Special prosecutors and/or special / chief consultants to the Director of Public Prosecutions

The Attorney General's Office seeks experienced special prosecutors and/or senior consultants for the Supreme Court Unit.

The positions are to be filled as soon as possible.

About the task

The main task of the Supreme Court Unit is to prepare the criminal cases that are to be heard by the Supreme Court. The role as presenting prosecutor in the Supreme Court is normally handled by the Attorney General, the state prosecutors at the Office of the Attorney General, as well as the Deputy State Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Unit and selected staff.

The handling of Supreme Court cases is a task that is highly prioritized by the Office of the Attorney General. The quality requirements for the prosecution service's handling and conduct of cases are high, and the quality of the work-up before the main hearing is decisive for the course of the case in the Supreme Court.

In addition, the Office of the Attorney General issues statements to the Process Granting Board (Procesbevillingsnævnet) on cases that either the Office of the Attorney General or the accused consider to be of principled character and therefore request permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Office of the Attorney General also provides statements to The Special Court on the reopening of criminal cases.

As a special prosecutor or senior consultant you will, among other things, contribute to a thorough preparation of Supreme Court cases and handle cases for the Process Granting Board and The Special Court.

At the Office of the Attorney General we also contribute to developing prosecutorial professionalism through general prosecutorial focus areas and development tasks. This takes place in close collaboration with, among others, the police districts and the state prosecutors. Part of the task is therefore also to contribute with your experience and ideas to concretely develop the prosecution authorities within the unit’s areas of expertise.

You will in this context help drive the professional development to ensure quality in the prosecution service's criminal case handling and contribute to finding solutions for the benefit of the citizen and the actors in the criminal justice chain – all in close dialogue with the Office of the Attorney General’s partners.

You

You are a trained lawyer (cand.jur.) with exceptionally strong theoretical qualifications. It will be an advantage if you have experience with handling principled legal issues and the processing of concrete cases. It will also be an advantage if you have experience from the Ministry of Justice’s group.

In addition, we imagine that you

• Are engaged and can work independently with a broad range of varied tasks.
• Are thorough and have strong communication skills – both in writing and orally.
• Have impact.
• Have strong social skills and are motivated by cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Have a pronounced holistic view.
• Contribute to a professionally and socially inspiring environment in everyday life.
• Have a positive mindset and think in solutions.

Us

We offer a developing job on a flexible workplace. We have a strong and informal social community, and in daily life you will easily be able to spar with and seek inspiration from your skilled colleagues. We offer an exciting and dynamic portfolio of tasks where you are constantly challenged in your legal and administrative competences. We also emphasize innovation and development focus, so that we can together ensure ongoing development of the justice system and the prosecution service as an organization.

In addition, it is important for us that you also develop personally during your time with us. Therefore we identify relevant development points together on an ongoing basis, which we support through concrete development activities.

Salary and employment terms

Depending on your level of experience and competence you will be remunerated as a special or senior consultant under the Academic Agreement’s annex on the protocollatl of special consultants and senior consultants under the new pay system, unless you are already a civil servant. Classification and any other allowances are negotiated individually.

If you are already employed as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice, you may keep your civil servant status. The position is classified in pay grade 36 with associated fixed allowances. In addition, any individual allowances can be agreed depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

The position’s employment area for special prosecutors is the Ministry of Justice and its associated institutions. If you are already employed in the Ministry of Justice’s employment area, a move to the position will be a reallocation within the area.

The position’s employment area for special-/senior consultants is the central prosecution authority. If you are already employed in the central prosecution authority’s employment area, a move to the position will be a reallocation within your employment area.

You must be able to obtain security clearance for the position’s necessary security level – normally up to the classification level Secret. You may be required to perform functions where security clearance to a higher classification level is necessary. Employment by the police and the prosecution service requires that you at all times can maintain the necessary security clearance.

Your workplace will be the Office of the Attorney General, Frederiksholms Kanal 16, 1220 Copenhagen K.

Are you interested?

If you want to become part of the Office of the Attorney General, please send your application via "apply for the position". If you are not already employed in the prosecution service, please also send a CV and relevant diploma papers.

You can obtain more information about the position by contacting Deputy State Prosecutor Iren Mirmojtahedi Hagen (Supreme Court Unit) at tel. 3032 5108.

The application deadline is 23 November 2026, at 12:00, and we expect to conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for the position regardless of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background.