Vacant job

Job Responsibilities

The job includes maintenance and care of planting areas, lawn mowing, hedge trimming, planting flowers and other plants.

You will also rake gravel pits, edge grass areas, maintain gravel paths, and perform simple landscaping work.

The tasks are carried out outdoors regardless of weather conditions.

Qualifications

As the tasks for this position are physically demanding, good physical fitness is required. We prefer that you have an aesthetic sense and an interest in gardening and plants.

Personal Qualities

Our workplace is characterized by cooperation and respect. Therefore, it is important that you appreciate teamwork. You are flexible in your approach and have a problem-solving and service-oriented demeanor towards your colleagues. You work in a structured and independent manner. Since you will also come into contact with visitors at the cemetery, you are expected to have a humble and respectful attitude.

Great emphasis on personal suitability is applied when filling this position.

Scope

Full-time during the period from June 15 to August 14, alternatively June 15 – July 10, July 13 – August 14.

If any of the periods are not applicable to you, please inform us in your application.

Other

You will be placed at Skogskyrkogården, Gamla kyrkogården, or Bomhus kyrkogård in Gävle.

Inquiries can be made to

Supervisor Louise Bergheim, 026-17 05 30, [email protected]

How to Apply

The application deadline is January 25, 2026.

Please send your application with a CV and cover letter by clicking on "apply".

Interviews are scheduled for February 18, 19, and 25, 2026, from 3 PM to 7 PM.

Gävle Parish exists and operates in Gävle. The common vision for the Church of Sweden in Gävle is to meet people, to be boldly diaconal, and to share faith together. We are many – employees, elected representatives, volunteers, and all members – working to make Gävle an even better community to live in. Gävle Parish consists of parish units, the Cemetery Unit, the Preschool Unit, and the common administration. We are also present in hospitals, universities, detention centers, and prisons, and we have about 120 employees.