Head Verger

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Head Verger

We have an exciting opportunity for a communicant member of the CofE to join the team as Head Verger to lead the day to day management of the Cathedral floor, welcoming worshippers and visitors and ensuring that the Cathedral is clean, tidy and well presented at all times.

Position: Head Verger

Location: Chichester Cathedral (Live-Out)

Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary:£30,000 plus £14,000 non-consolidated housing allowance

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Pension contribution, 34 days’ leave including Bank Holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, free onsite parking, and flexible working opportunities

Closing Date:Monday 30 January 2023

First interviews:Week commencing 6 February 2023

Second interviews:Week commencing13 February 2023

The Role

Working with and supporting the wider cathedral team to ensure the smooth running of all services, activities and events within the Cathedral, the Head Verger will work with and delegate to the verger team members as appropriate but have overall responsibility for the smooth running of the Cathedral and in particular to:

• Be accountable for the day-to-day security of the Cathedral
• Ensure the Cathedral is well prepared for all services and events including weddings, funerals, civic events, special services, one-off events;
• Ensure adequate key-holder/out of hours cover for the Cathedral and precincts at all times;
• Act as the Head Verger at services in the Cathedral and to manage the other Vergers
• Brief stewards for services and events
• Support in planning of special services as required and of all regular worship.
• Be responsible for security of all furniture and conservation monitoring
• Be responsible for cleaning schedule and liaise with the external conservators
• Setting up the Cathedral for services, additional special services and concerts as required
• Ensure that all money received into the Cathedral is accounted for
• Ensure the accurate completion of records, such as Marriage Registers, Baptism and Confirmation certificates.

You will also to be responsible for managing the team of vergers both as individuals and as a team with particular regard to their the professional development, conducting regular 1-2-1 feedback sessions and annual Performance Development Reviews.

About You

You will have an aptitude to undertake practical training, as you will be expected to complete training such as Health & Safety training and Emergency First Aid at Work.

You will have experience of working in a church setting, preferably in a verger role with a proactive attitude and great communication skills.

You will have the ability to work in a physically demanding role, as the position involves lots of standing, manual handling activities and the movement of furniture and other heavy objects. You will also have an aptitude to understand and use technology and in particular sound systems, using cameras, switching equipment and on-screen text and graphics, audio mixing equipment, lighting, and monitoring audio equipment.

The Cathedral is a living church – applicants should be in close sympathy with its Christian mission. The successful post-holder will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Services check.

The Cathedral is a living, working place of worship that has been at the centre of life in Chichester for over nine centuries. It is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Chichester which covers East and West Sussex and it is also a visitor attraction, a venue for music and the arts and an all-round hub for the community welcoming over 350,000 visitors each year.

You may also have experience in areas such as Verger, Church Verger, Cathedral Verger, Verger Technical, Events Coordinator, Church, Caretaker, Verger Caretaker, Church Caretaker, Events Caretaker, Cathedral Caretaker, Visitor Experience Officer, Events Officer, Maintenance, Floor Manager, Front of House, Customer Service, Customer Experience, Cleaning Manager, Operations Assistant, Operations, Visitor Experience.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.