Office Assistant for the Administration for Children and School, Staff

Office Assistant for Administration for Children and School, Staff

Do you have a handle on administration, finance, and structure – and are you motivated by making everyday life work for many people? Then you might be the office assistant we are looking for in the Staff of the Administration for Children and School.

With us, you will become an important part of the engine room behind the municipality's daycare services, schools, and leisure offerings. Your work will help ensure that the administrative processes function effectively, so our professional areas can focus on what matters most – children's learning, development, and well-being.

The Administration for Children and School consists of a School Department, including the Advisory Center for Children and Youth (MISI), Daycare Department, Leisure and Culture Department, Department for Development, Health Promotion, and Prevention, as well as the Staff. The Staff is responsible for finance, including financial models, accounting and budgeting, case presentations for political processing, project coordination, preparation of needs analyses, etc. The department supports all departments internally in the administration regarding administrative and budgetary tasks. As an office assistant in the administration, you will be part of the staff, where work is done across the entire administration.

The department consists of two employees in finance, four AC assistants, a student assistant, the Assessment within the children and youth area, and the head of staff.

The position, which is a full-time position, reports to the head of staff.

Content of the position:
We are looking for an office assistant to handle a number of tasks, including:

·Invoice coding

·Controlling the department's budget consumption

·Payment of quarterly grants to self-governing institutions

·Ordering travel tickets

·Archive

·Ordering goods and office supplies

·Ad-hoc tasks across the administration

Additionally, to help organize and develop the administrative tasks in close collaboration with other employees and underlying units.

You will work independently, but you will also work closely with everyone in the administration. Therefore, it is important that you also have good collaboration and communication skills.

Expectations for applicants:

∙Relevant professional education in HK/office

∙Understanding of finance

∙In-depth knowledge of IT and Excel at user level

∙Knowledge of Ax/Prisme will be an advantage

We also emphasize:

Personal competencies:

∙Is stable, quality-conscious, and detail-oriented

∙Is positively inclined and eager to learn and develop

∙Works independently, responsibly, and service-oriented

∙Exhibits flexibility regarding tasks and ongoing adjustments in workload

∙Has the ability to work focused and structured in a sometimes hectic everyday life

∙Is robust and shows initiative, resilience, and decisiveness

∙Actively contributes to continuously developing and improving our task solutions

∙Is good at collaborating broadly

∙Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement

We offer:

A challenging job with opportunities to shape the content and take on significant independent responsibility in an organization in development and change. We emphasize a solid onboarding for both the job and workplace, and strive to ensure a good collaborative climate with close managerial support as well as room for initiative and creativity.

Criminal and Child Certificate:

The position is subject to the law requiring the collection of criminal and child certificates. According to the law, employment can only begin when the municipality has received satisfactory criminal and child certificates. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the child certificate from the National Police and the criminal certificate from the Police.

The child certificate is obtained by the municipality with the consent of the individual, while the criminal certificate is obtained by the individual from the Police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Government of Greenland, according to the agreement/collective agreement applicable at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

Employment will be subject to a 3-month probationary period.

Housing:

No staff housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, you are welcome to contact for further information about the position and associated tasks to: Head of Staff Charlotte Bech, tel. +299 36 73 21 or email: ks45chbe@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 790-26, and accompanied by educational certificates and documentation of previous employment, etc. must be uploaded before the deadline.

How to apply:

Applications must be sent electronically, via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.

Note:

We do not accept applications in paper or emails, please send your application electronically via the job posting.

Application deadline: September 8, 2026