AC-Full-time Employee (Maternity Cover) for the Equality Office

Department for Children, Youth, Justice and Gender Equality is looking for a maternity cover with high professionalism and insight into the field of gender equality

The Gender Equality Office is seeking an AC officer for a maternity cover from October 1 or by agreement until March 2027.

Do you enjoy working with people, and being part of changing existing understandings and creating grounds for change? Does it motivate you to work with gender equality and do you want to help put the gender equality agenda at the top of the agenda? Then you might be the one we are looking for for a maternity cover in the Gender Equality Office in the Department for Children, Youth, Justice and Gender Equality.

About the position
The Gender Equality Office is looking for an AC officer with insight into structural conditions and the challenges of gender equality in society. Based on overarching goals and defined strategically prioritized areas of action, you will need to continue working with processes that will contribute to improving gender equality in the country – both in the short and long term. You will focus on the challenges arising from more formal frameworks, but also those related to daily life. We work to promote gender equality in the broadest sense. Therefore, it is a significant task to coordinate gender equality efforts across departments, provide data, and prepare decision-making bases.

You must be able to see both details and wholes and contribute to solutions. If you have a positive attitude and can strengthen change processes, you have a good starting point. You also thrive with project management and can see the benefits of collaborating across.

You will become part of the Gender Equality Office, which is part of the Department for Children, Youth, Justice and Gender Equality. The Gender Equality Office consists of an AC officer and a head of office, who is the immediate supervisor. The office is not large in size, but in ambitions.

Your tasks will include,

• participating in cross-cutting project groups, and other collaborations and contexts around knowledge sharing
• seeking, collecting, and processing knowledge and data as well as articulating analyses
• writing contributions to speeches and presentations for the Minister
• contributing with gender equality perspectives and inputs in the department's other publications
• contributing to planning and execution of selected gender equality-related communication efforts
• participating in Nordic-related activities and obligations
• handling political matters, including hearings and §37 questions
• Participating in the department's other task management as needed

The above is a suggestion of what you could be working on, but the task portfolio also depends on your competencies combined with the needs of the office.

We expect that you

• Have a relevant completed higher education
• Are interested in and have insight into the field of gender equality and ensuring equal conditions for all
• Have experience with cross-cutting collaboration and thrive with it
• Prioritize and contribute to a good collaboration and working environment
• Are responsible, proactive, and able to work independently, focusing on creating results
• Are structured, hardworking, dynamic, engaged, and development-oriented
• Can think strategically, analytically, and focus on opportunities rather than limitations
• Can navigate and maintain an overview between routine-based and more complex tasks
• Can collaborate and interact kindly and welcomingly with everyone regardless of background
• Have experience working in a politically governed organization
• Have good communication and presentation skills in writing as well as in speech in Greenlandic, Danish, and preferably English
• Have knowledge of Greenlandic culture and Greenlandic societal conditions

We offer in return

• A job where you have influence on national development in the field of gender equality
• A high degree of influence within the overarching objectives
• To become part of an environment where professionalism, expertise, and communication are highly valued
• To become part of a team where the focus is on trust, mutual feedback, and a short path to action
• Varied and cross-cutting tasks where your competencies are appreciated
• An informal tone where there is room for new ideas and laughter

About the Department
The department is part of the central administration, which is under the Naalakkersuisut and consists of the four areas of responsibility: Children, Youth, Justice, and Gender Equality.

Our main task is to serve and advise the Minister for Children, Youth, Justice, and Gender Equality as well as coordinate the political agenda within the four areas. This includes realizing the political goals for the field of gender equality.

The department consists of the Management Secretariat, the Department for Cross-Cutting Projects and Monitoring, and the Department for Justice and the Gender Equality Office.

Further information
Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting head of office Ivalu Nørreslet Rex at tel. 34 66 84 and/or by email: irex@nanoq.gl. Read more about the Department for Children, Youth, Justice, and Gender Equality here.

Application deadline
The application deadline is Friday, September 18, 2026. Employment interviews are expected to be held immediately after the application deadline expires.

The start date is October 1, 2026, or as soon as possible by agreement.

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

Working hours are 40 hours weekly.

Housing
No staff housing is provided for the position. If an applicant already has staff housing through employment in the 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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About Naalakkersuisut
If you are looking for challenges and want to influence everyday life through your work and help shape the future, then a job with the Government of Greenland is for you.

We expect great responsibility and value professional qualifications, a healthy analytical approach to things, and adaptability highly among employees. Furthermore, your ability to structure everyday life and maintain an overview is important.

The Government of Greenland consists of a Central Administration, with more than 650 employees distributed across several departments, as well as a number of decentralized units. Together, we are more than 2500 people associated with the Government of Greenland. The task of the Central Administration is to ensure the Naalakkersuisut (government) a solid political decision-making basis, as well as to implement the political decisions.

You can read more about the Government of Greenland at http://www.naalakkersuisut.gl/job