Deputy for the department head in the disability area in Nanortalik

Position as Deputy for Department Head in the Disability Area in Nanortalik

Position as Deputy for Department Head

in the Disability Area in Nanortalik

A position as Deputy for Department Head in Housing Forms, sheltered workshops, and support staff, is available for appointment from December 1, 2026, or by further agreement.

If you want to help make a difference for our residents and citizens, then you are exactly who we are looking for as our new colleague.

Organizationally, the area falls under the social administration's Disability Area in the Municipality of Kujalleq, where the nearest leader is the Department Head in the disability area for housing forms and sheltered workshops as well as support staff.

The content of the position includes, among other things:

• Daily management in close collaboration with the Department Head

for housing offers – workshop in the local town, and coordination of support staff

• Including coordination of duty schedules, vacation plans
• Responsibility for the daily operation of housing offers and sheltered workshops
• Ensure in close collaboration with the Department Head that approved service descriptions and quality standards are adhered to
• Ensure and maintain a responsible record of residents' and citizens':

-Action plans - Support staff action plans

-Implementation of grants from the Authority area

• Ensure that support staff work is carried out according to approved action plans
• Responsible and ensure that annual action plans are available by December 1 and sent to the disability coordinator in close collaboration with the Department Head and caseworker
• Responsible and oversee management of time consumption in accordance with approved budget / grants
• Take responsibility when the Department Head is not present

We expect the following qualifications;

• That you are educated as a Social Assistant/Health Assistant or similar education
• That you have experience with coordination of support staff
• That you possess responsibility and independence in solving tasks, and have good ideas and initiative for new initiatives, and are a good planner
• That you have experience with administrative tasks, and finance, and good IT skills
• That you possess good communication and good messaging skills, and are goal-oriented

We offer;

• A challenging and varied and sometimes busy job, where you will have the opportunity to influence the area and development in the area
• Opportunity for personal and professional development in close collaboration with other deputies and the Department Head in the Municipality of Kujalleq
• Independence and responsibility and co-determination in the area

Employment and remuneration:

Salary and employment conditions will be in accordance with the applicable collective agreement for Greenland's Self-Government and in the Municipalities at the time of appointment.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Criminal record:

The position is subject to the law on the obligation to obtain a child certificate and criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin when the Municipality has received the certificates

Further information and job description can be obtained from disability coordinator Pipaluk Thomassen Pith@kujalleq.gl

Applications with information about previous employment and educational certificates, etc. must be received by the municipality no later than October 25, 2026

NOTE: We do not accept applications in paper or e-mails, please send your application as a PDF file electronically with the job advertisement.

”With a focus on higher public health, the Municipality of Kujalleq has implemented smoke-free working hours at all municipal workplaces. This is effective from January 1, 2018. Further information can be obtained from the HR department”

Application deadline: October 25, 2026