Executive Director and Cantor at Zion's Church in Esbjerg

Do you want an exciting and varied daily life in an active church with many activities and people? Then perhaps you are the one we are looking for.

Zions Sogn is a large and active parish in the middle of Esbjerg with about 7,000 inhabitants, of whom about 5,150 are members of the Church of Denmark.

As the daily leader and parish clerk you will become a central and visible part of everyday life at Zion's Church. You will have an important role in creating coherence between the church's many activities, staff, volunteers, priests and the parish council.

The position combines personnel management, administration, communications and the traditional tasks of a parish clerk (kordegn). We therefore are looking for someone who thrives with responsibility, can keep an overview and at the same time meets people openly and warmly.

Your primary duties

The work as daily leader and parish clerk includes, among other things

• Personnel management and personnel administration
• Secretary function for the parish's two priests and the parish council
• Registration of persons
• PR and communications tasks
• General office administration
• Accounting reconciliation – we are linked to an accounting office
• Participation in services

We value that you

• have experience from similar areas of work and can work independently and conscientiously.
• have a sense of good personnel management and can plan and organize the work with respect for each employee's working hours, freedom and well-being.
• can create the framework for good and constructive communication and a trusting collaboration between the parish council, priests and employees.
• are welcoming, structured and flexible and can maintain an overview in a daily life with many different tasks.
• communicate confidently and professionally in writing and have good IT skills and are familiar with digital solutions.

We offer

• A full-time position with exciting, meaningful and varied work, where you will come into contact with many people.
• An informal work environment as well as collegiality built on secure collaboration, and where we help each other - often in a humorous and not self-important tone.
• You will become part of an active church with engaged staff, volunteers and an engaged parish council. You will have a central role in the church's daily work and good opportunities to influence and coordinate everyday life.
• Weekly staff meetings for all employees and priests, where we coordinate, follow up and find solutions together.
• Close collaboration and sparring with the person responsible for the staff.
• Great flexibility in work planning.

Application and interviews

The application deadline is Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 12.00.

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

Employment interviews are expected to be held on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

Terms of employment

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the current collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and CO10, as well as the organizational agreement for parish clerks and related protocol entered into with the Ministry of the Church. The agreements can be viewed at https://folkekirkensintranet.dk/vejledninger/menighedsraadet-som-arbejdsgiver/ok24.

Current civil service employed parish clerks have the right to retain their civil servant status with a direct transition upon employment. In that case the position must be classified.

The position is placed in pay grade 3. The annual salary is negotiated within the range 417,184.39 DKK – 500,621.27 DKK (current prices). There is a standby obligation for the position. The standby allowance amounts to 39,596.64 DKK per year (current prices).

In addition an OK24 allowance of 3,475.85 DKK per year (current prices).

Salary is agreed within the stated pay range. In addition, 18.4% in pension contributions to CO10 pension in PFA.

Note that the final salary placement is agreed between the parish council and the Danish Parish Clerks Association.

It is a prerequisite for employment that a applicant who has not yet completed the parish clerk education completes 5 weeks of basic training within 2 years after employment. See the circular on education requirements for church officials at www.folkekirkenspersonale.dk.

Would you like to know more?

Further information about the position can be obtained from

Current daily leader and parish clerk Anne Bendix

Tel. 75 12 83 16

Chair Inge Marie Jensen

Tel. 51 71 72 23

HR responsible Berit Beier

Tel. 40 86 44 97

Important dates

Created: 4 Oct 2026

Application deadline: 22 Oct 2026

Contact person

Anne Bendix

Main number: 75128316

Email: [email protected]

Employer

Zion’s Parish Council

Nygårdsvej 103

6700 Esbjerg