Psychologist for the Greenlandic Prisons – Greenland

Would you like to help tackle an important societal task in Greenland? Then perhaps you are the one who should be a colleague with the other psychologists in Kalaallit Nunaanni Parnaarussiveqarfiit – Greenland's Prisons.

The prison in Nuuk is looking for a psychologist for our health department.

The prison consists of a closed section with 40 places and an open section with 36 places. The closed section primarily houses a detention department and a secure department for those sentenced to secure detention. In the prison in Nuuk, a health department has been established with 4 psychologists and 1 nurse, who make up the treatment group. In addition, the psychologists are guided and supervised by a treatment-responsible psychiatrist from Denmark, who also serves as KNP – Greenland's Prison's psychiatric consultant.

The primary task of psychologists is to provide therapy to those sentenced to preventive detention, prepare statements and reports about the detainees, contribute to interdisciplinary meetings, provide guidance and supervision to the staff, and engage in casework with other particularly vulnerable inmates. Other particularly vulnerable inmates will typically be detained young people between the ages of 18 and 25.

The inmates present a wide range of psychiatric, psychological, and social issues. There is thus an exciting developmental task in ensuring treatment options for the prison's inmates in close collaboration with the rest of the healthcare system, as well as in close internal cooperation with the prison's other staff groups. In addition, there is a significant task in creating an environment that motivates individual inmates to change. The treatment group's work is carried out in close collaboration with the prison's other staff; social workers, employment consultants, uniformed staff, as well as management and headquarters.

We offer

An exciting everyday life with many diverse tasks

A unique opportunity to develop the healthcare effort in KNP - Greenland's Prisons

· Professionally challenging tasks in the form of treatment, assessments, knowledge sharing, and motivational work

· Opportunity for supervision and professional development.

A strong professional environment with the prison's other treatment group.

A job where you quickly gain influence and are close to the decisions in the case processing regarding the inmates.

A job located in Greenland's small but vibrant capital Nuuk with good dining options, cultural offerings, skiing, and nature right at hand with great opportunities for sailing, hiking, fishing, and hunting.

A job with close collaboration with colleagues at the Headquarters and the other prisons in Greenland.

Qualifications

· Is educated as a cand.psych., preferably with authorization

· Preferably clinical experience with a psychosocially burdened clientele

· Has interest in/experience with motivational work

· Preferably experience with supervision of diverse staff groups

· Has good communication skills and can operate in a multicultural and multilingual environment

Considers interdisciplinary collaboration as a prerequisite for development.

Salary and employment conditions

It is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

Employment is based on an individual contract.

The area of employment is KNP – Greenland's Prisons. The place of employment is the Prison in Nuuk.

The psychologists refer to the facility director.

An unfurnished staff accommodation can be assigned to the position. Rent and deposit are paid according to the applicable rules at any given time.

Free and resignation travel as well as household moving are provided according to applicable rules.

Further information

Further information can be obtained from psychologist Nanna Hildebrandt at tel. (+299) 365416 or email nah@krfo.gl or facility manager Jacob Didriksen at tel. (+299) 534142 email jadi@krfo.gl.

The application

The application and relevant educational documents as well as the CV must be submitted no later than August 2, 2026, to hr@krfo.gl. Interviews are expected to be held continuously and no later than weeks 32 and 33.

The conversations will be held at the Prison in Nuuk. If you are outside Nuuk, the conversations will be held over Teams.

All interested parties, regardless of personal background, are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must consent to KNP – Greenland's Prisons obtaining and assessing information about you from the Central Criminal Register.