Vacant job

About Us

Do you want to work creatively in an inclusive and nature-oriented parish? Do you have a desire to reach out to people and create meaningful encounters? Perhaps you are ready to trade the hustle and bustle of the city for the fresh air of Dalarna? Then you might be just the person we are looking for as a priest in Mora Parish!

Mora Parish offers an inspiring and pleasant workplace with plenty of room for your own initiatives.

We are looking for

an engaged parish priest who wants to develop together in a parish with a big heart. You are an important part of the team in Mora Parish. We have three districts; Mora, Sollerön/Venjan, and Våmhus, which collaborate and strengthen each other. The hospital chaplaincy is also included.

The Parish Offers

A work environment that aims to be both creative and sustainable. Our core values – security and trust – permeate our work, and there is room for both community and personal development. We also offer flexibility in your tasks and for creative and innovative ideas.

Mora Parish aims to provide good and secure meeting places for faith and life where people can grow. We continuously work to meet our parishioners of all ages based on their needs, and parishioners are welcome to participate in creating new meeting places. Outdoor life is integrated into our activities year-round, and our worship life accommodates a diversity of expressions.

Mora Parish wants to be a significant community actor and a workplace where we strive for a good work environment, sustainability, and existential health. Both external and internal sustainability are important to us and something we actively work on.

In Mora Parish, you have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives and contribute to an inclusive and vibrant parish life. Mora and northern Dalarna offer leisure time with proximity to both activity and recovery, with great nature, culture, and sports experiences year-round.

We offer wellness benefits or wellness hours.

Your Responsibilities

As a parish priest, you are responsible for church services, lead worship, and develop the worship life in the parish. In the future, we wish to further develop the confirmation work. Currently, we have adventure confirmands in the summer, work with the Messy Church concept, mountain pasture services, and pilgrimages. Here, you are a key player in our team.

There is great opportunity to influence the content of the position and contribute to our activities with your specific competencies and interests. There is also the possibility to combine with some time as a hospital chaplain or leadership as a district manager.

The work extends across the entire parish.

Your Profile

You are an ordained priest in the Church of Sweden. In addition, we place great importance on your personal qualities.

We are looking for someone who has passion and heart for the people living and working here. You work independently but also enjoy being a team player and thinking outside the box. You are positive, secure, action-oriented, and solution-focused as a person. You build relationships both within and outside the parish and create engagement and participation through your inspiring leadership.

Requirements for the position include good language skills in Swedish, where you can express yourself well in both speech and writing, as well as a driver’s license.

Application

Welcome to submit your application via Varbi.

Union representatives are: KyrkA Sandra Kinley, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) 0240-66 90 23 and Vision Jimmy Sjögren, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) 076-147 78 15. Mora Municipality offers relocation services, and Mora Parish collaborates with Recruitment Guide Dalarna.