Legal Advisor for Labor Market Department

The Government of Greenland works to ensure a long-term positive development in the labor supply to promote employment in various sectors and increase self-sufficiency in society. It is the Government's task to ensure that the Greenlandic labor market develops positively, both in the long term and the short term.

The labor shortage in the country is a challenge for the labor market, and due to the labor shortage, businesses and the public sector are calling for labor from abroad. One of the goals of the Naalakkersuisut is to improve the integration of the people who move here.

The tasks in the labor market department include the preparation of legislation in the labor market area, including the drafting of regulations and guidelines. Additionally, it involves processing cases of Danish laws for Greenland. A particular focus will be on understanding the legal framework regarding the regulation of foreign labor and managing the department's dialogue with the Danish authorities that have the relevant responsibility.

Organizationally, the position is placed under the department head for the labor market. You will be the department's primary lawyer and will work closely with other lawyers in the Government of Greenland. Your tasks will primarily relate to the labor market and immigration areas.

The tasks are diverse and require the ability to collaborate across language, cultural, and professional boundaries, as well as to take independent responsibility for one's own areas of work. The position demands the ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new material and to be flexible, as well as to thrive in an organization where small and large tasks intersect in a sometimes hectic everyday life.

Things can move quickly in our department, so you need to be prepared for a workday where decisions and thoughts must sometimes be made rapidly. However, you also need to be ready to sit down and draft proposals for legislation, where attention to detail must be considered in dialogue with the relevant parties.

About the positions

The tasks include, among other things.

• preparation, development, and maintenance of legislative proposals and regulations within the labor market area
• project responsibility and management in the preparation or revision of legislation
• advice and sparring with the top management in the department as well as internal legal support to the professional departments
• sparring in contract negotiations and agreements
• concrete legal case processing within the labor market and immigration areas.

• Is educated as a Master of Laws (cand. jur.) or has another relevant educational background.
• 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 writing and speaking formulation
• Good at creating collaborative relationships
• Knowledge of Greenlandic societal conditions and culture is an advantage.
• Preferably bilingual, Greenlandic and Danish.

In the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, and Interior Affairs, we have about 35 employees distributed across the departments of Management Secretariat, Social Affairs, Labor Market, Interior Affairs, and the Supervision Unit.

Further information

If you want to know more about the positions or the department, you are welcome to contact the head of the labor market department, Lona Lynge, at email: loly@nanoq.gl or phone number +299 345624.

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 effect at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

Housing

An unfurnished staff housing can be assigned for the position according to the applicable regulations at any given time. Housing cannot be assigned to individuals who already have staff housing or another property owned by the municipality or the Government of Greenland. Rent and deposit are paid according to the applicable regulations for the assigned housing. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Rent and housing standards may vary depending on the age of the property, ownership conditions, etc. There may be a waiting period for the allocation of permanent staff housing, which is why temporary accommodation may occur, including in smaller housing communities or hotel apartments, for which taxation applies. It is not possible to keep larger pets such as dogs or cats in staff or temporary housing.

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