Case Handler

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS POSITION We are seeking new colleagues who want to help develop and shape our new unit. We work daily with processing applications for residence and work permits – including residence permits for employment, accompanying family, study, etc. – as well as everything that follows.

Your new workplace in Greenland Our unit in Nuuk opened in the fall of 2025, and you therefore have a unique opportunity to join a unit that is still in its establishment phase. We are staffed with six skilled employees and a unit manager.

As our new colleague, you will be part of a unit where our common goal is to ensure efficient workflows so that we can make correct decisions within the established service targets.

The unit is established in good office facilities in Nuuk. The office's location provides easy access to the city center with dining options, a cinema, and shopping. Furthermore, the office's location is a short distance from Nuuk's many amenities and beautiful Greenlandic nature, offering opportunities for skiing, boating, and hiking.

For further information about daily life in Nuuk, we refer to the municipality's website Sports and Recreation – Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq.

If you want to know more about SIRI as a workplace, you can read more here.

Your everyday life with us Your tasks will include, among other things, that:

• make and communicate decisions so that they are legally correct and targeted at the recipient
• make legal assessments, including whether there is a need for additional information in cases
• contribute to clarification and development of practice
• guided our users by phone and in writing
• handle personal inquiries at SIRI's citizen center in Nuuk
• cooperation with authorities and stakeholders in both Greenland and Denmark
• contribute to the preparation of notes, responding to requests from the department, as well as contributing to ministerial support, etc.

We take your training seriously and make an effort to give you a good start. From day one, you will have an onboarding process where you are introduced to SIRI as a workplace and ensured that you are professionally equipped to begin case processing and handle the unit's other tasks.

As we are a smaller unit, practical ad hoc tasks will also be part of everyday life, and you will have the opportunity to contribute broadly to the task solution.

You can expect, among other things:

• a unit where we greatly value knowledge sharing and sparring
• opportunity to continuously develop your skills – both through courses and new tasks
• focus on your well-being and health work-life balance with the possibility of flexible arrangements with flex time

About you

We imagine that you have a relevant academic background in social sciences, preferably a Master of Laws or another relevant degree.

In addition, we imagine that you:

• either live or be ready to settle in Greenland
• has experience with administrative law – preferably in practice
• is motivated by the specific case processing and has an interest in the immigration area
• works independently, structured and efficiently
• can communicate with you in writing and orally in both Danish and English. If you can also speak and/or write Greenlandic, it is only a plus.
• is a good colleague and committed to a job where we work together and take joint responsibility for the matters.

If you have questions about salary and employment conditions, you are welcome to contact recruitment partner Hanan Karaouni at email haaka@uim.dk or phone 61983501.

Are you our new colleague? We look forward to receiving your application, CV, and diploma, etc., no later than Sunday, March 15, 2026.

We expect to hold conversations in week 12.

If you are currently residing in Denmark, the conversation can be offered virtually.

The positions start on May 1, 2026.

The positions are permanent full-time with an average of 40 hours per week.

Salary and employment conditions

It is your master's degree that determines which collective agreement you are employed under. If you are a master's graduate, you will be employed under the agreement between the Ministry of Finance, the Agency for Governmental Management and Competence, DM, the Engineers' Association, IDA, and the Land Surveyors' Association for master's graduates, engineers, and land surveyors in the service of the state in Greenland. If your professional organization is Djøf, you will be employed under the agreement made between the Ministry of Finance, the Agency for Governmental Management and Competence, and Djøf for legal candidates and university economists, etc., in the service of the state in Greenland.

If you have a different educational background, employment will be based on an individual contract.

The area of employment is the Ministry of Immigration and Integration with associated institutions, and the workplace is the Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, Industrivej 31.1., 3900 Nuuk.

You earn vacation and special vacation days in accordance with what is stated in the respective agreements and the applicable law on vacation at any given time.

You are covered by the Greenlandic Salaried Employees Act.

SIRI still provides housing in Nuuk according to current regulations.

Household moving and relocation travel are provided in accordance with the applicable rules at any given time.

You are entitled to travel to and from Nuuk as well as relocation compensation according to the rules applicable to government employees in Greenland at any given time.

Paid holiday travel is provided for every 2 years of employment to the extent that it follows from applicable agreements.

You are reimbursed for additional expenses incurred during business trips according to the rules applicable to government officials in Greenland at any given time.

The Police Intelligence Service will conduct a security check on you so that we in the Ministry of Immigration and Integration can assess whether you are suitable for the position. You must continuously pass a security check throughout your employment. You can read about how we handle your personal data here.

Equality in all its aspects is important. Therefore, all interested parties regardless of ethnic affiliation, religion, gender, age, and the like are encouraged to apply for the positions. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is a member of the Association for Equal Access.