Cemetery Assistant Responsible for Daily Operations and Coordination

Cemetery assistant sought for Christianskirken in Sønderborg Can you plan the day's work, participate in the practical tasks and keep track of administration? And would you like to use your green professional skills at a place where both the surroundings and the meeting with people matter?

Christianskirkens parish council is seeking a cemetery assistant who will take responsibility for the daily operation in close collaboration with the administrative manager and the cemetery staff.

The position is full-time (average 37 hours per week) with managerial responsibility and responsibility for daily coordination.

Our current cemetery assistant has after 30 years chosen to seek new challenges. Therefore we are looking for a new colleague who can bring their experience and ideas into the work and help develop the cemetery.

A everyday with both green management and people Christianskirken's cemetery is an architect-designed, park-like cemetery of about eight hectares centrally located in Sønderborg. It is both a workplace, a green area and a place where people come to remember.

You have managerial responsibility for the cemetery staff in daily work. That means you plan and allocate tasks, set clear professional expectations and follow up on quality and progress. You involve the staff's experiences and handle the questions and challenges that arise in everyday life, in close collaboration with the administrative manager.

You also participate in the practical work and handle administrative tasks in the office. You must therefore be able to create overview, prioritize and adjust the plan when the day changes.

You also have contact with relatives and visitors. Here it is important that you can listen, advise and create a calm and respectful conversation.

Your main tasks are to

• Plan and coordinate the daily work together with the cemetery staff.
• Participate in the care and maintenance of the cemetery.
• Manage cemetery administration in EG Brandsoft.
• Advise relatives about gravesites and the cemetery's services.
• Have an overview of machinery, equipment and needs for procurement and maintenance.
• Contribute to the cemetery's development in collaboration with the administrative manager.

You know your trade and make collaboration work You have a relevant green education, e.g. as a gardener, agricultural technologist, horticulturist or similar. You are familiar with planning and operation of green areas and understand what is needed to ensure quality in daily work.

You can give clear instructions, listen to the staff's experiences and follow up on what you have agreed. You preferably have experience with daily leadership or coordination and want to take responsibility for ensuring tasks are solved together.

We also place emphasis on you

• Can work independently and keep overview of both today's tasks and what needs planning for the future.
• Are familiar with IT and can work carefully with administrative tasks.
• Have knowledge of machinery and technical equipment.
• Meet relatives, visitors and colleagues in a friendly and respectful manner.
• Have a category B and BE driver's license.

Experience with cemetery operation and EG Brandsoft is an advantage. If you have experience from other green workplaces, we would also like to hear from you.

With us you get responsibility and close collaboration You get a central role with the opportunity to influence daily operations and contribute to the cemetery's development. You work closely with the administrative manager and become part of a workplace with several professional groups and different tasks.

We work to strengthen collaboration across Christianskirken. We place emphasis on a good tone, clear agreements and on helping each other and taking responsibility for our shared workplace.

There is room for humor in everyday life and opportunity for relevant continuing education and professional development.

Practical information You will be employed by Christians Parish Council , Ringgade 98A, 6400 Sønderborg. There is a duty to perform service with other employing authorities in the deanery in accordance with the agreements, but the parish council enters into or has entered into.

Start as soon as possible, but we gladly wait for the right person for the position.

Want to hear more: Contact Administrative Manager Joan Lott Carlsen on mobile 21 70 49 71 if you want to hear more about the job and the workplace.

Send your application, CV and any relevant attachments via the application form no later than 30 November 2026 .

The application form is available via the job advertisement or on the deanery's career page: Ledige stillinger | Sønderborg Provsti

Employment interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.

References will be collected in connection with the employment interview.

Salary and employment terms Employment and remuneration are according to the applicable common agreement between the Ministry of Finance and CO10, as well as the collective agreement for cemetery assistants etc. entered into between the Ministry of Towns, Country and Church and CO10. The agreements can be seen at https://folkekirkensintranet.dk/vejledninger/menighedsraadet-som-arbejdsgiver/ok24 .

Current civil servant cemetery leaders have the right to retain their civil servant status when employed with a direct transition. In that case, the position must be classified.

Current full-time salary

• Salary group 1: 410,608.29 DKK annually (current prices as of 1 August 2026)

To the position is attached a fixed annual leadership allowance of 2,928.37 DKK (current prices as of 1 August 2026). The Ministry of Church Affairs has granted an exemption for the educational requirement for our cemetery leader/administrative manager, therefore there is additionally a fixed annual allowance of 30,556.92 DKK (current prices as of 1 August 2026).

In addition, 18.4% pension contributions to CO10 pension in PFA.

Salary and allowances are calculated pro rata according to the position's hours. Qualifying and functional allowances may be agreed. Final salary is determined after negotiations between the parish council and FDK.

There is a 3-month probationary period.