RE-ADVERTISEMENT Lawyer sought for the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, Families, and Interior Affairs in the Department of Social Affairs and Families

In the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, Families and Domestic Affairs, we work to realize the political goals in the area of responsibility.

This includes, among other things, legislation, including our own social legislation as well as strategies and projects to strengthen the conditions for vulnerable adults and the elderly in Greenland.

The tasks in the Department of Social Affairs and Families include the preparation of legislation within the social legal area, including the preparation of regulations and guidelines, servicing the political level in the form of notes, reports, and
more, as well as handling legal questions. Furthermore, cooperation with the Danish authorities in the area of family law is anchored in the department.

Your primary tasks fall under the area of family law, but you will handle tasks across the entire department, including the development of existing legal areas and the preparation of new legislation in the social area.

The tasks are diverse and require the ability to collaborate across
language, culture, and professional boundaries, as well as the ability to take independent responsibility for your
areas of responsibility. The position requires the ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new material and be
flexible, as well as to thrive in an organization where small and large tasks intersect
with each other in a sometimes hectic everyday life.

Organizationally, the position is placed under the head of the Department of Social Affairs. You
will be part of the department's group of lawyers and will have close cooperation with other lawyers in the department. Your tasks will mainly relate to the area of family law.

You can expect a varied, exciting, and challenging job. Through your work tasks, you will gain experience in using the legal method, as well as honing your creative ability to translate established political goals into concrete legislation.

About the position
The tasks include, among other things:

• To function as an advisor for the political level in collaboration with the management of the department
• To assist in the preparation of legislation in the area of family law and ensure that any guidelines for this are also prepared
• To prepare political proposals, reports, responses, etc.
• Legislative preparatory work in the form of assistance and project collaboration with the individual departments and the administration of Inatsisartut, as well as the Danish authorities
• Legal quality assurance of proposals for Inatsisartut laws, Self-Government regulations, municipal bylaws, and cross-cutting circulars, as well as confirmation and publication of these
• Legal advice, including in the preparation of legal notes and responses
• Resolve administrative law tasks across the departments
• Conduct courses on legal quality, case processing, and other legal topics

About you

• Have a degree in law (cand. jur.)
• Have an open and positive approach to your work and your colleagues
• Are independent, well-structured, and results-oriented
• Have an interest in translating politics into law and vice versa
• Skilled in written and spoken formulation
• Good at creating collaborative relationships
• Knowledge of Greenlandic societal conditions and culture is an advantage
• Preferably bilingual, but not a requirement.

About the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, Families, and Domestic Affairs
In the Department of Social Affairs, Labor Market, Families, and Domestic Affairs, we have about 35 employees distributed across the departments of Management Secretariat, Social Affairs and Families, Labor Market, Domestic Affairs, and the Supervision Unit, where this position is organizationally anchored in the Department of Social Affairs and Families.

Application
The application deadline is November 13, 2026
The start date is January 1, 2027, or by agreement.

Further information
If you would like to know more about the position or the department, you are welcome to contact Department Head Guluk Chemnitz gulc@nanoq.gl or the department via email isn@nanoq.gl.
 

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.

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.

Submit your application, CV, educational and course certificates, as well as other relevant documents by clicking "Send application".
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