HR consultant for the payroll team at Silkeborg Municipality

Do you have experience with payroll administration and a good understanding of collective agreements and working hours rules? Or would you like to learn an exciting field where professionalism, precision and advisory support go hand in hand?

In the Staff, Organization and Personnel in Silkeborg Municipality we are seeking a skilled colleague for our payroll team, where you will become an important sparring partner for managers and administrative staff when complex rules need to be translated into clear answers and usable solutions.

You will become part of a payroll team that works with

• Payroll and personnel administration for approximately 7,500 employees
• Advice and sparring with the municipality\'s managers and administrative staff
• Interpretation, dissemination and implementation of collective agreements
• Salary negotiations with the trade unions
• Ongoing focus on automation, digitalisation and efficient workflows

Who are you?

• You have an administrative education (e.g., HK or Bachelor\'s in Administration) and preferably experience with public payroll administration. Familiarity with Silkeborg Data is advantageous but not required
• You thrive on taking responsibility for your own tasks and building good collaborative relationships with managers and partners.
• You have an overview and are good at seeing connections and finding solutions when you encounter challenges or processes we can make smarter
• You are service-minded and enjoy communicating and conveying information. Your approach to tasks is proactive, structured, self-driven and engaged, and you see it as a good challenge that days do not always go as planned
• You are a team player who contributes to knowledge sharing, development of tasks and a good working environment. You thrive in a team where we help each other, lift collectively and are curious about how we can do things even better.

We offer you

• A varied workday with interesting payroll and HR administrative tasks
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development through ongoing competence development.
• A central role where you have a large responsibility to advise and assist managers and administrative staff regarding payroll, working-time rules and shift planning
• Responsibility for your own areas, combined with a strong professional community where we share knowledge, spar with each other across and help each other.
• A strong collegial community with an informal tone, where we care about each other and value both the professional community and the personal relationships.

The position is generally 37 hours per week.

Salary and employment terms according to the applicable collective agreement and the local pay-setting agreement.

About us

You will become part of a dedicated payroll team of 25 skilled and ambitious employees. We are a team that constantly looks for new solutions to perform our tasks as best as possible.

The payroll team is part of HR Service in the Staff Administration and HR. HR Service also includes a team of negotiators, with whom we work closely. Our physical location is at Søvej 3 in Silkeborg.

Further information

If you would like to know more about the job, you are welcome to contact section head Pia Alsgaard at tel. 2325 6916.

Application deadline Monday, 26 October 2026 . Interviews are expected to be held on Wednesday 28 October 2026.

Start date desired from 1 December 2026.

You must send your application online.

Click on Apply. Attach your application and relevant documents.

If you are shortlisted for the position, prior to final employment agreement references will be obtained from the most recent employer and preferably from several.