Head of Disability Services

The Administration for Families in Avannaata Municipality is seeking a Head of Department for the Disability Area to be filled by October 1, 2026, or by further agreement.

The position of Head of Family is located in Ilulissat, where the Head of Family reports directly to the Director of Family.

Work tasks and areas of responsibility:

• Has overall responsibility for ensuring that the family departments maintain proper case management and documentation in social cases, including that the department heads always have the necessary information to satisfactorily fulfill their responsibilities and tasks.
• Responsible for ensuring that management supervision is carried out in the local family departments that provide support to individuals with disabilities, administered in accordance with the law and in line with budgetary allocations in the family area of Avannaata Municipality.
• Assists the family departments in their daily operations and management, ensuring a continuously strengthened quality and service level towards the citizens.
• Is responsible for the development and implementation of the municipality's policies and quality standards in the family area.
• Provides ongoing advice and guidance to the family departments regarding expenditure in the family area, including especially obtaining monthly reports from the departments and, as needed, applications for budget reallocations or supplementary grants.
• Provides advice and guidance regarding the preparation of the annual budget in the family area and helps ensure that the annual budget is continuously revised and that the allocations are adhered to.
• Is the coordinator in connection with the preparation of accounting notes. Ensures that feedback from the departments regarding the preparation of accounting and budget notes is discussed in the central administration for family and submitted for political consideration.

Qualifications:

• That you are trained as a social worker – preferably supplemented by professional courses in the fields of economics and social law or a willingness to take such courses.
• Broad social and family professional knowledge, preferably with management experience in the social and family sector, especially in the area of finance and legal supervision.
• Management experience in the financial sector within municipal administration will be an advantage.
• Management experience in administration in the social and family sector.

Properties:

• Good and visible professional overview.
• Responsibility awareness.
• Good collaboration skills, including across different areas.
• Good at providing support, advice, and guidance in decision-making on complex matters.
• Good at maintaining an overview in pressured situations.
• Has good insight into working with budgets and accounting.
• Has good insight into social legislation.
• Masters Greenlandic and Danish in writing and speech.
• Mentally resilient.
• Systematic and analytical.
• Good negotiation skills (especially in relation to handling).
• Empathetic abilities.
• Exemplary case according to decorum requirements.
• Good communication skills.
• Impact and a positive, proactive approach to tasks.
• Holistic.
• Flexible.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with applicable agreements between the municipality and relevant organizations that have the right to enter into the agreements of the collective bargaining.

Housing is provided.

It is required that upon employment, satisfactory information about one's criminal record and child certificate is provided. Once these have been signed by the applicant with approval, the employer must subsequently obtain them from the National Police.

Further information regarding the position can be obtained from Director of Family Aviâja Madsen at tel. 38 76 04 or via email: avma@avannaata.gl.

Applications accompanied by copies of relevant exam papers, CVs, as well as statements and references should be sent through the Avannaata Municipality's website: Avannaata.gl/ledige-stilllinger

Application deadline: August 28, 2026

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