Chapel Manager(Head Verger) full time - or job share

  • Permanent - Full Time
  • Chapel
  • Chapel
  • Last day to apply: 24/01/2025

Salary and start date

Full-time: Salary range: £27,538 - £31,159 per annum (including £1,500pa Oxford weighting)

Start: Immediate start available (subject to employment checks)

The Role

New College is looking for a friendly, self-motivated and highly organised person to manage all chapel services, concerts and events. This role will be attractive to a recent graduate with an interest in music or the chapel environment, or to someone with hospitality or customer service experience seeking experience in administration and events management.


This role involves working alongside the children at New College School. New College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 


Out of university term (10-12 weeks a year) the post-holder will work as a Visitor Liaison Officer for up to 75% of their time, providing a warm and friendly welcome to all of our visitors, in excess of 60,000 in the summer season. The VLO will answer questions about the College and the University and handle card transactions for visitor admissions and souvenir sales.

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A job share arrangement would be considered for the role.

e.g.

In term time

Person 1 - working days Sun, Mon, Tue

Person 2 - working days Thurs, Fri, Sat


Benefits

Hours of work:

35 per week (annualised), plus 2.5 hour unpaid meal breaks per week.


Term time (0th–10th week, 31 weeks, Oct – mid Dec, early Jan – mid March, mid April – late June): 5-6 days a week, must be on site 4.00-7.30 every day except Wednesday, other hours vary including some later evenings. Wednesdays are a regular day off.


Out of term (mid-March – mid April, late June – Sept): 5 days a week to include 3-4 days per week, 12-5pm as Visitor Liaison Officer and 1-2 days a week in chapel for occasional events and services (including weekend work for weddings). See further particulars or enquire for details.


Leave Entitlement:

6 weeks plus bank holidays. For details of when leave may be taken, please see the Further Particulars.

Other benefits:

Pension - there is a salary-based occupational pension scheme applicable to this post

Lunch or dinner free of charge when served on days on which the post-holder is on duty

Bus season ticket loan

Access to bike scheme

Employee Assistance Programme



Application procedure

Applicants should please:

·      complete the online application form within our recruitment portal, including the details of 2 referees. At least one reference should be from your current employer, and at least one must be able to comment on your suitability to work with children.

·      upload a curriculum vitae

·      upload a supporting statement which should explain how you meet the requirements of this role, as listed in this job description (please include this in the upload slot labelled “cover letter”. There is no need to submit an additional cover letter).

[email protected]

or upload in the space provided in the portal.


Enquiries

We recognise that this is a unique role, and so we welcome enquiries which should be e-mailed to the Dean of Divinity, Rev’d Dr Erica Longfellow, at:

[email protected]