Robust operations team leader for HR

Do you have solid experience with HR operations, and are you motivated by delivering results through clear leadership, efficient workflows, and active use of data? Do you want to help develop an HR function where secure operations are the foundation to support the organization's development? Then you may be our new team leader for HR at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Environmental Protection Agency is undergoing significant organizational changes that place new demands on HR. We must maintain professional and stable HR operations that provide a solid foundation for the organization’s task execution, while we develop and strengthen our HR support. Secure operations are a prerequisite for HR to support the organization and its leaders so that the Environmental Protection Agency remains strong, can implement changes, and succeed with its tasks.

We have high ambitions to develop an even more efficient, digital and data-based HR function. We want to work more proactively, simplify our processes and translate data and knowledge into better management support. As team leader, you will play a central role in realizing these ambitions and thereby contribute to the strategy: a decisive Environmental Protection Agency.

You will have the personnel responsibility for our overall HR partner team with four HR business partners and three HR coordinators. Together you will ensure professional HR support, where secure operations, good advice and ongoing development go hand in hand.

You will be responsible for operations, employees and development

As team leader you will be responsible for the daily leadership and task management in the HR partner team. You must create clear frameworks for task execution, ensure overview of resources and deliverables, and drive the development of more effective and cohesive HR processes.

Your main tasks will be to

• Lead and develop the HR partner team. You have daily people management, set direction and clear expectations, and support employees’ professional development, collaboration and well-being.
• Strengthen operations and task management. You establish board meetings and systematic follow-up on tasks, capacity, prioritization, progress and quality. The goal is appropriate resource use based on the business needs and management decisions.
• Optimize and digitalize HR processes. You take responsibility for reviewing and improving workflows, creating common standards and making better use of our HR systems and digital possibilities. The goal is to reduce manual processes, improve quality and free up time for tasks where HR creates the most value.
• Strengthen the systematic use of HR data. We already have access to a number of HR data and management information, which we need to make better use of. You will be responsible for further developing and systematizing the work with available data and ensure that they are processed and communicated so that HR business partners and HR consultants can use them directly in their advice. Data must to a greater extent support the management’s priorities, decisions and follow-up.
• Ensure professional HR support. You ensure consistent and effective support for the HR business partners and service to the agency’s leaders, and you also contribute to concrete HR tasks yourself. You are close to the tasks, can provide professional sparring and help find solutions when challenges arise.
• Contribute to ongoing financial monitoring. You support the HR chief’s financial management with an overview of resource use, financial dispositions and expected needs.

You have solid HR experience and a sense for better workflows

We are looking for a profile with several years of experience in HR operations and HR processes. You have in-depth knowledge of HR tasks and tools and know what it takes to deliver professional HR support in a large organization.

We especially value that you

• Have solid experience with HR operations and processes such as recruitment, onboarding, personnel administrative workflows and supporting managers in personnel leadership.
• Have experience with operations optimization and process development and can translate improvement opportunities into concrete and effective solutions.
• Have a good familiarity with HR systems and experience with digitizing administrative processes. Knowledge of, for example, HR dialogue, The State Recruitment Solution, Power BI and other government HR systems would be an advantage.
• Have experience using HR data, analyses and management information as a basis for prioritization and decisions.
• Understand resource and task management and the financial follow-up related to daily operations.
• Can implement and anchor changes in daily task execution and create support for new ways of working, tools and digital solutions.

We would like you to have experience from a public sector organization and thus familiarity with the special rules, frameworks and workflows that characterize HR in the state.

You have a relevant academic degree, for example a Master of Science in Economics with a focus on organization or HR, a Master of Social Sciences in Human Resource Management, a Master of Administrative Science, or an equivalent relevant degree.

You do not need to be a specialist in all digital tools or analyses yourself, nor do you have to create the data foundation yourself, but you should be able to work systematically with available data. On the other hand, you should understand the possibilities, be able to set the right requirements and ensure that the solutions create value in practice.

You are a clear and task-oriented leader

You are motivated by people management and by achieving results through your employees. You work in a structured and systematic way and enjoy creating overview in a daily life with many different tasks and needs.

As a leader you are clear about direction, responsibility and expectations. You can prioritize, make decisions and follow up, while at the same time giving employees space to take responsibility. You are accessible, aware of the different competencies of the employees and able to build a team that works well together and takes shared responsibility for the results.

We would like you to have experience with people management or professional leadership and with systematic operational control, for example through board meetings, targets and ongoing follow-up.

You may also be on your way to your first formal people management responsibility if you have a solid professional and operational foundation and the personal prerequisites to succeed as a leader.

You will become part of HR’s overall management

HR is part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s staff and supports the agency’s leaders and organization with HR advisory, operations, personnel administration and organizational development.

HR consists of the HR partner team, the Organization, Development and Strategy team, the Personnel Administration team and the Contact Center.

You report to the HR chief and participate in the overall office management together with the HR chief, the team leader of the Contact Center and the head of Personnel Administration.

We work closely together to develop a cohesive and professional HR function that both delivers secure operations and actively contributes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s development. You will take a central role in strengthening the interaction between the HR business partners, HR coordinators and the other HR functions, and in collaboration with your line colleagues drive improvements that cross HR.

You will become part of an organization with important societal tasks and high ambitions for leadership, efficiency and collaboration. You will have the opportunity to leave a clear mark on the development of HR and on how we best support the agency’s leaders and tasks.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are in accordance with the current collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic collective agreement).

Employment is permanent as a chief consultant with people management with base salary according to the collective agreement plus allowances. For this position, the expected total salary is DKK 67,394 - 74,614 per month including pension (August 2026 level) for full-time employment, depending on documented qualifications and experience.

The place of employment will be the Environmental Protection Agency, Lerchesgade 35, 5000 Odense C.

Start date is January 1, 2027.

Further information

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Office Chief Trine Lumbye at telephone 21 17 32 64.

How to apply for the position

You apply for the position online by sending your application, CV and degree certificates, etc. no later than November 11, 2026.

We expect first interviews to be held on November 16, 2026, after which there will be a profile process with feedback discussion before a second interview round on November 23, 2026. In connection with the second interview you may also be presented with a case.

We look forward to receiving your application.