Vacant job

Älvdalen Parish is seeking a Parish Priest who wants to lead with both heart and direction.

Do you want to lead a parish where presence, trust, and local anchoring are the foundation for all development? In Älvdalen, you will take on a strategic and pastoral leadership role in a community with a strong identity, engaged people, and a clear desire to shape the future of parish life together.

As the Parish Priest of Älvdalen, you will have a meaningful leadership role where, together with staff, the church council, volunteers, and parishioners, you will shape the next chapter of the parish's life. Here, tradition and hope for the future meet in a community characterized by cultural heritage, engagement, and closeness to people.

About the Role

This is a role for you who want to combine overall responsibility with presence in the daily life of the parish. You lead the parish's life and operations, are the manager of the staff, and work closely with the church council to create a common direction, sustainable structures, and long-term development. Here you have the opportunity to bring people together around a shared future and contribute to a parish life where tradition, faith, and local engagement can grow together.

The role suits you who want to combine strategic leadership with pastoral presence. You will have a key role in developing worship, parish building, work environment, and collaboration with volunteers, elected officials, and the local community. With confidence in your priestly role and the ability to build trust, you contribute to peace of mind, hope for the future, and a parish that continues to be present in people's lives.

About Älvdalen Parish

Älvdalen is a community with a strong local identity, rich cultural heritage, and proximity to forests, mountains, and outdoor life. Here, large forests, mountains, and rivers meet to form a landscape that shapes people's daily lives. Älvdalian – a unique and living language – is an important part of the community's soul. Craftsmanship, folk music, and traditional holidays have a natural place in the local community, as does nature and outdoor life with hunting, fishing, and hiking.

The parish is well anchored in the community and has close cooperation with the municipality, including in schools and elderly care. We are also engaged in local contexts such as POSOM, BRÅ, and the work to preserve Älvdalian.

Älvdalen also offers a daily life with high quality of life – with nature around the corner, a slower pace, and a community where you quickly become part of the context. Children's and youth activities are growing and are an important part of the parish's future. We want to continue building a vibrant parish life where people recognize themselves, are seen, and have room to grow in faith and community.

We are looking for you who

Qualifications – Requirements

• Ordained priest in the Church of Sweden with eligibility for the position of Parish Priest
• Documented experience in leading with personnel and work environment responsibility
• Experience in taking responsibility for budget, operations, and planning
• Valid driver's license (Category B)

Meritorious

• Experience as a Parish Priest or in another integrated leadership role
• Experience in developing volunteer engagement and creating good local collaborations
• Understanding of, or experience in, working in a rural parish, cultural community, or geographically dispersed operations

Personal Qualities

• Confident in your priestly role and anchored in the faith and life of the Church of Sweden
• Clear, communicative, receptive, and coaching in your leadership
• Genuine interest in people, parish building, and local engagement
• Ability to build trust with staff, elected officials, volunteers, and parishioners
• Desire to be a visible and unifying force in a rural parish with a strong local identity
• Ability to combine strategic responsibility with pastoral presence, structure, and long-term development
• Ability to create participation, delegate authority, and help others grow in their roles
• Ability to build relationships with people of different ages, life situations, and contexts

We Offer

• A meaningful parish priest role with the opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives and in the parish's development
• A parish with engaged staff, elected officials, volunteers, and close relationships in the community
• Opportunity to influence direction, structure, and long-term development in a parish with a forward-looking will
• A context where tradition, faith, local engagement, and hope for the future can grow together
• Proximity to nature, culture, and outdoor life in a community with a strong identity
• Assistance with housing

Application

Are you curious about the role and want to know more about the position of Parish Priest in Älvdalen Parish?

The position is a permanent full-time employment with start date as agreed. Send your application with a cover letter and CV to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). The last day for applications is 2026-08-16.

If you want to know more about the role, you are welcome to contact the chairperson of the church council, Stephan Knagg, via the parish office, tel. 0251-431 40, or [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Union Representatives:

• KyrkA: Johan Engvall, tel. 072-721 95 73, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
• Vision: Jimmy Sjögren, tel. 076-147 78 15, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Do you want to be part of shaping the next chapter in Älvdalen Parish? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

Before the recruitment process, we have already decided on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.