Church singer wanted for Jerne Church in Esbjerg as of 1 November 2026

Do you have a lot of musicality, can you read music and enjoy singing?

If yes, please read on, as Jerne Church is seeking a new church singer

Since one of our 2 skilled church singers has chosen to resign, as they want to prioritise their studies, we are seeking a new singer for services, baptisms, marriages, funerals/memorials and other church ceremonies.

The church singer position is normed to 12 hours per week, and is shared between 2 church singers with 6 hours per week on average for each of the 2 singers.

The church singers will have the opportunity to swap with each other.

The on-call time is placed within the working hours during the week as follows: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30 - 14:30, though Thursday only from 13:00 - 13:30 and every other Sunday working time

9:15 - 11:15 (service)

You will have a fixed weekly day off every Monday, and as a general rule you shall work every other weekend as well as a number of holidays and accrue 5 weeks of vacation per year.

We have a well-functioning choir that participates in the High Masses and special services

Jerne Parish has about 10,000 inhabitants of which about 6,000 are members of the state church.

The church is built as a Romanesque village church in the late 12th century.

Today the church is located in the eastern part of Esbjerg and is the oldest building in the city.

Jerne is an urban parish with many church activities and many activities.

At Jerne Church there are two priests, two organists, two church attendants, a church and cultural worker, a sexton with daily management and 2 church singers.

The church council consists of 10 elected members, two priests and one employee representative.

Employment takes place by Jerne Parish Council located at Møllebakken 2, 6705 Esbjerg Ø.

The service locations are Jerne Church, Jerne Parish House and Esbjerg Municipality's three chapels.

We offer you

· a well-functioning workplace with an informal tone

· dedicated colleagues who have a high level of expertise

· a high degree of independence and responsibility

· an engaged parish council open to new initiatives and that emphasizes a good working environment

· a church and parish house that are “Green Church”, “Open Church” and Vej Church

We expect that you have

· good collaboration skills and the willingness and ability to engage in cooperation with the other staff including our 2 organists, the priests and the parish council

· a good sense for the Folk Church’s services and rituals

· knowledge of and interest in both old and new hymns

· desire and ability to work with church singing in different genres

You can find many more details about Jerne Parish on our website www.jernekirke.dk

Employment terms .

Employment of a church singer will be covered by the Joint Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and CO10 and the collective agreement between the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs and CO10 – Central Organization of 2010 for church functionaries with core tasks such as sexton, parish helper/church and cultural worker or church musician and the accompanying protocol for church musicians and the accompanying protocol for church musicians.

The agreements can be viewed at www.folkekirkenspersonale.dk

Annual salary for a church musician is agreed within the range 333,747 DKK – 475,540 DKK (current kroner as of 01.08.2026).

There is an on-call obligation for the position. The on-call allowance amounts to 27,641.00 DKK per year, plus an OK allowance of 1,082.00 DKK per year and 5 hours of supplementary on-call time.

All of the above amounts are stated in current kroner as of 01.08.2026 for a full-time position.

For part-time employment, the salary will be adjusted according to the percentage of the appointment.

A agreement on placement in the salary range is entered into between the parish council and the Danish Church Musicians Association prior to employment.

Salary, OK allowance and on-call allowance are quoti ned in accordance with the position's employment fraction.

Further information about the position and the possibility to see the church and parish house can be obtained by contacting

· organist Jesper Topp, tel. 42 92 41 81

· organist Frederik Augsburg, tel. 24 37 86 19

· parish priest Sidsel K. Blom, tel. 29 60 23 17

· the parish council chair and HR manager Annemette Hauschildt, tel. 51 86 38 29

If you are interested, please send your application with relevant documents by email to [email protected] no later than Tuesday 20.10.2026 at 12:00 .

Interviews and audition are expected to take place on Wednesday 28 October in the afternoon and/or Thursday 29 October from 11:15.

The parish council can inform that references and a child protection certificate will be obtained.

There will be a 3-month probation attached to the position.