diff --git a/src/app/core/services/navigation-config.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/navigation-config.service.ts
index 9d6be6fca..8bf3929bd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/navigation-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/navigation-config.service.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,36 @@ export function flattenNavRoutes(
   });
 }
 
+/** A permission-filtered navigation leaf suitable for global search. */
+export interface NavSearchResult {
+  route: string;
+  label: string;
+  groupLabel?: string;
+  icon?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flattens a navigation tree into searchable leaf routes, carrying the parent
+ * group's label key for display context (e.g. "Organization › Offices").
+ */
+export function flattenNavRoutes(
+  items: readonly NavItemConfig[],
+  groupLabelKey?: string,
+): { route: string; labelKey: string; groupLabelKey?: string; icon?: string }[] {
+  return items.flatMap((item) => {
+    if (item.divider) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    if (item.children) {
+      return flattenNavRoutes(item.children, item.labelKey);
+    }
+    if (!item.route) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    return [{ route: item.route, labelKey: item.labelKey, groupLabelKey, icon: item.icon }];
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * The application's full navigation tree, transcribed from the sidebar
  * template. Permission and feature-flag gates match the ones already applied