Description

We are looking for a cantor for Hässleholmens Church.

We want you to be an open and engaged cantor who wants to make a difference in a multicultural and multireligious context and sees the possibilities of music in this regard.

At Hässleholmens Church, people meet in diversity and faith every week. The parish's work with diversity and inclusion is based in the church, and we are actively involved in the network 'The Future Lives with Us'. In Hässleholmens Church, ecumenical contacts and openness to interfaith dialogue and various worldviews are fundamental in an open and inclusive spirit.

You will be part of our worship team in the Gustav Adolf and Brämhult parishes. The team consists of church musicians, priests, and caretakers. In your daily work, you will also collaborate with the diaconal and educational teams.

In our parishes, we have four churches, and you will primarily serve in Hässleholmens Church in collaboration with Brämhult. The two churches have different characters and are a mix of tradition and renewal.

In our parishes, we want the service and community to be characterized by openness, inclusiveness, and a warm welcome for all.

Responsibilities

You will focus on worship services in both churches and parish homes. You will also lead the parish choirs, and we hope that you will enthusiastically join the parish's future initiatives for children and youth and our development areas: Hope, Presence, and Sustainability. You can read more about this in the parish instruction here (https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/boras/forsamlingsinstruktion).

You will be part of the confirmation work, and participation in other groups may be included in the position. This position includes being the responsible musician for Church Rockers, a group that sings and plays together. We do this in collaboration with the National Association FUB for people with disabilities.

We look forward to meeting you and want to know more about what we can develop together with you!

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained cantor or has other education and experience that we consider equivalent.

We hope you are a church musician with the ability to engage and uplift others, especially children and youth, and that you have good collaboration skills, as the work also involves working together with other church musicians and colleagues in the parish. Competence and experience in singing and playing with children and youth are meritorious.

An audition may be a natural part of this recruitment process.

To be considered for this recruitment, we see it as a prerequisite that you share the faith and life of the Church of Sweden.

Conditions

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting June 1, 2025, or by agreement.

Interviews will be conducted on January 31 and February 3 and 6.

The Church of Sweden in Borås is the largest parish in the Diocese of Skara and consists of three parishes: Brämhult, Caroli, and Gustav Adolf. The catchment area has nearly 76,000 inhabitants, of which about 32,000 are members of the Church of Sweden. There are churches in seven locations around the city. The Church of Sweden operates three preschools and manages five cemeteries in Borås. The number of employees is approximately 150, and the turnover is 140 million SEK.

In the parish instruction for 2023-2026, three development areas are particularly highlighted: hope, presence, sustainability.

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