Employee with a flair for communication and administration

Do you want to combine communication, administration and meeting people in a meaningful position? Do you thrive with a high variation in tasks, and would you like to help convey the life and activities of the church?

Then you may be the colleague we are looking for at Ringsted Parish.

Ringsted Parish is seeking an engaged, proactive and service-minded employee for a versatile position at 32 hours per week with start on … or as soon as possible.

Working hours will be arranged by agreement.

The position is composed of approximately 60% communications tasks and 40% administration and sexton tasks .

About Ringsted Parish

Ringsted Parish is a large and vibrant urban parish with more than 17,000 inhabitants and about 37 staff members. The parish life unfolds around the historic Sct. Bendts Church and Klostermark Church, where services, church actions, concerts, lectures, cultural events and many other activities are held year-round.

We are a workplace with high professionalism, a strong collegial community and an informal tone. Humor, cooperation and mutual respect characterize daily life, and we emphasize that everyone contributes with ideas and engagement. At the same time we protect the Church of Denmark’s values, traditions and the good service to parishioners.

You can read more about the parish on our website: www.ringstedsogn.dk

Your tasks

You will have an exciting and varied everyday life, where you work with communication, administration and personal service to the church's users.

Communication and PR

You will be responsible for making the parish's many activities visible and communicating the life of the church through both digital and printed media.

The tasks include, among others

· Operation, development and maintenance of the parish website

· Preparation of newsletters

· Administration of Facebook and other social media

· Editorial work for church pages in the local press

· Preparation of press releases

· Layout and graphic design of posters, brochures, advertisements and other information materials

Sexton and administration tasks

You will, together with our sexton, be a central employee at the church office and an important outward-facing face. You meet people in both joyful and difficult life situations and provide professional, present and welcoming service.

The tasks include, among others

· Service at the Church Office and Cemetery Office

· Relieving the sexton during holidays, days off and other absence

· Administration of grave sites, including registration, correspondence and follow-up

· Personal registration

· Preparation of material for KAM (Kirkelig Administration Midtsjælland), which handles the final case processing

· Administrative tasks for the parish council

· Secretary for one or more of the parish council’s committees

We are looking for a colleague who

· is trained as a sexton or has completed the 3K training

· has knowledge of the Church of Denmark and its tasks

· has strong IT skills and easily adapts to new digital systems

· has a flair for written and visual communication and preferably experience with websites, social media and graphic layout

· works in a structured and independent manner and can maintain an overview in a busy daily life

· is service-minded and meets people with presence, respect and cordiality

· thrives in close cooperation with colleagues, priests, volunteers and parish councils

· has a positive mindset, is flexible and actively contributes to a good working environment

• If you do not have sexton training, it is a requirement that you complete this no later than one year after hire

We offer

With us you get

· an exciting and meaningful position with great variation in tasks

· opportunity to shape and further develop the parish's communication

· a workplace with engaged colleagues and a strong community

· a high degree of independence and responsibility

· an informal work environment with room for new ideas and professional development

· a position of 32 hours per week with working hours to be agreed

Salary and terms

The employment is covered by the Generic Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Teachers’ Association and CO10 (LC/CO10 generic agreement) as well as the Organizational Agreement for church functionaries with core tasks as sexton, church and culture worker or church musician with an accompanying protocol for sextons. The agreements can be seen at https://folkekirkensintranet.dk/vejledninger/menighedsraadet-som-arbejdsgiver/ok24 .

The position is placed in salary grade 2 for sextons.

The annual salary is negotiated within the range of 350,435.39 DKK – 442,215.58 DKK . In addition, there is an OK24 allowance of 3,475.84 DKK annually as well as an availability allowance of 39,596.64 DKK annually.

All amounts are stated as of level 1 August 2026 for full-time. Salary and allowances are prorated according to the position’s working time fraction of 32/37. In addition, an employer-paid pension contribution of 18.4% is provided.

Salary placement is agreed between Ringsted Parish Council and the Danish Sextons Association.

There are educational requirements for the position, cf. §§ 4 and 8 of the Circular of 12 November 2019 on mandatory educational requirements for church functionaries.

Application

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact

Sexton Ghita Kruuse

Phone: 57 61 11 61

Email: [email protected]

Applications with relevant attachments should be sent to [email protected] .

The application deadline is 19 October 2026

Interviews are expected to be held in week 43

We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming our new colleague to Ringsted Parish.