Would you like to help strengthen resilience and preparedness in both Ikast-Brande Municipality and Brand og Redning MidtVest?

Do you want to play a central role in work on societal security, resilience and crisis management? Are you keen to develop both a municipality and a modern emergency services organization so they are stronger in the face of future challenges?

Then you now have a rare opportunity to become a emergency preparedness coordinator in a unique collaboration between Ikast-Brande Municipality and Brand & Redning MidtVest

The position offers a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of municipal crisis management and the development of a modern emergency services organization. You will be a central key person in the collaboration between the municipality, emergency services and other authorities and will have significant influence on work with societal security and organizational resilience.

The position is split between the two organizations with 25 hours per week in Ikast-Brande Municipality and 12 hours at Brand & Redning MidtVest. You are employed in a total 37-hour position in Ikast-Brande Municipality, but will have a workplace at both places.

We are looking for you who thrive in the tension between strategy and practice, and who are motivated by creating safety, resilience and coherence across organizations. You are motivated by collaborating with many different professional groups and see opportunities in working across the municipal and emergency services sectors.

About the job

Ikast-Brande Municipality

As an emergency preparedness coordinator you will be a key person in the work to develop, implement and maintain the municipality's emergency preparedness and crisis management.

Your tasks will include, among other things, to

• Develop policies, plans and guidelines within emergency preparedness and crisis management.
• Advise leaders and employees on emergency preparedness and crisis issues.
• Monitor the threat landscape and translate new legislation and best practices into concrete actions.
• Actively participate in handling incidents and crises.
• Drive learning and development initiatives across the organization.
• Plan and conduct exercises, training and evaluations.

In Ikast-Brande Municipality there is a working group for emergency preparedness across the different professional areas. You will work closely with the members thereof.

Brand & Redning MidtVest

At Brand & Redning MidtVest you will be part of the Authority & Prevention department, where you among other things will contribute to developing and strengthening the overall resilience of the emergency services.

Your tasks will include, among other things, to

• Conduct ongoing vulnerability and risk analyses.
• Develop and standardize emergency services’ plans for continued operation.
• Support preventive work through the use of digital systems such as Assign and GIS.
• Analyze data and translate results into decision basis and development initiatives.
• Contribute to the work with the risk-based dimensioning.

In short, your job is to ensure that both the municipality and the emergency services are as well equipped as possible to prevent, handle and learn from incidents and crises for the benefit of citizens, businesses and critical infrastructure.

You will be part of the Economy and Management Secretariat in Ikast-Brande Municipality and at the same time report to the area manager for Authority & Prevention in Brand & Redning MidtVest.

You will work closely with the municipality’s departments, the emergency services’ operational and preventive functions, and external actors such as the Police, Danish emergency management agency (Beredskabsstyrelsen), utility companies and other partners. In addition you will be in close collaboration with the emergency preparedness coordinators in Herning and Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipalities.

Who are you?

We are looking for a person who can maintain an overview and at the same time create momentum. You thrive working independently, but also know that the best solutions are created through collaboration.

We imagine that you

• have strong analytical abilities and work systematically with complex issues
• can coordinate tasks and deliver results across organizations
• have experience with project management and cross-organizational collaboration
• have strategic overview and a sense for quality and detail
• work in a structured, goal-oriented and high professional quality manner
• communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing
• have strong collaboration and relationship-building skills
• have a relevant educational background in areas such as emergency preparedness, risk management, security or project management
• have experience with emergency preparedness and/or crisis management, preferably from municipality, rescue services, Police or Danish Emergency Management Agency
• have knowledge of GIS, C3 systems or similar digital planning and documentation tools or be eager to learn them.

Employment is conditional on presenting a clean criminal record and being able to obtain security clearance to the level of SECRET. The security clearance must be maintained throughout the employment.

We offer

In Ikast-Brande Municipality you will become part of the Economy and Management Secretariat. We are a workplace with high ceilings, where we practice dialogue, trust and accountability.

You will have 20 competent and engaged colleagues who are good at helping each other. We all have busy days, but we focus on setting aside time for knowledge sharing and sparring and helping colleagues who need an extra hand to achieve the tasks.

In Brand and Redning MidtVest you will become part of a professionally strong and very social team of 7 employees and an area manager. We place great emphasis on an informal tone and on shared knowledge sharing and sparring. You will also have a workplace at Brand & Redning MidtVest with a high ceiling and room for diversity. We place particular emphasis on ensuring that our work creates value for our owner municipalities and their citizens.

Practical information

Application deadline 18 November 2026

The position is intended to be filled as soon as possible and no later than 1 January 2027.

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

Interviews

The first interview will take place on Wednesday 25 November 2026. If there is a second interview, it will take place on 27 November 2026.

Candidates invited to interview will be asked to complete a personality profile.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Head of Economy and Management Secretariat Lone Jager Neldeberg, tel. 51398590 or Area Manager Anders Skov, Brand & Redning MidtVest, tel.: 20 92 68 63.