Lawyer

Lawyer sought for the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, and Interior Affairs; Department of Social Affairs. In the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, and Interior Affairs, we work to achieve the political goals in the area of responsibility.

This includes legislation, including its own social legislation, strategies, and projects to strengthen the conditions for vulnerable adults and the elderly in Greenland.

The tasks in the Department of Social Affairs include the preparation of legislation.

within the social legal area, including the preparation of regulations,

guidelines. Servicing the political level in the form of notes, reports with

further discussion and handling of legal issues.

The tasks are diverse and require the ability to collaborate across.

language, culture, and professional boundaries, as well as being able to take independent responsibility for one's own

case areas. The position requires the ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new material and be

flexible, as well as being able to thrive in an organization where small and large tasks intersect

each other in a sometimes hectic everyday life.

The Government is also working on a number of reform initiatives in the social sector with

with a view to increased welfare for the adult vulnerable groups as well as for our elderly citizens in

Greenland, which the lawyer will engage in and advise on.

Organizationally, the position is placed under the department head for Social Affairs. You

will be part of the department's legal team and will have close cooperation with lawyers in

the department. Your tasks will primarily relate to social law matters.

areas.

You can expect a varied, extremely exciting, and challenging job. Through your tasks, you will develop great expertise in the use of the legal method and your own creative ability to translate set political goals into participating in the processes of implementing specific legislation.

About the position

• The tasks include, among other things, serving as an advisor to the political level in collaboration with the management of the department.
• To assist in the preparation of social legislation and ensure that any guidelines for this are also developed.
• To prepare political proposals, reports, responses, etc.
• Legislative preparatory work in the form of assistance and project collaboration with the individual departments and the administration of Inatsisartut, as well as the Danish authorities.
• Legal quality assurance of proposals for Inatsisartut laws, self-government regulations, municipal statutes, and cross-cutting circulars, as well as confirmation and publication of these.
• Legal advice in the social field, including the preparation of legal notes and responses.
• Resolve and provide guidance on administrative law tasks across the departments.
• Conducting courses on legal quality, case processing, and other legal topics within the social sector.
• About you Graduated as a Master of Laws.
• Have an open and positive approach to your work and your colleagues.
• Is independent, well-structured, and results-oriented.
• Has an interest in translating politics into law and vice versa.
• Skilled in written and spoken expression
• Good at creating collaborative relationships
• Knowledge of Greenlandic societal conditions and culture is an advantage.
• Preferably bilingual, but not a requirement.

About the Department for Social Affairs, Families, Labor Market, and Interior Affairs

In the Department for Social Affairs, Families, the Labor Market, and Internal Affairs, we have about 35 employees distributed across the departments of Management Secretariat, Social Affairs and Families, the Labor Market, Internal Affairs, and the Supervision Unit, where this position is organizationally anchored in the Department for Social Affairs and Families.

Application

The application deadline is March 19, 2026, at 12 PM.

The start date is April 1, 2026, or by agreement.

Additional information

If you want to know more about the position or the department, you are welcome to contact Department Head Karen Kiær Jakobsen at kakj@nanoq.gl or the department via email at isn@nanoq.gl.

 

Salary and employment conditions

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

Housing

An unfurnished staff housing can be assigned for the position according to the applicable rules at any given time. Housing cannot be assigned to individuals who already have staff housing or another property owned by the municipality or the Government of Greenland. Rent and deposit are paid according to the applicable rules for the assigned housing. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Rent and housing standards may vary depending on the age of the property, ownership conditions, etc. There may be a waiting period for the allocation of permanent staff housing, which is why temporary accommodation may occur, including in smaller co-housing communities or hotel apartments, for which taxation applies. It is not possible to keep larger pets, such as dogs or cats, in staff or temporary housing.

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