 employees in total who work to create welfare in close collaboration with all those whom the effort affects.

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 records checks and child protection checks for a number of positions. Therefore, be aware that you may be asked to permit the retrieval of these checks in the positions where it is relevant.