Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator for the Helicopter Wing

Would you like to help ensure a good and safe working environment at a workplace where days are rarely the same? Then the position as occupational health and safety coordinator at Helicopter Wing might be for you.

About us

Helicopter Wing Personnel Management is organizationally placed at A1, which is part of the Support Department in the Helicopter Wing staff. A1 has the overall responsibility for contact and coordination with the centralized administrative shared services, HR support functions as well as case handling and quality assurance of their services and products.

In addition, the section is responsible for the development of Helicopter Wing's strategies within payroll, competence development and personnel planning, including talent development, recruitment and attachment. A1 is divided into two elements: a support element and a communications element.

About the position

You will manage the day-to-day leadership of occupational health and safety activities at Helicopter Wing in close cooperation with the occupational safety advisor. As an occupational health and safety coordinator you will hold safety committee meetings and represent, as well as act on behalf of, the committee. You will also be a permanent part of Helicopter Wing's cooperation committee.

Furthermore you will be responsible for the following tasks

• Resolution and recording of occupational health and safety issues, including reporting and quality assurance of workplace accidents
• Case handling within occupational health and safety and Facility Management.
• Collaboration with the Center for HR advisory and occupational health and safety, including planning and conducting workplace assessments.
• Advise and assist coordination in the development of action plans in cooperation with the occupational health organization.
• Development of regulations in the occupational health area. Representation of Helicopter Wing in Flyvestation Karup’s environmental committee.
• Advisor to the authority head and the occupational health organization (including the chair)
• Coordination across authorities regarding occupational health-related issues.
• Oversee the daily coordination of occupational health within your own authority, including coordination between the occupational health groups.

Planning and implementation of training in prevention and management of abusive behavior in collaboration with Helicopter Wing's HR partner. In addition, you will participate in audits based on the quality manual, where work safety and health are part of the inspections.

You will also be involved in planning expansions and renovations of Helicopter Wing's facilities with a focus on ensuring a good and safe working environment.

About you

We would like you to have a relevant advanced academic education, for example as an occupational therapist or physiotherapist, or another educational background relevant to the occupational health field. You have experience with case handling within occupational health and safety and preferably knowledge of the Danish Armed Forces.

You thrive in an operational environment where tasks and priorities can change, and where collaboration across disciplines is an important part of everyday life.

We also emphasize that you

• work independently, in a structured manner and take responsibility for your tasks
• are good at collaborating and building relationships across the organization
• can adapt to changed tasks and priorities
• take initiative and follow your tasks through to completion
• actively contribute to a good working environment and constructive cooperation

Terms of employment

You will be employed in accordance with the current collective agreement.

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

The workplace is in Karup.

As an employee within the Ministry of Defence, you are subject to certain special terms. You must, among other things, be security cleared and maintain the security clearance throughout your employment.

As an employee you are obliged to perform service outside the country’s borders, including at units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacemaking, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you would like to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Sergeant Kristina Kjærsgaard on phone +45 2913 9990.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, please contact the Personnel Command, HR Consultant Isabella Lund Skjoldborg, at phone +45 3044 5570.

The application deadline is 3 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. The position is to be filled on 1 January 2027, as soon as possible or by agreement.

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach your application, CV and a copy of your educational certificate/apprenticeship certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

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

About Helicopter Wing Karup

Helicopter Wing trains and maintains readiness that supports both national tasks and international ones, including deployments of helicopter contingents to operations in the world’s hotspots. Helicopter Wing also supports the Army, Navy, the National Police and the police’s intervention forces, as well as performing search and rescue services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Furthermore, Helicopter Wing conducts basic and supplementary flight training of pilots and crew for the Armed Forces.