The Ministry of Environment seeks a generalist with an interest in fisheries and marine environment

Do you want to use your generalist professional toolbox to work on securing better protection of the marine environment and a more sustainable fisheries? Then we have a position for you in the Fisheries Office of the Ministry of Environment's department.

What will you be working on?

As an employee in Fisheries, your work will consist of ministerial support, coordination of policy proposals and political agreements, regulatory work and EU regulation. These are tasks that give you good opportunities to develop your competencies within public administration and to help shape a policy area with great political attention.

You will have an interesting and developing job, where, in collaboration with good colleagues, you will use your competencies to work on a green transition of the fishing industry, among other things by implementing the fishing agreement from July 2025.

Who are you?

We imagine that you will contribute to making a difference in the green area, and that you are ready to apply your competencies in collaboration with other disciplines. Your colleagues will train you in the professional issues within the area, so that together you can create the best decision-making basis to implement the government's policies.

You have a relevant social science or natural science master's degree, an interest in the sea, the environment or fishing, and a desire to work with a challenging and technical field that must be translated into a political agenda. We expect that you can see yourself in the following statements:

• Professional interest and strong competencies: You have an interest in and the ability to understand complex issues, including commercial fishing, recreational fishing, and the strengths and challenges of the marine environment. You have political understanding to translate these issues into operational political solutions at both national and international levels.
• Good political understanding: You understand how to exercise judgment in actions and decisions and understand how to integrate the ministry's political landscape and the external world into the task solution.
• Good at managing processes: You are highly structured, can think in wholes, processes, and maintain an overview, even when things move quickly.
• Strong collaboration skills: You are proactive and good at involving and collaborating with colleagues, agencies, ministries, and organizations. You enjoy working with others across disciplines and finding solutions to political problems.
• Good communicator: You are good at conveying complex professional and technical material in a simple and clear way with the recipient in mind and have good language skills in both Danish and English, in writing and speaking.
• Good colleague: You want to be part of the team in a office with good collegiality. You are motivated by contributing to the office's task solution and are happy to give and receive feedback in collaboration.

Your concrete tasks will be planned according to needs and your competencies, and you will take responsibility for more than one area of work.

Who are we?

The Fisheries Office is responsible for policy development and ministerial support in the fisheries area. This includes, among other things, the implementation of the fishing agreement A new course for Danish fisheries, EU and national regulation of commercial fishing and recreational fishing, negotiation of quotas in the EU and fisheries control. With us you will not get bored: Our area is politically monitored, and our work affects the people who live from or with the fisheries, and also has great significance for our shared marine environment.

Our office consists of dedicated employees with diverse professional backgrounds, and you will have colleagues with lawyer, natural science and social science backgrounds and thereby also join an interdisciplinary environment. Common in the office is that we help each other and place emphasis on an informal tone.

In the Ministry of Environment we work together to protect our nature and environment, and we work for the government's ambitions for a green transition of society. The tasks are solved in cooperation between the ministry and the agency of the ministry.

The ministry handles ministerial support and the overall development, planning and administration of environmental legislation. The ministry's main task is to create the optimal professional basis for the minister, the government and the Parliament to make decisions in the environmental area for the benefit of our surrounding society. We are an exciting and dynamic workplace close to the political system. We continually work to develop the organization to create simple and politically relevant solutions for the government in power at any given time.

We focus on good leadership, and together we all work according to the values simple, together and responsible . We have a good work environment with good opportunities to further develop your professional competencies in close interaction with skilled managers and colleagues. You have good opportunities to influence your tasks and have great influence on how you solve your assignments.

As part of your career development you will, among other things, have the opportunity to apply your competencies through internal transfers. There is mutual flexibility in planning the work with the option of home office by agreement, depending on what the tasks permit. We share knowledge and believe that we find the best solutions in collaboration. We believe that high professionalism can be combined with humor and room for a smile – even in a busy daily life.

Your pay and terms of employment

You are hired on a full-time basis under the state’s academic pay agreement. The appointment is as an administrator (fuldmægtig).

Depending on qualifications, there will be an opportunity to negotiate a qualification allowance.

The employment area is the Ministry of Environment with its associated institutions. The place of work is the Ministry of Environment's department, located at Frederiksholms Kanal 26, 1220 Copenhagen K.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible and no later than January 1, 2027.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Office Manager Nicolai Højlund on tel. 61 97 92 35 or Deputy Chief Anna Mariager Nedergaard on tel. 21 54 21 60.

You can read more about careers and the Ministry of Environment's department on our website www.mim.dk.

How to apply for the position

You apply online by sending your application with CV and exam certificates for both bachelor and master's degrees including grades no later than October 28, 2026 .

We expect to hold interviews in weeks 44 and 45. In connection with the interview, you will be required to solve a one-hour case at home.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Application deadline: Oct. 28, 2026

Department: Frederiksholms Kanal 26 1220 Copenhagen K

Location: The Ministry, Copenhagen K