Department Head for High School Retention Efforts

Do you enjoy working with young people and are you passionate about helping more young people obtain a high school education? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

At Qeqqani Ilinniarnertunngorniarfik/GUX Nuuk, as of February 1, 2026, or by agreement, a full-time position is available as the department head for the high school's retention efforts.

GUX Nuuk is Greenland's largest high school and has about 500 students in 8 tracks for the three grades, taught by about 50 teachers and around 15 teaching assistants. Our students have very different academic and social conditions, but share a common dream of graduating.

Two colleges are affiliated with the high school, and the recruitment area extends from Tasiilaq in the east to Paamiut in the southwest, although the vast majority of students come from Nuuk. We work at the school with second language pedagogy and culture-based teaching, placing students at the center of the school's activities.

As part of the high school's retention efforts, we place great emphasis on students' well-being, both personally, socially, and academically, as well as their attendance. All students are required to have well-being conversations with a student coach or dorm staff several times throughout the school year.

As a department head, you will have the overall responsibility for developing, coordinating, and ensuring the high school’s retention efforts - in close collaboration with the high school's principal and educational leaders. The department head will also have the academic and daily management of the high school's student coaches, psychotherapist, dormitory staff, and advisors. The group participates in a joint collaboration, focusing on the students' well-being and retention, especially concerning those students who need special support in completing high school.

The tasks consist of the following:

• Planning, coordination, and development of the high school's retention efforts, with a particular focus on students' well-being and attendance.
• Daily management of student coaches, psychotherapist, and dormitory staff, including team meetings and sparring.
• Close daily collaboration with the school's management, teachers, and other staff.
• Conduct well-being conversations with a fixed group of the school's students, and possibly additional student conversations as needed.
• Monitor the students' attendance and proactively respond to it, in collaboration with the school's principal, make decisions regarding the imposition of sanctions.
• Further development of the high school's crisis preparedness

• That you have a relevant social work education, such as a social worker.
• That you have management experience or experience in coordinating employees.
• That you are committed to close collaboration with the other employees and management, where we focus on taking concrete action on the daily challenges.
• That you are flexible, structured, reliable, and adaptable.
• That you are prepared for a busy everyday life with many different types of cases.
• That you are prepared to help students build resilience, social skills, and the ability to see themselves in interaction with others.
• That you are prepared to work with students who may need pedagogical clarity, firm boundaries, and a trustworthy adult to lean on.
• That you are committed to ensuring that community, respect, shared responsibility, and professionalism are reflected in your dialogue with students and staff – and are part of GUX Nuuk's values.

• A meaningful leadership position where there is an opportunity to influence task development.
• A high school where students and their well-being are at the center.
• A high school in ongoing development, where there is a focus on both the academic and general educational aspects.

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to relocation and moving expenses, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in effect at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

There is a 3-month trial period.

Housing

No housing is provided for the position. If an applicant already has housing through employment in the Self-Government, the right to the assigned housing is retained. The housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Procedure

Further information can be obtained from Education Leader Maureen Hendrikx at phone +299 256102.

Ongoing conversations are held.

Send your application along with your CV and exam papers through the portal no later than Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 4 PM.

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

We do not accept applications via email.

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