The Planning and Rural Development Agency seeks a lawyer for the area of short-term rental and the Holiday Home Act

Would you like to help develop the rules for holiday homes and short-term rental?

How do we translate political wishes for strengthened supervision of short-term rental into clear and usable rules? How do we ensure that new sanctioning powers and disclosure duties work in practice? And how do we handle the legal questions that arise when new legislation is to be implemented?

We are seeking a lawyer who wants to work with the development and implementation of rules in the holiday home act area.

About the position

The area is characterized by significant political attention and several upcoming rule changes. There are, among other things, plans for new possibilities to supervise short-term rental, strengthened sanction powers and an effort against the so-called shadow hotels. At the same time, new EU rules and developments in the market for short-term rental raise a number of legal questions.

You will play a central role in developing and implementing the rules and ensuring that they can be applied in the concrete exercise of authority. You do this in close cooperation with colleagues who work with legislation, supervision and daily case processing.

Part of your work will be to contribute to the preparation of legislative proposals, orders and guidelines in the area of the holiday home act, as well as the case handling that follows from these processes. This includes, among other things, examining legal issues, assessing different regulatory options and translating political wishes into clear and coherent rules.

The work does not end when the rules are adopted. You will also help ensure that they are implemented in the agency's practice and supervision. This can involve clarifying the scope of new disclosure powers, setting the framework for the use of sanctions or preparing guidelines and principles for concrete case handling.

We also have several legal development tasks in areas such as regulation of professional rental, shadow hotels, camping and short-term rental. The tasks involve national legislation, EU-law questions and cooperation with other authorities.

From new rules to concrete agency practice

A special part of the position is the interplay between rule development and the concrete administration of the holiday home act.

We work in areas where the rules must both handle new forms of rental and give the authorities the necessary tools to supervise. This requires us to clarify the legal frameworks before new powers and workflows are put in use.

Here you will have an important role in ensuring coherence between legislation, guidelines and practice. Among other things, you will collaborate with the team’s caseworkers on legal issues, develop the basis for new decision types and contribute to consistent and rights-based agency administration. This also means that you will handle concrete cases for which you are responsible for the case processing.

It is important for us that legal development takes place with a view to reality. Therefore, lawyers and caseworkers work closely together, and we use experiences from concrete cases to identify ambiguities and needs for changes in rules and practice. It also means that you will have your own supervisory and application cases under the holiday home act.

Your tasks

Your tasks will include, among other things to

• Contribute to the preparation and amendment of laws, orders and guidelines in the holiday home act area.
• Examine legal issues and assess opportunities for new regulation, including questions about authority, proportionality, legal certainty and EU-law.
• Ensure the legal implementation of new rules in the agency's practice, supervision and case processing. This includes developing legal frameworks, interpretations and guidelines for the use of new disclosure powers and sanction possibilities.
• Prepare legal memoranda, decision proposals and contribute to department support.
• Concrete case handling of cases under the holiday home act, including contributing to legal quality assurance and handling of principled or complex cases.

You will have independent responsibility for legal tasks and at the same time work closely with your colleagues on the larger development projects. The exact distribution of tasks will depend on your experience and competencies.

About you

We imagine that you have a Master of Laws (cand.jur.) or Master of Law and Mercantile Jurisprudence (cand.merc.jur.) and have experience with legal work, preferably from central administration or another public authority.

You want to work with rule development and legal issues where solutions are not always given in advance. You thrive on examining complex questions and can translate your legal assessments into clear recommendations and usable solutions.

We emphasize that you

• Have solid legal methodology and can work independently with complex legal issues.
• Have experience with or interest in legislative work, rule development and public administration.
• Work in a structured manner and can create progress in tasks with multiple stakeholders and considerations.

Experience with legislative drafting, EU-law or supervision and sanctions rules will be an advantage, but the most important is your legal expertise and ability to translate it into practice.

About the employment

The position is a full-time role of 37 hours per week with start on 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible.

Employment is as a senior consultant or chief consultant depending on your qualifications and experience and according to the applicable state agreement for academics. In connection with the employment there is, depending on qualifications, the opportunity to negotiate a qualification supplement.

About us

The Planning and Rural Districts Agency is an authority under the Ministry of the Environment, Transport and Housing. We are responsible, among other things, for the holiday home act and the rules on leasing for holiday and leisure purposes. The agency has staff in Copenhagen and Nykøbing Falster.

You will become part of a team where we work with many different tasks within the holiday home act, from legislative work and ministerial servicing to handling application and supervision cases and inquiries from citizens and municipalities.

We have our own areas of responsibility and independent tasks, but we also attach great importance to helping each other, sharing knowledge and using each other for professional sparring in everyday life. Every week we meet to discuss particularly complex cases and legal issues, so that we can together find good solutions and ensure consistent and updated practice across the team.

We also take an interest in how the team’s overall task solving progresses, and we continuously monitor our shared progress. From time to time we dedicate a week to a targeted joint effort, where we concentrate on a specific type of cases and help each other to reach a good goal. In this way we combine the independent responsibility with close professional collaboration and a common interest in achieving good results.

You can read more about the Planning and Rural Districts Agency at www.plst.dk .

Would you like to know more?

You are welcome to contact the Office Head Frederik Bay Tom-Petersen at telephone 40 15 35 32 if you would like to hear more about the position and the tasks.

Send your application, CV and diploma no later than 1 December 2026 via the "Apply for job" button. We expect to conduct interviews in early December.

We want a staff composition that reflects the surrounding society, and therefore encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of personal background.