Office Manager for Paarisa

The Social Authority is seeking a department head for the Paarisa unit, who will participate in the work of the Department for Children, Young People, Families, and Domestic Affairs' existing department for Cross-Sectional Projects and Monitoring (ATM).

Paarisa works with initiatives and projects across social and health professional areas. We develop initiatives in partnerships across sectors and with respect for local needs.

As the office manager, you will play a central role in leading and developing Paarisa. It is important that you find the area of work exciting – but even more important is that you can be a leader who creates good relationships with employees and ensures ongoing well-being together with them. We emphasize a work culture where employees experience engagement, respect, and support, and where you as a leader contribute to well-being and development in everyday life. As the office manager for Paarisa, you will report directly to the department head for cross-cutting projects and monitoring.

About the position

The tasks include, among other things:

• To lead the unit Paarisa, which consists of 16 employees working on various initiatives within the social and health sector.
• To manage personnel matters and ensure a visible, trustworthy, and development-oriented leadership.
• To engage in close collaboration with the department head for Cross-Project and Monitoring.
• To coordinate and follow up on initiatives, projects, and political priorities within the unit's areas.
• To ensure that Paarisa's work supports the department's overall goals and contributes to solid decision-making foundations.

• Secretary at meetings led by the department head.
• Response to inquiries and preparation of notes in agreement with the department head.
• Responsibility for case processing of ongoing tasks and coordination of projects.
• Ad hoc tasks carried out independently or in collaboration with the department's other divisions.

We are looking for a person who:

• Has a relevant academic education at the master's level.
• Can maintain an overview in an often busy everyday life.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge about health promotion and prevention is desirable, but not a requirement.
• Experience in management is desirable but not a requirement.
• Can work independently, structured, and development-oriented.
• Can communicate in writing and verbally – in Greenlandic and Danish.
• Can create an overview of many and complex information.
• Is good at collaborating with colleagues and external partners and stakeholders.

Paarisa works with health promotion initiatives and prevention across social and health professional areas. Our approach is based on dialogue with the local community and the development of initiatives in partnerships that create meaningful and sustainable solutions.

After a possible merger with the Social Agency, Paarisa will be organizationally placed together with the Department for Cross-Sectional Projects and Monitoring (ATM), which falls under the Ministry of Children, Youth, Families, and Interior Affairs. The future organization of the ministry and the agency is still under development.

Would you like to help set the direction for health promotion and prevention in Greenland in collaboration with the department head – while also being a visible leader who fosters well-being and development for the employees in Paarisa? Then this position as office manager is for you.

If you have any further questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact the Department Head for the Department of Cross-Sectional Projects and Monitoring, Helena Lynge Møller at email: helm@nanoq.gl or phone: 56 31 80.

Employment conditions

The position is currently classified as equivalent to 36. The salary with fixed salary components and personal contribution to pension in LR 36 amounts to DKK 57,531 monthly and DKK 690,372 annually as of April 1, 2026.

Employment will primarily be on collective agreement terms; however, if the applicant is already a civil servant under the civil service laws for the public Greenland, employment may occur on civil servant terms.

For the position, it applies that no maximum length of service has been established and that the provisions regarding compensation for overtime and the provisions regarding compensation for lost days off do not apply; the working hours are initially 40 hours per week.

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to relocation and removal of personal belongings, in accordance with the collective agreement in force 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 the assigned staff housing is retained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon the termination of the employment relationship.

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