Finance and Administrative Consultant for Aarhus Cathedral Chapter

The Aarhus Cathedral Provostry is seeking an independent and professionally strong provost secretary with a solid understanding of finance, public administration and administration.

So - are you proficient with numbers, legislation and administrative processes?

Can you create an overview, see connections and translate complicated material into clear decision grounds?

And do you thrive in a daily life where you both work independently and have close contact with many different people?

So read on here ….

You will be the provost's closest administrative partner and will have a central role in the work with the provostry finances, case handling and service to the provostry council.

It is a position with responsibility, independence and professional challenges – in an organization where the work has meaning for the local churches and parishes.

You will become part of the Church of Denmark – a values-based institution with an important role in the local community – and your daily routine will take place in beautiful surroundings in the heart of Aarhus, close to the Cathedral and the theatre.

Your tasks

You will have a job where economy and public administration fill a great deal, and where you are also involved in ensuring that the provostry and provostry council work well in practice.

Finance and public administration

• Work with budgets, accounts, bookkeeping and financial analyses.
• Prepare the provostry council's handling of parish council budgets and accounts.
• Prepare financial overviews, analyses and decision bases.
• Handle administrative cases and work with interpretation and application of legislation and rules.

Close cooperation with the provost and the provostry council

• Be the provost's administrative right hand with an overview of calendar, meetings, tasks and deadlines.
• Prepare and coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and write minutes.
• Ensure follow-up on decisions, case handling and filing.
• Support the provostry council's work and ensure that case materials and decision basis are properly prepared.

Advice and collaboration

• Advise and guide parish councils and priests on financial and administrative issues.
• Maintain ongoing contact with parish councils, priests, authorities and other partners.

In other words, you must be able to dive into a spreadsheet, understand a set of rules and be willing to pick up the phone when a parish council needs help.

Who are you?

We imagine that you have a relevant higher education in economics, administration or public administration and preferably experience from a public organization.

Your education could for example be cand.oecon., cand.merc., cand.scient.adm., administration bachelor or another relevant economic or administrative education.

We especially emphasize that you

• Have solid economic understanding and experience with budgets, accounts and financial management.
• Are familiar with public administration and used to working with legislation, rules and administrative processes.
• Are strong in Excel and can work with numbers, analyses and financial overviews.
• Can express yourself clearly and precisely – both when you write decision briefs and minutes, and when you need to explain something complicated in a simple way.
• Work independently, in a structured way and have an eye for both details and the bigger picture.
• Are good at collaborating and meet other people with friendliness, patience and respect.

You do not need to know the Church of Denmark from the inside, but you must be eager to get to know it.

With us you get an independent position with the opportunity to use your professionalism and influence your own workday.

We offer a job with

• Responsibility and independence. You get your own tasks and great influence on how you organize the work.
• A close cooperation with the provost and the provostry council, where your professionalism and contributions matter.
• Flexibility in everyday life, including the possibility of home office on some days by agreement.
• A good collegial community. You will have your own office in an office shared with colleagues who work with different tasks but who are also part of your daily life.
• A thorough introduction with courses, training and a mentorship program so you settle well into the tasks.
• An workplace with an informal tone where there is room for professionalism, collaboration and good humor.
• Approximately 25 evening meetings per year and 10 late afternoon meetings.

And then of course the location: Kannikegade in the heart of Aarhus, right by the Cathedral and Aarhus Theatre.

About Aarhus Cathedral Provostry

Aarhus Cathedral Provostry is part of the Church of Denmark in Aarhus and works closely with the three other provostries in Aarhus Municipality. The provostry includes the eight inner-city churches and Samsø. The provost council is responsible for the overall economy and for creating good framework conditions for the churches’ work in the local parishes. As an employee at the provost office you become an important part of that work.

The Aarhus Cathedral Provostry Council consists of the provost, a priest and 5 provost council members. The provost office is located at Kannikegade 12, 2., 8000 Aarhus C.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is full-time with employment with the Aarhus Cathedral Provostry Council. The provost is your immediate supervisor, and you work closely with both the provost and the provostry council.

Employment is according to the applicable agreement between HK/State and the Ministry of Finance with placement in salary group 3, scale III. The base salary is 437,209 DKK annually. We also offer qualification supplements that reflect your education and qualifications as well as allowances for evening meetings.

We attach importance to offering an attractive salary that matches the level for comparable academic positions in the public sector.

There is a 16% employer-paid pension contribution.

There is a three-month probationary period and a criminal record check will be obtained.

Would you like to join us? Then we look forward to hearing from you.

Application and interviews

The application deadline is 22 November 2026.

We expect to conduct two rounds of interviews

• First round: Wednesday 2 December 2026 from 16.00 to 22.00.
• Second round: Tuesday 8 December 2026 from 14.00 to 17.00.

Between the interviews we will use a profile analysis and obtain references.

We wish to fill the position as soon as possible or by 1 February 2027 at the latest.

Send your application, CV and relevant exam certificates with grades via the link: https://www.jobindex.dk/c?t=e6379460&ctx=w&source=jobtext . Please state references.

Would you like to know more about the position?

You are very welcome to contact the Provost Birgitte Graakjær Hjort at telephone 24 64 47 37 or the Provost Council Chairman Finn Bruun Ravnsbæk at telephone 21 20 25 79.

We look forward to hearing from you.