School consultant wanted for the School Department

School consultant sought for the School Department

School consultant sought for the School Department Municipality of Sermersooq

The Municipality of Sermersooq is looking for a skilled and dedicated school consultant for the Administration for Children and Schools under the school department, starting 01.11.2026 and/or by agreement.

The school department consists of a Head of Subject, 1 department leader, 4 school consultants, and 3 learning consultants.

The work in the school department should:

·Set the standard for good school administration in the Municipality of Sermersooq

·Implement political objectives

·Have a high degree of administrative and pedagogical professionalism

·Be characterized by clarity, thoroughness, and helpfulness

·Generally be organized in self-managing teams, open and flexible working groups

·Complex and professionally demanding tasks are solved in pairs by specialized employees

Content of the position:

·In collaboration with the school department's partners, fulfill national and local political objectives

·Handle all cases and tasks seriously, factually, and efficiently

·Continuously maintain their general competencies

·Achieve and maintain expertise within one or more of the school department's areas of work

Specific tasks for the positions:

·Administrative tasks, legally, regulation, and agreement-based tasks (Public School Act, Administrative Act, regulations, and agreements) decisions, interpretations of the aforementioned provisions

·Preparation of proposals for statutes, guidelines, distribution of competencies, and areas of focus

·Municipal political tasks, presentations and proposals prepared, research, documentation, and impact assessments, advice and guidance of political bodies, organization-related tasks

·External partners other authorities, bodies, organizations

·Internal partners departments, advice and guidance of school leaders, administrations, sectors

·Administration of school administrative programs, TRIO, TEA tabulex

·Create and strengthen a common pedagogical and professional platform for the entire municipal school system, inspiration, observation, evaluation, and supervision of school leaders and teachers, quality assurance of pedagogical and professional development and practice, school seminars and school developers, pedagogical frontrunners

·Be responsible for school enrollment for upcoming 1st grades

·AKO/SPO/FRO (SFO leisure scheme) guidance, contact link, and supervision of these

·Contact link for school counselors and advisory teachers for school start

·Supervision visits to the schools for which one is the contact link

General tasks for the positions:

The consultants have a teaching degree with further education, management experience, or administrative experience within the school sector.

The consultants have daily responsibility and decision-making authority within the following main areas of work:

Expectations for applicants:

·State educational background

·State expectations for professional/management experience

·State expectations for professional competence

We also emphasize:

·That you are good at collaborating with multiple instances

·Are stable, quality-conscious, and detail-oriented

·Can handle many tasks simultaneously without losing overview

·Communicates clearly and distinctly both in writing and orally

·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 hectic everyday life

·Is robust and shows initiative, surplus, and decisiveness

·Actively contributes to continuously developing and improving our task solutions

·You are a trained teacher and possibly have a school leadership education

·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 have significant independent responsibility in an organization in development and change. We emphasize a solid onboarding to 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:

This position is covered by the law on the obligation to obtain a criminal and child certificate. According to the law, employment can only begin when the municipality has received a satisfactory criminal and child certificate. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon when the municipality has received the child certificate from the National Police as well as the criminal record from the Police.

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

Salary and employment conditions:

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

Employment will be subject to a 3-month probation 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 Subject Akitsinnguaq Lulu Jensen, tel. +299 36 73 26 or email: ks55akje@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 904-26, 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: October 1, 2026