Lawyer

Lawyer sought for the Department of Social Affairs, Families, Labor Market, and Interior Affairs. In the Department of Social Affairs, Families, 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 law area, including the preparation of regulations,

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

further 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 individuals 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 collaboration with lawyers in

the department. Your tasks will mainly 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 using the legal method and your own creative ability to translate established political goals into participating in the processes of implementing specific legislation.

About the position

• The tasks include, among other things, acting 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, the Self-Government's regulations, municipal bylaws, and cross-cutting circulars, as well as the confirmation and publication of these.
• Legal advice in the social field, including the preparation of legal notes and responses.
• Resolve and guide in administrative law tasks across the departments.
• Conducting courses on legal quality, case handling, and other legal topics within the social sector.
• About you Educated 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, Labour Market and Interior Affairs

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

Application

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

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

 

Salary and employment conditions

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

For an applicant with the right documentable skills, employment as a special consultant, chief consultant, or senior advisor can occur in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

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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