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Cemetery Groundskeeper at Excavation Unit, Skogskyrkogården

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Employer
STOCKHOLMS KOMMUN
Employment type
Permanent
Experience required
Yes

Stockholm – our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. Stockholm Cemetery Administration is responsible for burial operations in Stockholm city. The Cemetery Administration conducts burial and service operations with high ethical standards and manages 12 burial sites, 13 chapels, one ceremony building, and 2 crematories with significant cultural-historical values. Cemetery Groundskeeper City of Stockholm, Cemetery Administration, Department for Burial Sites, Property, and Cultural Heritage. City of Stockholm's Cemetery Administration. We are seeking a Cemetery Groundskeeper for the excavation unit, Skogskyrkogården. Permanent position, 100%. Stockholm city's Cemetery Administration is responsible for burial operations in Stockholm. The Cemetery Administration conducts burial and service operations with high ethical standards and manages 12 burial sites, 13 chapels, and 2 crematories with significant cultural-historical values. Welcome to us! The Excavation Unit encompasses the UNESCO World Heritage site Skogskyrkogården, Sandsborgskyrkogården, and Strandkyrkogården. The area covers approximately 220 hectares and approximately 120,000 graves. The excavation unit is staffed by a team of 12 employees based at Skogskyrkogården. Your Role The main responsibilities of the position involve daily work with grave openings and grave restoration, ash scattering, monument work such as gravestones, and when needed, performing minor landscaping work and garden maintenance. During winter, scheduled on-call duty may occur for snow and ice removal during weekends and other holidays. Your Competence and Experience We are looking for someone who holds a Category B driver's license and has experience driving and operating machinery. You have good computer skills and can work efficiently in Office applications and various IT systems. You are fluent in Swedish, both spoken and written. As a person, you are organized and self-driven. You are flexible and have good teamwork skills. You have the ability to contribute ideas and solutions when others see problems. We place great importance on your personal qualities. Meritorious Experience from similar roles in park/property maintenance, operations/landscaping. Certification for excavators/construction machinery. Other We recruit without a cover letter in this recruitment to strengthen focus on the competencies and experience required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base our evaluation on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We request that you answer the questions concretely and concisely, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV. We welcome your application! Contact Persons Peter Neuman, Work Supervisor, Excavation Unit. Tel: 08 508 301 38 Tomas Tapper, Unit Manager, Excavation Unit Tel: 08 508 301 95 Union Representative: Marika Eriksson, Kommunal Tel: 0705388276 City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby preventing discrimination. City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby preventing discrimination.

Profession
Griftegårdsarbetare/Kyrkogårdsarbetare
Salary type
Fixed monthly, weekly or hourly pay
Open positions
1
Contact person
Marika Eriksson
Employer Workplace
Stockholms stad, Kyrkogårdsförvaltningen Begravnings och Serviceavdelningen
Region
Stockholms län
Occupation Field
Naturbruk
Postcode
11221
Duration
Ongoing
Scope Of Work
100–100 %
Working Hours
Full-time
Driving License
Yes
City
Stockholm
Address
Box 9
GPS
59.328257906229, 18.046836771685
Published
14. 8. 2026
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