Angerlarsimaffik Aja is seeking a department manager for a large department with 8 residents and 14 staff members. Responsibilities include daily management, supervision, teaching, and scheduling. We are looking for a qualified educator or similar with experience in psychiatry and residential institutions. The position requires positive energy, flexibility, and resilience.
Angerlarsimaffik Aja is looking for a department head for the Large department.
Are you interested in being a department manager in a large department with 8 residents and 14 employees - and do you have relevant experience? Then you might be our new department manager?
Your tasks will be:
Daily management, supervision, and teaching of 14 employees You are part of the work schedule Scheduling Educational role model Direct resident contact The office (principal and deputy principal) handles written communication with external partners
We expect that you have the majority of the following qualifications and competencies:
Professional qualifications
Educated Pedagogue or relevant education: Social Assistant or Pedagogical Assistant Preferably experience in residential institutions and/or experience in psychiatry
Personal competencies
Positive energy
Advantage of being bilingual
Self-awareness
Flexible
Robust
That you will loyally continue the work according to our chosen method and practice.
About us:
We are a residential institution under Greenland's self-government for young people aged 14-20 - with a fragile psyche due to severe neglect in childhood - and are organizationally placed under the residential institution department in the social agency. We have 3 departments with a total of 13 residents and 21 permanent staff. The department head reports to the director and deputy director and collaborates daily with the other department head.
We offer:
A good team of group leaders
Sharing of knowledge and tasks
Empowerment Inclusiveness and staff care
High professionalism
We are not perfect – we cultivate reflection.
Additional information:
If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Principal Inalunguak Møller by email aina@nanoq.gl / aaja@nanoq.gl or by phone +299 326660. Remember the time difference of 4 hours if you are calling from Denmark. Applicants must submit a criminal record and a child certificate will be obtained. Start date by further agreement. The application deadline is 02.03.26.
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."
We do not accept applications via email.
About the Government of Greenland
If you are looking for challenges and want to influence everyday life through your work and help shape the future, then a job with the Government of Greenland is for you.
We expect great responsibility and place a high value on professional qualifications, a healthy analytical approach to things, and adaptability in our employees. Additionally, your ability to structure everyday tasks and maintain an overview is important.
Greenland's Self-Government consists of a Central Administration with more than 650 employees distributed across several departments, as well as a number of decentralized units. Together, we are more than 2500 people associated with Greenland's Self-Government. The task of the Central Administration is to provide Naalakkersuisut (the government) with a solid political decision-making basis and to implement the political decisions.
You can read more about Greenland's Self-Government at http://www.naalakkersuisut.gl/job
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Angerlarsimaffik Aja
Email: Aaja@nanoq.gl
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Job Title
Department Manager
Job Type
Full Time
Application Deadline
Mar 2, 2026
Contact Person
Inalunguak Møller
Aaja@nanoq.gl
+299 326660
Job category
Management and Personnel /
Institution and School Management (Management and Staff)
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