The Department for Children, Youth, Justice, and Gender Equality is seeking a legal Special or Chief Consultant in the Department for Strategy, Development, and Law.

Are you passionate about improving conditions for children and young people, and do you want to work closely with the political decision-making process? Then we have an exciting position for you.

The department is looking for an experienced chief or special consultant with a strong legal expertise, who can contribute to strengthening the quality and development of our legal work.

In the Department for Children, Young People, Justice and Gender Equality, we work to realize political goals in our area of responsibility. A central part of the position will be to provide professional sparring and guidance to our two lawyers. Therefore, we are looking for an experienced lawyer who has the necessary legal acumen to discuss complex legal issues. Additionally, as a legal Special or Chief Consultant, you will have a varied everyday life with cross-cutting tasks, political servicing, and projects. You will have your own areas of responsibility while also participating in solving common tasks in the department.

The department is organized into the Management Secretariat, the Department for Strategy, Development and Law, the Justice area, and the Gender Equality Office. We emphasize collaboration, professionalism, and a work culture where there is room for development and innovation. Therefore, it is an advantage if you are collaborative-oriented, meeting your colleagues with openness and interest. In return, you will become part of a workplace with engaged colleagues who support and respect each other.

Your job

You will be part of the Department for Strategy, Development and Law, which consists of nine employees with different professional backgrounds. The department works across the entire department's area of responsibility and has a central role in ensuring that political decisions are translated into concrete efforts and results.

The work is diverse and requires collaboration across departments, professional boundaries, and cultures, as well as the ability to take independent responsibility for your own areas of cases.

We offer

• An exciting and meaningful job close to the political decision-making process.
• Opportunity to work on complex and socially important projects that make a difference for children and young people in Greenland.
• Varied tasks, your own areas of responsibility, and opportunities for professional and personal development.
• A dynamic work environment with engaged and ambitious colleagues who support and respect each other.
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development through varied tasks and responsibilities.
• Flexible working conditions with a focus on the balance between work and private life.
• A workplace with good colleagues and a focus on well-being and an informal tone.

Your tasks

• Professional sparring and guidance of our lawyers.
• Quality assurance of legal assessments and other legal tasks.
• Communicate complex legal issues clearly and understandably to both lawyers and non-lawyers.
• Preparation and processing of legislative processes.
• Serve the political level through presentations to the Naalakkersuisut, notes, and responses to §37 questions.
• Coordinate and follow up on ongoing projects and collaborate with colleagues, other departments, municipalities, and other stakeholders.

About you

• Have a relevant academic education at the master's level.
• Have solid legal experience and high professionalism.
• Experience with professional sparring, supervision, or guidance of other lawyers.
• Work independently, structured, and take responsibility for driving tasks forward.
• Communicate clearly and precisely both in writing and orally.
• Thrive with project and process work and with collaboration across professional fields and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Greenlandic societal conditions and culture is an advantage.
• Preferably bilingual, but it is not a requirement.

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 appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

Housing

No staff housing is provided for the position. If an applicant already has staff housing through employment in the Self-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.

Application deadline

29.10. 2026 at 12:00

Employment

As soon as possible.

If the position sounds like something for you, we look forward to receiving your application.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Acting Department Head Jesper Stab Nielsen at jesn@nanoq.gl or call +299 34 66 43.

We will invite relevant candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis.

We look forward to hearing from you.