Student Assistant for Sealing Tasks at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Aarhus Harbour, Aarhus

Are you a student and do you want a student job with responsibility, where you gain insight into authorities work and contribute to tasks of significance for the import and control of goods? Then you may be our new student helper at the border control in Aarhus.

About the position

As a student helper you will be an important part of the daily operations at Aarhus Port. Your primary tasks relate to official sealings of goods, but you will also assist with administrative tasks and customer service. You will receive thorough training and will work closely with experienced colleagues, while also having independent responsibility in task execution.

Your tasks will include

• manage our shared mailbox and receive advance notices
• perform official sealings and customer service
• prepare and return sealing certificates
• assist with other administrative and practical tasks at the border control

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration regards diversity as an asset and encourages everyone regardless of personal background to apply.

It is a condition for employment that you as part of your employment can

• Obtain a valid work and residence permit in Denmark before taking up employment or
• Obtain a valid residence document in Denmark upon employment.

Read more about the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration at www.fvst.dk

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the job advertisement you are welcome to contact section head Annette Arbjerg at 7227 5925.

Interviews will take place at the border control, Østhavnsvej 31, 8000 Aarhus and are expected to be held in week 47.

Your application

We look forward to receiving your application, CV, a copy of your student card and any other relevant material no later than November 13, 2026.

Your working hours are on average 8 hours per week, but overtime may occur, as you participate in a shift with other colleagues, so holidays etc. are covered. The working hours are between 3 pm and 6 pm on weekdays – during holidays your working hours, in cooperation with your colleagues, would have to cover whole days on weekdays.

Salary and terms of employment

The employment is governed by the current organizational agreement for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT staff between the Ministry of Finance and HK State.

Your workplace for the time being is: Border control, Østhavnsvej 31, 8000 Aarhus C.

When should you start

We need your help from December 1st or as soon as possible or as quickly as possible for you.

There is a strong societal interest in our work, and we believe that obliges. Our employees give their very best every day to achieve good results. We practise open and informal leadership in everyday life and place emphasis on honesty and alignment of expectations between management and employees.

We can offer you an exciting job in a good and informal working environment, where we value helpfulness and good collegial collaboration.

About us

You will become part of FødevareNord, which is one of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration's three food control units. We are in total about 130 employees attached to our offices in Aalborg and Aarhus – of which about 20 employees are at the Aarhus Port location. We have different professional backgrounds and work with many different tasks, including inspections of food businesses. At Aarhus Port the tasks are mainly related to import and export.

It is a prerequisite that you are a student.

We imagine that you

• work in a structured way and have a sense for detail
• take responsibility for your tasks and see them through
• can work independently and maintain an overview
• thrive with an informal tone and close collaboration with colleagues
• meet both colleagues and users with a service-minded and approachable attitude

About you

You are a student in a higher education program and would like to gain practical experience from an authority where quality, responsibility and cooperation are in focus.

You are also part of a closing shift arrangement together with the other student assistants. Therefore, part of the work will take place later in the day, after the rest of the staff has gone home.

~ Application deadline: d. 13. november 2026 Department: Stationsparken 31-33 2620 Glostrup

Location: Danish Veterinary and Food Administration