Department Head for HR and Administration

The agency is seeking a department head for the agency's HR and Administration department.

The department head will join the management team reporting to the director.

About the position

The HR and Administration Department has a wide range of contacts throughout the organization and will be in contact with many different stakeholders daily. You are the manager for the employees from the Service Department.

The department head must among other things solve the following tasks across the organization:

• Contribute to the recruitment processes in the various units.
• Contribute to general personnel administration, housing conditions for employees and members, as well as personnel legal case processing.
• Contribute to negotiations with employee organizations
• Contribute to the preparation of payroll production, salary budgets, and pensions.
• Contribute to staff and management development, including the planning and offering of courses and further education.
• Production of management information, development and updating of the personnel policy, and general advice to managers and employees on personnel matters.
• Ensure the continued development of the agency's documentation and archiving.
• Ensure ongoing development of services for the staff and members of the Inatsisartut.
• Responsible for APV processes, employee surveys, staff care, and tasks related to employee well-being and work environment.

You have a relevant academic education and solid expertise in the HR field.

The Bureau for Inatsisartut is an independent collective bargaining area, and as HR manager, you will need to take the lead when negotiating with employee organizations. Therefore, insight into collective agreements and contracts will be of great importance.

You have experience with management tasks in a politically governed organization and with handling management tasks with a significant 'task span'.

You have a good strategic and organizational understanding and are focused on how the organization, work processes, and employees can be developed in accordance with strategies and action plans.

Personal and relational competencies

• Strong relational skills, trustworthy and at eye level at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to handle organizational and interpersonal conflicts in a professional and competent manner
• Flexible, collaborative, positive, and service-minded work style with an eye for processes.

The Bureau of Inatsisartut is the administration of Greenland's parliament. We organize the parliament's 2 annual ordinary sessions, and we serve the parliament's 31 members and its committees. We currently have about 30 employees, including 10 academic committee secretaries.

Application should be sent to:

Office of the Parliament

P.O. Box 1060

3900 Nuuk

Greenland

or by email to atorfik@ina.alla.gl

Application should be accompanied by a CV and examination papers, including transcripts from all parts of the education.

Application deadline: August 14, 2026

Employment from October 1, 2026, or by agreement. Interviews are held continuously.

Possibility of leave from another public employment

Are you a civil servant or employed in a Danish municipality? Civil servants in the state and employees under a number of AC agreements are entitled to unpaid leave in connection with employment under the Government of Greenland.

Housing can be provided for the position, for which payment is made according to applicable regulations. However, due to the housing situation in Nuuk, a shorter period of accommodation in a temporary vacant housing is to be expected before housing can be provided. There is a right to relocation travel and moving of personal belongings in accordance with the applicable agreement.

Information about salary and employment conditions

Employment in the position is as department head in accordance with the management agreement between the Government of Greenland and the academic organizations, as well as the affiliation agreement between the Presidency of the Inatsisartut and Djøf.

For more information about the position's content or other practical matters, you are welcome to contact:

Director Steen Lynge, email stlyn@ina.alla.gl

If you want to know more

You can read more about the Inatsisartut and the Bureau for Inatsisartut at www.inatsisartut.gl