Cemetery Manager

Are you our new cemetery manager?

Thorsager- Bregnet- Feldballe Churches seek a cemetery manager who can lead the green work on the cemeteries, and who together with the daily manager will shape daily life and the future with us.

Cemetery manager's overarching tasks

• Responsible for the operation of the cemeteries and the administration thereof, as well as care of the parsonage gardens, etc.
• Supervision of the church and cemetery buildings.
• Personnel management and working environment – including work with work planning, vacation planning etc.
• Be an ambassador for the church through good and positive dialogue with the congregation, relatives and the church's partners.

In daily work you collaborate with and receive support from the daily manager on administrative tasks and other duties. This means the position as cemetery manager with us can be filled by an experienced cemetery manager as well as an engaged landscape gardener or similar, who is ready to take on the leadership task and collaborate with the daily manager on this.

Thorsager Bregnet Feldballe is an active parish with many people connected to the churches and cemeteries. We have three churches and four cemeteries with each their distinctive character and a jointly active parish council that wishes to assume responsibility for churches and cemeteries in the interplay between tradition and renewal and with focus on the green transition.

Who are we looking for?

• You have a relevant professional education as a gardener, horticulturist, agronomist, etc.
• You have the professional overview so you can lead, distribute and participate in the work regarding care and development of the green areas.
• You can handle administrative tasks in relation to churches and cemeteries in collaboration with staff and the daily manager.
• You collaborate with the daily manager on operations and development tasks.
• You are good at collaboration and eager to be part of the special collaboration with the parish council and other actors around our churches.
• You have a high degree of integrity and are good in relation to both employees, colleagues and the people who come to the church and the cemetery.

Employment terms

The position is on 37 hours per week and the expected start date is 1 December 2026

The employment is covered by the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organization (OAO-S) and the Organizational Agreement for church functionaries with core tasks such as sexton, grave digger, cemetery manager or senior administration chief with accompanying protocol for cemetery managers and senior administration chiefs, concluded between the Ministry of Finance and the Association of Church and Cemetery Employees.

The agreements can be viewed at The National Church Intranet .

Current civil service cemetery managers have the right to preserve their civil service status upon appointment with direct transition. In that case, the position must be classified.

The position is placed in pay group 1. The annual salary is agreed within the range kr. 397.205,- to 445.466,- (current currency as of 1 August 2026).

For the role of cemetery manager/senior administration chief there is attached an annual self-scheduling allowance of kr. 10.247,19 (current currency as of 1 April 2026)

Salary will be set after negotiations between the parish council and the Association of Church and Cemetery Employees (FAKK).

Qualification allowance and function allowance can be agreed

Expected start date 1.12.2026

Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis, so if you apply, or consider applying, you are welcome to contact the cemetery office at phone: 2447 9834 to arrange an interview with the daily manager Helle Zederkof.

Application deadline

Sunday 18 October 2026 at 12:00.