AC Administrative Officer to The Maritime Office – Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure, Rural Areas and Emergency Preparedness

Are you interested in working with the overarching client responsibility for Greenland's port infrastructure? Would you contribute to work on ports and shipping, including supply security? And do you have experience with Greenland's port infrastructure or as a public client?

And would you work closely with politicians in an administration that every day must navigate a new global situation?

Then the position as AC-grade officer in the Maritime Office is an obvious opportunity.

Close to politics, critical infrastructure and reality

As an employee of the Department of Housing, Infrastructure, Outer Districts and Emergency Preparedness, you will become a central part of the administrative engine room. You will carry out tasks with political attention, where you ensure progress in complex projects and provide precise decision bases for the political level.

In the Maritime Office, work is done with shipping and ports – areas that are crucial for the country's security of supply, business development and infrastructure.

Work and responsibility areas

The Infrastructure Department collaborates with relevant national authorities to design Greenlandic legislation so that it takes into account the special conditions that apply in Greenland.

The position is part of the ongoing operations of the Maritime Office as well as the Infrastructure Department's general task-solving.

• Construction client responsibility and project management: You will have the overall financial and legal client responsibility for the renovation effort and modernization of Greenland's ports. This includes close collaboration with advisors, assessment of technical solution models and the preparation of business cases and supplementary appropriations.
• Case handling and port authority: General exercise of authority under port laws, preparation of administrative decisions, responding to §37 questions, preparation of consultation responses and other written case submissions.
• Legislative and administrative work: Participation in work related to the administration of the Port Act and follow-up on sector plans.
• Coordinating tasks: Written and oral contact with relevant authorities, advisors, national authorities and other external and internal parties.

Qualifications and expectations

We are looking for a strong professional profile with experience in the maritime sector and critical infrastructure.

We expect that you have

• A relevant academic Master's degree.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with public case handling and exercise of authority from a politically governed organization within the maritime area or infrastructure sector.
• Experience with the role of public client, including financial management, contract control and monitoring of construction projects.
• Technical and engineering understanding of ports for assessing and controlling external consultant's technical material.
• Experience with preparing notes, political decision drafts, § 37 responses and legal-technical work.
• Good written communication skills for bureaucratic case documentation and complex note work

The tasks are administratively heavy, complex, politically sensitive and society-critical.

What do we offer?

• An position with substantial case-handling responsibilities in an administrative and politically governed environment.
• Processing of cases and preparation of decision notes with strategic importance for the sector.
• A strong professional environment in the Infrastructure Department, with a high tempo.

The tasks are planned in close dialogue with the office head and adapted to the department's ongoing operational needs.

The position

This is a vacant position with employment as an AC-grade officer. There will be no possibility of employment as a senior consultant or chief consultant for this position.

Security clearance

To be considered for the position, you must be able to obtain security clearance under applicable rules. Therefore, please attach an initial extract of your criminal record from the police register. It can be obtained from the local police authority or at: www.politi.gl/order-criminal-record/ private-criminal-record.

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment, including the right to relocation and household relocation, in accordance with the agreement/harmonized agreement applicable at the time of start between the Greenlandic Self-Government and the relevant negotiating organization.

Housing

An unfurnished staff housing can be allocated to the position according to the rules in force at any time. The size of the housing depends on the number of people in your household. Since there can be a waiting period for staff housing, you will be provided with a funded furnished vacant housing in the meantime. The staff housing is tied to the employment with the Self-Government and must be vacated when the employment relation with the Self-Government ends.

Start date

1 November 2026, or by agreement.

Working hours

40 hours per week.

Date of employment interviews

Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.

Are you ready to join?

Contact Head of Office Anders May

📞 +299 34 52 63

✉️ [email protected]

Send your application via the job portal.

Department: Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland)

Application deadline: 30 October 2026

Location: Nuuk, Greenland