We have an exciting opportunity for a Verger to join our team.
It's a permanent full-time role, working 40 hours per week over 5 days with two days off each week but with regular evenings and weekend working. The annual salary is £27,260 and benefits include: free on-site parking, the equivalent of 6.8 weeks leave, a 6% employer pension contribution, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and 10% discount in the Cathedral shop. There is also the requirement to be available to be on-call on a regular basis for which there is additional remuneration.
Our Vergers are at the heart of the Cathedral’s life and their role is highly valued. We are looking for someone with strong pastoral instincts, an eye for detail, physically fit because this role is physically demanding, together with a calm authority, a sense of reverence and dignity.
You will also need to be a practising Christian and communicant member in the Church of England and to undertake a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Services check.
Further details, including a job description, are available in the recruitment pack below.
If you would like an informal conversation with our Head Verger, and line manager for this post, please email him at: tim.morris@chichestercathedral.org.uk to make arrangements.
Please submit your completed application form - we are NOT accepting CV's - to our Head of HR, Val Timlin at: hr@chichestercathedral.org.uk by midnight onSunday 19 May 2024.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 29 May 2024.