The Social Authority is seeking a consultant in the foster family area.

Do you want to help ensure quality, strengthen, and develop the foster family area throughout Greenland? Do you have experience or interest in the field and have a social or pedagogical background? Do you want to be part of a team where you can make a difference in enhancing the competencies of other municipal foster family consultants across Greenland? Then you might be our new employee at the Social Agency.

About the position
We are looking for a skilled and committed employee in the foster family area. As part of the job, you will support the municipal foster family consultants with advice and guidance both pedagogically, legally, and socially in collaboration with your colleagues. In addition, part of the job will involve keeping up with the latest knowledge in the field, including developing and ensuring quality of course materials for foster families and guidelines for foster family consultants, so it is an advantage if you have experience with development work in the foster family area, but it is not a requirement.

To fit the job, you should be open and flexible towards many different types of tasks, you should be able to work both independently, detail-oriented, and be a sparring partner with others.

Your tasks will include:

• providing advice and guidance to the municipal foster family consultants.
• providing professional assistance in complex cases related to the foster family area
• being responsible for coordinating and planning basic courses and further education for foster families
• participating in and managing operational and development tasks within the foster family area
• ongoing updating of social professional knowledge, methods, and efforts in collaboration with the team
• collecting and disseminating knowledge within the foster family area
• engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration internally in the Social Agency and externally
• ad-hoc tasks, e.g., participation in working groups related to development projects

We are looking for a consultant who:

• has a relevant social professional education, e.g., social worker, social pedagogue, or similar.
• has experience working with vulnerable children and young people, preferably within the foster family area.
• has experience and interest in teaching and disseminating knowledge as well as experience in planning, coordinating, and developing teaching materials.
• works independently, systematically, structured, and is solution-oriented
• is a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing
• is good at collaborating and coordinating
• is good at creating networks
• is resource-focused and has a respectful approach to other people
• is bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish, but it is not a requirement.

Additionally, it is an advantage if you:

• have a relevant further education in the field
• have experience working in a politically governed organization
• have experience working with development projects and are good at thinking innovatively.
• are curious, proactive, and approach a collaborative situation positively

In return, you will receive:

• a versatile job function with many exciting and varied tasks, in an agency and in municipalities that value and need your competencies
• the opportunity to strengthen efforts for vulnerable children and young people in foster care as well as the foster families.
• influence in lifting an area of great attention
• a strong professional environment where we prioritize sparring and help each other to continuously improve
• a leader who trusts your professionalism, sets realistic demands, and prioritizes your development
• good colleagues who emphasize having a good time together - even when we are busy
• a casual working atmosphere and influence on your own working conditions
• the opportunity to travel for work

The Social Agency is an agency under the Department of Children, Youth, Justice, and Gender Equality. The position is anchored in the Social Agency's Department for Advice for Caseworkers. As a consultant in the foster family area, you will therefore have significant responsibility for supporting legal and social professional development within the foster family area in the municipal administrations across the country.

Start date
November 1, 2026, or by further agreement.

The application deadline is September 20, 2026, at 12:00 (Greenlandic time)
Employment interviews are expected to be held immediately thereafter.

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.

The working hours are generally 40 hours per week.

Housing
No staff housing can be provided for the position. If an applicant already has staff housing through employment in the Self-Government, the right to assigned staff housing is maintained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

Further information
If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Mia Nielsen at tel. +299 272505 or by email mine@nanoq.gl

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