Department Head for Law and Disability

Department Head for Law and Disability Area

The Department of Health and Persons with Disabilities is seeking a strategically strong and professionally well-founded department head to lead the department for law and the disability area. The position is central to the development of policy, legislation, and professional direction in an area of great societal importance.

About the position

The department is newly established but consists of experienced employees with in-depth knowledge in both health law and disability counseling and case management. Therefore, you will become part of a professionally strong environment, where there are also good opportunities for training in the department's work and areas of responsibility.

As department head, you will have overall responsibility for both the professional and personnel management of the department. You will be a key person in the political service of the Minister for Health and People with Disabilities and in advising the Permanent Secretary. The role requires broad legal insight, political understanding, and the ability to drive progress in complex tasks.

• The work is diverse and includes, among other things: Management of the department's employees and prioritization of tasks.
• Legal advice in the field of health and disability.
• Political servicing, including the preparation of responses to § 37 questions, speeches, presentations, and reports.
• Participation in the preparation and revision of legislation.
• Participation in strategy and coordination tasks in the disability sector.
• Collaboration across departments, agencies, and external actors.

As department head, you report to the permanent secretary.

Your qualifications

• We are looking for a leader with strong legal skills and solid experience from a politically governed organization. You have: A legal master's degree.
• Documented management experience.
• Ability to navigate safely in political processes.
• Strong collaboration skills and experience with cross-functional problem solving.
• Overview, decisiveness, and the ability to create structure in complex areas of casework.
• We offer A central leadership position with significant influence on the development of the health and disability sector in Greenland.
• A professionally strong environment with engaged employees.
• Opportunity to work closely with the political decision-making process.
• A meaningful job where you contribute to creating better conditions for citizens with disabilities and for the healthcare sector as a whole.

Further information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Department Chief Aka Olesen at tel. +299 346739, email akos@nanoq.gl

Application deadline

The application, along with the attached CV and copies of the diploma, must be submitted via the link below by April 17, 2026.

 

Employment conditions

The position is currently classified as equivalent to 38. The salary with fixed salary components and personal contributions to pension in LR 38 amounts to DKK 64,048 monthly and DKK 768,576 annually as of April 1, 2026.

Employment will initially be on collective agreement terms; if the applicant is already a civil servant under the civil servant laws for the public Greenland, employment may occur on civil servant terms.

For the position, it applies that no maximum length of service has been established and that the provisions regarding compensation for overtime and the provisions regarding compensation for lost days off do not apply; the working hours are initially 40 hours per week.

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to travel for joining and leaving as well as relocation of personal belongings, in accordance with the collective agreement applicable 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 assigned staff housing is retained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

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