Office Manager

A position as office manager is available at the Danish Tax Agency starting May 1, 2026, or by further agreement.

Organizational placement and work tasks:

The position is located in the Tax Agency's customs and duties office. As the head of the office, you are responsible for the office's tasks within the customs and duties area. The tasks primarily consist of inspecting ships, incoming passengers at airports, checking mail and freight shipments, and monitoring a number of other duties, including port and import duties. Additionally, you have personnel responsibility for an office that is staffed with 13 employees.

There is a strong focus on securing Greenland's borders, particularly regarding narcotic drugs, money, and also in relation to the smuggling of goods in and out. Another important task is to ensure that correct import duties are collected.

The construction of new airports, changed freight structures, and the increasing tourism also leads to a greater need for the presence and control of people and goods.

One of your tasks will therefore be to develop, implement, and maintain the agency's customs strategy, and to ensure the good cooperation that the agency has with various partners such as Nordic customs authorities, Greenland Airports, Tusass A/S, Royal Arctic Line A/S, port authorities, etc.

In addition, the Tax Agency wishes to focus on the continued development and implementation of instruments for assessing risks related to patterns of travelers and goods, etc.

As the daily manager of the customs and excise office, you will also need to work on the development of the function's internal processes, systems, objectives, and standards.

The customs and excise office is currently staffed with 11 employees and 6 dogs.

About you:

The ideal candidate has a strong professional profile and a solid knowledge of customs and tax matters, both at a professional and administrative level. You have a natural authority, great integrity, and a risk-based approach to problem-solving, and you are good at communicating and engaging in dialogue with others.

You are very welcome to have experience as a personnel manager, but it is not a requirement. What matters most is that you approach the management task with vision and dedication.

It is an advantage if you can both speak and write Greenlandic, Danish, and English, as well as having knowledge of Greenlandic culture and the Greenlandic society.

Salary and employment conditions

The position is currently salary-fixed corresponding to 36. The salary with fixed salary components and the individual's contribution to the pension in LR 36 amounts to DKK 57,531 monthly and DKK 690,372 annually as of April 1, 2026.

Employment will initially take place under collective agreement terms, where applicants who are already civil servants according to the civil service laws for the public Greenland may be employed under civil servant terms.

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to travel for joining and leaving as well as relocation of personal belongings, in accordance with the collective agreement in force at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

Civil servants in the state and employees under a number of AC agreements, including the agreement between DJØF and the Ministry of Finance, are entitled to unpaid leave in connection with employment under the Greenland Self-Government. The Ministry of the Interior has also urged municipalities and regions to be accommodating towards applications for unpaid leave in connection with employment under the Greenland Self-Government. The provisions on unpaid leave also include spouses/partners of individuals employed under the Greenland Self-Government.

Housing

No staff housing is provided for the position. If an applicant already has staff housing through employment in the Self-Government, the right to the assigned staff housing is retained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Additional information

For further information, you can contact the acting department head at phone (+299) 34 52 58, email lsmj@nanoq.gl.

Application

The application deadline is May 20, 2026.

Submit your application, CV, educational and course certificates, as well as other relevant documents by clicking "Send application."

We do not accept applications via email.