Caseworker in the Agency for International Recruitment and Integration

We are looking for two new colleagues who want to help ensure a professionally strong processing of applications for residence and work permits for foreigners in Greenland, as well as provide concrete guidance to both employees and employers in our citizen center in Nuuk.

About the position
You will be part of our unit in Nuuk, which opened in the autumn of 2025, where you will have the opportunity to make your mark on both case processing and citizen services in this unit. We are currently staffed with five skilled employees and a unit manager.

As our new colleague, you will be part of a unit where our common goal is to ensure efficient workflows so that we can make correct decisions within the established service goals and provide professional and concrete guidance to employees and employers.

The unit is established in good office facilities in Nuuk. The office's location provides easy access to the city center with dining options, cinema, and shopping, and is also within short distance to Nuuk's many facilities and beautiful Greenlandic nature with opportunities for skiing, boating, and hiking.

For further information about daily life in Nuuk, we refer you to the municipality's website here.

If you want to know more about SIRI as a workplace, you can read more here.

Your everyday life with us
Your tasks will include:

• making and communicating decisions so that they are legally correct and targeted at the recipient

• conducting legal assessments, including whether there is a need for additional information in cases

• contributing to clarification and development of practices in the unit

• guiding our users both verbally and in writing

• handling personal inquiries in SIRI’s citizen center in Nuuk

• collaborating with authorities and stakeholders in both Greenland and Denmark

• contributing to the preparation of notes, responding to requests from the department, and contributing to ministerial services, etc.

What we can offer you
We take your training seriously and strive to give you a good start. From day one, you will receive an onboarding process where you are introduced to SIRI as a workplace and ensure that you are professionally equipped to begin case processing and solve the unit's other tasks.

As we are a smaller unit, practical ad hoc tasks will also be part of the daily routine, and you will have the opportunity to contribute broadly to task solutions.

You can expect, among other things:

• a unit where we greatly value knowledge sharing and sparring

• the opportunity to continuously develop your skills – both through courses and new tasks

• focus on your well-being and healthy work-life balance with the possibility of flexible arrangements with flextime

At SIRI, we have an informal tone, and we are characterized by having a strong collegial and social community across the agency. The cohesion in SIRI is strong, and we will also focus on this despite the geographical distance between SIRI Valby and SIRI Nuuk.

About you
We imagine that you have a relevant academic educational background, preferably a law degree. If you have another education in social sciences or similar, you are also welcome to apply.

Additionally, we envision that you:

• are eager to support the development of our unit, and you either live or are ready to settle in Greenland

• have experience with administrative law – preferably in practice

• are motivated by concrete case processing and have an interest in the area of immigration

• work independently, structured, and efficiently

• can express yourself in writing and orally in both Danish and English. If you can also speak and/or write Greenlandic, that is just a plus

• are a good colleague and prepared for a job where we work together and take joint responsibility for the cases

Curious?
If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact unit manager Elin Schmidt at email esmi@siri.dk or phone +299 223032. Please note there is a time difference of -3 hours compared to Danish time.

If you have questions about salary and employment conditions, you are welcome to contact recruitment partner Hanan Karaouni at email haaka@uim.dk or phone +45 61983501.

Are you our new colleague?
We look forward to receiving your application, CV, and diploma, etc., no later than Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 23:59 (Danish time), corresponding to 20:59 in Greenland (Nuuk).

We expect to hold interviews in week 43.

If you are currently residing in Denmark, the interview can be offered in Valby.

The positions are to start on December 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The positions are permanent full-time with an average of 40 hours per week.

Salary and employment conditions
It is your education that determines which collective agreement you are employed under. If you are a master's graduate, you will be employed under the agreement between the Ministry of Finance, the Employee and Competence Agency, DM, the Engineers' Association, IDA, and the Land Surveyors' Association for masters, engineers, and land surveyors in the service of the state in Greenland. If your professional organization is Djøf, it is the agreement entered into between the Ministry of Finance, the Employee and Competence Agency, and Djøf for legal candidates and university economists, etc., in the service of the state in Greenland, that you will be employed under.

If you have a different educational background, employment will take place under an individual contract.

The employment area is the Ministry of Immigration and Integration with associated institutions, and the workplace is the Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, Industrivej 31.1., 3900 Nuuk.

You earn vacation and special vacation days in accordance with what is stated in the respective agreements and the applicable Landsting law on vacation.

You are covered by the Greenlandic Salaried Employees Act.

SIRI provides housing in Nuuk.

Relocation assistance and travel for commencement are provided in accordance with the applicable rules at any given time.

You are provided with travel to and from Nuuk as well as relocation compensation according to the rules applicable to state employees in Greenland at any given time.

Paid vacation travel is provided for every 2 years of employment to the extent that it follows from applicable agreements.

You are reimbursed for additional expenses incurred during business trips according to the rules applicable to state employees in Greenland at any given time.

The Police Intelligence Service will conduct a security check of your person so that we in the Ministry of Immigration and Integration can assess whether you are suitable for the position. You must continuously be able to pass a security check throughout your employment. You can read about how we handle your personal data here.

Equality in all its aspects is important. Therefore, all interested parties regardless of ethnic affiliation, religion, gender, age, and similar are encouraged to apply for the positions. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is a member of the Association for Equal Access.