Lead Translator

Leading translator for professional management of translators Are you interested in professional management, and would you like to work with translations, coordination, and management tasks within the health and disability sector in the Department of Health and Persons with Disabilities? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you.

We are looking for a lead translator for the translation service team. With your leadership potential and your experience in political service, you will head a new and developing team that will advance the team and address the complex issues that may arise.

Are you good at creating structure and overview, and would you like to be part of the team under the Department of Health and Persons with Disabilities in the Management Secretariat? Then you might be the new lead translator we are looking for, as we seek an ambitious and approachable colleague for our management secretariat. You should be able to serve the management secretariat as well as other departments in the Ministry. We have a collaborative culture that allows everyone to contribute new ideas to the organization and the solution of tasks. If you are open and collaborative, you might be our new colleague.

You will be the professional leader of the team of translators, which currently consists of 2 language consultants. You report directly to the head of administration for the management secretariat. Your role involves professional leadership of the team of language consultants, while the formal personnel responsibility and overall management of the department lies with the head of administration. Additionally, you will support the department with administrative ad hoc tasks as well as coordination of cases for political processing.

• As the lead translator/interpreter, you will be responsible for, among other things: Setting the direction for the team within the framework of workflows and structure, so that it makes sense for employees.
• Support the employees in solving tasks and assist them with professional sparring and competence development.
• Implement and manage control over administrative processes.
• Support the employees in their daily well-being and job satisfaction.
• Coordination of practical support for the management secretariat.
• Management of translation tasks and collaboration with external parties.
• Contributions to cross-cutting development projects.
• Solution of ad hoc tasks within the department, health and disability area.
• Professional qualifications: Preferably trained translator/interpreter or other relevant education
• Preferably several years of practical experience with translation services.
• Experience from similar positions or environments is an advantage.
• User level in the MS Office suite and general good understanding of systems. Experience with TMS is an advantage.
• Good language skills in Greenlandic, Danish, and preferably English, although the latter is not a requirement.
• Other administrative tasks: Support for archiving and documentation in the management secretariat.
• Responsibility for tasks during on- and offboarding.
• Coordinator for the management secretariat's cross-departmental collaboration with other departmental case handlers.
• Support the administration manager regarding ongoing administrative and practical tasks.

Your personal qualifications

We are looking for a lead translator who is professionally engaged and has the ability and desire to work in collaborative teams that prioritize development. We seek someone who takes pride in delivering solid professional craftsmanship and approaches tasks in a structured manner. Tasks that range widely from administration and operations to development and political servicing.

• We prefer that you have a relevant higher education at the bachelor's level.
• You have experience from a similar position or from a position within self-government.
• You have an understanding of economic and statistical work.
• You have an overview and can work under time pressure.
• You have a good knowledge of Greenlandic society and culture, and possess language skills in Greenlandic and Danish.
• You have an overview and can maintain it in a complex process.

Would you like to know more?

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Administration Manager Lars Jørgen Petersen, phone +299 34 54 49, email: ljp@nanoq.gl

Application deadline

The application, along with the attached CV and copies of the diploma as well as references/reference list, must be submitted via the link below no later than May 22, 2026.

 

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

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 termination of the employment relationship.

Submit your application, CV, educational and course certificates, as well as other relevant documents by clicking "Send application."

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