Roskilde Municipality seeks dedicated employees for Nature Conservation and the Green Tripartite

Nature protection and the Green Tripartite go hand in hand in Roskilde Municipality. Are you focused on contributing to a Denmark with more and better nature? Do you want to help protect and develop our protected nature in Roskilde Municipality or do you dream of helping to realize one of the country's most ambitious land-use reorganisation plans? Then you may be one of our new employees.

Nature and area reallocation on the agenda in Roskilde Municipality Roskilde Municipality has high ambitions for nature. We take care to preserve, improve and expand our good natural areas. At the same time, we work purposefully to convert agricultural land into forest and nature as part of the green three-part project. The two tasks have large overlap and strong synergies, and in order to realize our ambitions we are looking for two new employees:

• You who have strong natural-science expertise and are sharp on authority decisions and management of nature, while being pragmatic and having landowner flair, and
• You who have knowledge of nature, are dialogue-oriented and strategically thinking and sharp on project management and citizen involvement.

Together with skilled colleagues you in both positions will help take care of nature, translate the local reallocation plan into reality and create concrete results in close interaction with landowners, citizens and other actors.

About the job as a nature officer As a nature officer you will be an important anchor in the work to protect and develop new nature. Your main tasks will among other things include:

• Registration and monitoring of protected nature
• Authority handling under the Nature Protection Act and follow-up
• Promoting biodiversity through nature management on private and municipal areas
• Dialogue with landowners about management measures and possibilities
• Contribute with professional assessments and solutions to other case areas as well as Green Tripartite projects
• Combating bjørneklo (Giant hogweed) on municipal and private areas

The position is based in a dedicated and professionally strong team that works with the authority area within all open land and water and at the same time takes care of a large part of the operation of our nature areas, in addition to contributing to other professional areas' task solving.

About you We are looking for an engaged and professionally well-founded nature officer with experience from §3 authority area and nature management as well as the following competencies:

• Has strong natural-science expertise with a pragmatic approach to task solving, and can assess whether an area is protected nature
• Has experience with §3 authority work and with promoting biodiversity
• Has experience with nature management and has the ability to assess the best management for a given place.
• Can build strong relationships through landowner dialogue and manages to create trust in the collaboration.
• Willing to participate in and contribute to the operation and development of new nature and the work with the green three-part
• Willing to contribute with natural-science knowledge into the management's other areas
• Preferably strong in the Habitats Directive and Natura 2000
• Has a structured and independent way of working while being good at cross-disciplinary collaboration

About the job as Green Tripartite employee As a Green Tripartite employee you will be an important driver in all phases of the area reallocation. Your main tasks will include within the Green Tripartite and among other things:

• Project and process management of Green Tripartite projects
• Design and planning of nature projects
• Communication of plans, including planning of, holding and follow-up on citizen involvement
• Coordination of projects, timelines, political decisions, hearings, permits and realization of concrete projects

The position gives you a great deal of influence on how the tasks are planned, and you will be part of a dedicated and professionally strong team that works purposefully with Green Tripartite, but also contributes to the department's other operating and development tasks.

About you We are looking for an engaged and professionally well-founded project manager with insight into area planning and nature management as well as the following competencies:

• Is strategically thinking with focus on the whole and synergies in nature development
• Has experience with project and process management
• Has a dialogue-oriented approach to collaboration and landowners
• Has experience with designing and drawing and communicating nature projects in an easily understandable way.
• Is creative in the approach to and planning of citizen and stakeholder dialogue and involvement
• Has interest in the operation / upkeep of nature areas
• Has knowledge of nature and focus on creating good places for both nature and recreation.
• Has strong skills in graphics, sketching and planning tools, such as GIS and Adobe programs

Who are we? Urban Development and Green Transformation is a department with 35 professionally capable and engaged employees who work across disciplines with development and authority tasks within city, country, nature and climate. We have an informal atmosphere and a good working environment. We prioritize trustful collaboration, competence development and sparring highly, while also focusing on sustainability – both in professionalism and in our work culture.

The position offers a high degree of professional freedom and a flexible working environment. We are part of the directorate area of City, Culture and Environment, where we participate in numerous collaborations across departments, in a common mission to contribute every day to a little better Roskilde Municipality.

Practical info Start date desired no later than January 1, 2027, preferably earlier. The positions are 37 hours per week and paid according to the applicable collective agreement. A criminal record check and references will be obtained in connection with employment.

If you want to hear more, you can contact the head of Urban Development and Green Transformation, Anna Brandt Østerby, tel. 2926 4335, team leader for Land and Nature, Pernille Fox, tel. 2499 1334 or team leader for Green Tripartite, Jannik Egelund, tel. 2017 0357.

Application deadline The application deadline is November 1, 2026. We expect to hold interviews in weeks 46-47.