Officer for the Pension Area

The Municipality of Sermersooq is seeking a skilled and committed officer for the Pension area under Social Services.

Team Pension currently has 7 caseworkers who ensure that case processing within the area of early retirement and old-age pensions always occurs in accordance with applicable legislation and based on a concrete assessment of each individual citizen's needs.

Team Pension is part of Social Services, which has many cross-cutting tasks and therefore collaborates widely with many partners both internally in the municipality and with external partners.

 

Social services currently consist of about 30 employees in Nuuk distributed across 4 teams – Pension Team, Social Services, Benefits Department, and Homeless Area.

The position, which is a full-time position, reports to the department manager in the Pension Team.

The content of the position:

The content of the position generally involves processing incoming applications, and thus must be part of our pension team and handle a number of tasks including:

• Citizen service with advice and guidance for citizens with pension matters. This includes handling and processing of personal, telephone, and written inquiries.
• Case processing of various inquiries, applications regarding early retirement and old-age pension according to applicable laws, regulations, circulars, and announcements.
• Ad hoc tasks.
• Tasks are solved in close collaboration with the other employees of Social Services, as well as our colleagues in the elderly sector and external partners.

In addition, we expect and emphasize that you:

• Is academy educated, social worker or equivalent.

·Has experience with case processing in the area and has a flair for IT (GetOrganized and AX prism).

• Is development and service-oriented.
• Is cooperative.
• Is positive and welcoming.
• Is stable, quality-conscious, and has an eye for detail.
• Works independently, responsible.
• Demonstrates flexibility regarding tasks and ongoing adjustments in the distribution of work.
• Ability to work focused and structured in a hectic everyday life.
• Is good at collaborating broadly.
• Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.
• Communicates clearly and distinctly, both in writing and verbally.

We offer:

A job with good colleagues and opportunities to influence the content in an organization in development and change. We strive to ensure a good collaborative climate with close support and room for initiative.

Criminal record:

This position is subject to the law requiring the collection of a criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a criminal record. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the criminal record from the police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Government of Greenland, according to the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

No housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, you are welcome to contact us for further information about the position and associated tasks at:

Department head Margrethe Najaaraq Kleist, phone +299 36 81 16 or email: mnkl@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Application marked with Job no. 197-26, and attached educational certificate and documentation of previous employment, etc., must be uploaded before the deadline expires.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.