Office Assistant / Bishop's Office

Office Assistant / Bishop's Office Office Assistant / Bishop's Office

Do you thrive on working independently? Do you enjoy working holistically, and are you persistent in achieving a good result? Are you good at creating an overview and identifying challenges that need to be addressed? Then we have the position for you! We are looking for an administrative officer for the Bishop's Office's front office.

A position as an office assistant (pre-office) at the bishopric in Nuuk under the Government of Greenland is available and is to be filled by February 15, 2026, or by agreement. The application deadline is February 12, 2026.

The bishopric handles both ecclesiastical and administrative functions for Kalaallit Nunaanni Ilagiit (the Church in Greenland). The bishopric is the governing authority for the folk church, 3 deaneries, 17 parishes, approximately 250 employees, and nearly 200 elected parish representatives.

The bishop is the chief leader of the unit, and the staff consists, in addition to this, of a diocesan office manager, a training coordinator, a case-processing office manager, and the posted office assistant in the front office.

• The tasks for the office assistant in the pre-office include, among other things: Archiving
• Journaling in collaboration with the case-handling office manager
• Linguistic quality assurance (Greenlandic/Danish) for outgoing correspondence
• Easier translation tasks
• Internship related to various business trips (booking of tickets, etc. for participants)
• Responsible for the maintenance and updating of various databases, library, and inventory.
• Responsible for the office's opening hours, central telephone service
• Other administrative work
• Easier case processing
• Maintenance of the website

The position is sought to be filled by a person with knowledge of and interest in church and congregation-related topics.

• Otherwise, your profile looks like this: Experienced in fast-paced work environments and busyness
• You are independent, efficient, and conscientious to the fingertips.
• You are quick to learn.
• You have a pronounced sense of order.
• You have good theoretical knowledge! (office trained, TNI, NI 1 or similar)

You are fully bilingual (Greenlandic/Danish) in both writing and speech.

Salary and employment conditions

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to relocation and moving expenses, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in effect at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

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 assigned staff housing is retained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

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