GRAVEDIGGER AT GISLEV CHURCH

Would you like a versatile job with practical and administrative tasks - and would you like to help preserve our cemetery and develop it for the future?

Then you may be our new sexton. The position is 37 hours per week.

Who are we?

We are a small team of employees who place emphasis on a good community, even though we all have very different tasks in the church and at the cemetery. We also have a collaboration with Ringe Cemetery, where we borrow some of their employees and machines.

Your areas of responsibility are

• The daily operation and maintenance of the cemetery, as well as the implementation of development plans for the cemetery
• Church service during church ceremonies, including Sundays and holy days
• Management responsibility for a sexton assistant
• Guidance of grave plots and handling of urn interments
• Maintenance of cemetery data in Brandsoft, including everything from invoicing to updating the cemetery map
• Updating data in our automatic bell system
• Supervision and daily maintenance of the church and cemetery buildings, including contact with external craftsmen
• Servicing and guidance for the church's and cemetery's users and visitors
• Procurement and preparation for our activities in the confirmation room and the church as well as various ad hoc tasks.

We imagine that you

• Maybe you are a gardener - it is not a requirement.
• That you are creative and have good ideas for how the church and cemetery can be decorated for the different holidays.
• Have knowledge of the operation of a cemetery and preferably have the mandatory 5-week sexton training
• Have strong IT skills
• Have a focus on sustainable operation of the cemetery, biodiversity and an interest in developing the cemetery
• Can work independently while being a good colleague
• Have a good overview and are practically oriented
• Have respect for the church's framework and the people we meet in both joy and sorrow
• Have a good sense of humor, are helpful, flexible and eager to be part of our community

Working hours

The normal working hours are: Weekdays 7.00–15.00

There will also be weekend work in connection with church services. As a rule, every other weekend and holidays, with the possibility of compensatory time off thereafter.

You always have a fixed day off and a rotating day off by agreement with your colleague.

Application deadline and further information

Does that sound like something for you? Then send your application, CV and any other relevant attachments to us no later than December 15 at 12:00.

Employment will take place with Gislev-Ellested Parish Council, Lykkesholmsvej 3a, 5854 Gislev.

Salary and terms of employment

The appointment is covered by the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations (OAO-S) and the Organizational Agreement for church functionaries with core tasks such as church worker or sexton, concluded between the Ministry of Finance and the Association of Church and Cemetery Employees with the accompanying protocol for sextons.

The agreements can be viewed on Folkekirkens Intranet

Current civil servant sextons have the right to retain their civil servant status upon appointment with direct transition. In that case, the position must be classified.

It is a condition that the mandatory 5 weeks training for sextons is completed within 2 years after the start of employment.

If the position is filled by an unskilled gardener

The position is placed in pay grade 1, as there is no requirement for gardener education.

The annual salary is agreed within the range of 342,524,- DKK – 421,573,- DKK (current prices).

If the position is filled by a skilled gardener

The position is placed in pay grade 2, as there is a requirement for gardener education. The annual salary is agreed within the range of 350,435,- DKK – 438,260,- DKK (current prices).

There is a standby obligation for the position. The standby allowance amounts to 27,247,-

(current prices).

Salary and standby allowance are quatted in accordance with the position's appointment fraction. An agreement on placement in the pay range is concluded between the parish council and FAKK.

Start date

1 March 2027

Application deadline

Wednesday 15 December 2026 at 12:00.

Interviews

Interviews are expected in week 2 of 2027

Application with references

send to [email protected]

The parish council can inform that references will be obtained before a final decision on the appointment.

Questions

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

• HR manager Irene Nielsen tel 40250301, email: [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application.