The Arrest Team at the Repatriation Agency is looking for new colleagues

Would you like to help ensure that foreigners staying illegally in Denmark return home? And can you see yourself juggling tight deadlines in a cross-disciplinary environment where you must collaborate with internal and external stakeholders? Then you now have the opportunity to become our new colleague and create a daily life with a wide range of exciting tasks.

Your new workplace

You will become part of the 2nd Repatriation Office, which among other things handles cases concerning the removal of rejected asylum seekers and foreigners who have been administratively expelled from Denmark. We carry out the physical removals, we advise on departure in the Refugee Appeals Board, and we participate in meetings with foreign representations. We are also responsible for handling the support opportunities offered to foreigners in connection with their departure.

The 2nd Repatriation Office is part of the Repatriation Agency, which focuses on a novel and proactive approach to the removal area. You can learn more about the Repatriation Agency here.

Your duties

You will be attached to our detainee team. Depending on your profile and background, your tasks may include, among other things:

• process cases concerning a foreigner’s departure – from the decision to depart to the removal being carried out
• conduct interviews with foreigners and plan the actual departure, including collaboration with the police, the public prosecutor, the Danish Prison and Probation Service, lawyers, foreign authorities, embassies, etc.
• prepare preparatory material for the public prosecutor in connection with appearance/deadline extensions in court
• ensure continual progress in your own case portfolio
• advise on departure in the Refugee Appeals Board

In addition to the above, your tasks may also include on a long-term basis

• participating in coordinating and negotiating work with foreign representations
• ensuring the foreigner’s departure
• participating in escorted removals to third countries

As a legally authorized official, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to hearings, including parliamentary responses.

About you

You have a relevant educational background, and it is an advantage if you have experience from the asylum/immigration area or with concrete case processing.

In addition, we expect that you

• are curious, hardworking and proactive
• are professionally proficient and have a flair for case processing
• work in a structured way and thrive under tight deadlines
• are keen to work with people in difficult situations
• have good collaboration skills and can work across authorities
• have experience with, or an interest in, immigration, EU, and administrative law

We can offer you

Our main office is located in Birkerød with a direct view of the forest, and here you will have a fixed workplace with about 25 dedicated colleagues with different educations and tasks. We offer you a diverse and exciting everyday life with good opportunities for professional challenges in a politically governed organization that is always evolving.

Our tone is informal and we prioritize a good collegial community and working environment. We focus on creating good conditions for well-being and work-life balance, and we can offer flexible working hours, the possibility of telework, a gym, and a massage scheme.

Further information

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the Head of Office Teresa McNair at email [email protected] or Deputy Head Stine Zinckernagel at email [email protected].

Apply for the position

We look forward to receiving your application, CV, certificates, etc. no later than Thursday, 5 November 2026.

We expect to hold interviews in week 46.

Salary and terms of employment

Depending on your educational background you will be employed either under the State's Agreement for Academics or the OAO-S Joint Agreement and the organizational agreement for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT staff (HK). There is a possibility to negotiate allowances that match your qualifications.

The recruitment area is the Ministry of Immigration and Integration with its associated institutions, and the workplace is the Repatriation Agency, Birkerød Kongevej 2-4, 3460 Birkerød.

The position is a permanent full-time position with an average of 37 hours per week.

You must be security cleared for “TJENSTEBRUG” to work in this position, and able to maintain this clearance throughout your employment. You can read about how we process your personal data here .

Equality in all its aspects is important. Therefore all interested applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, age, etc. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is a member of the Equal Access Association.