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Assistant Verger

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Verger working within the Verging team. The role is extremely varied and in a typical day you might help performers set up for a concert, participate in a service, support a visitor who just wants a friendly face and be that recognisable, reassuring and calm presence in the cathedral.

We are also seeking someone who has the aptitude to develop their technical skills, with support and training, to take a leading role in managing our complex integrated sound, lighting, and live-streaming systems in the Cathedral to ensure high quality cover for worship in this interesting role, offering scope to progress your career.

Position: Assistant Verger

Location: Chichester Cathedral (Live-Out)

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours per week over on a 5-day rota which will include weekends and evening working (The Cathedral is usually open between 7.30am and 6.30pm and the vergers’ team is responsible for its opening and closing)

On-call requirement: There is a requirement for members of the verger team to be on-call and this is remunerated separately.

Salary: Up to £27,000

Contract: Permanent

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

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 19 September 2022

Interview Date: Week commencing 26 September 2022

The Role

As a Verger, your areas of focus will include direction of services, concerts, and events, but you will also support the Verging team in presenting the Cathedral and providing a welcome to all worshippers, visitors, and guests.

To ensure that the various activities that take place within the Cathedral are run smoothly including:

• Ensuring that services of worship are set up correctly and services run to time
• Participating in Cathedral services as appropriate under the direction of the Head Verger
• Supporting the visitor experience team give the best welcome to all of our visitors
• Supporting the volunteers in the Cathedral Welcome Team – Welcomers; Guides; Retail Assistants; Stewards – to ensure visitors have the best experience possible when visiting the Cathedral
• Undertaking any routine work as directed by the Head Verger so that the Cathedral can operate effectively; including fire alarm testing, fire evacuations and maintenance reporting
• Providing support for events that are run in the Cathedral including rearranging furniture, setting up staging, operating the sound system so that events can be well run for the benefit of worshippers and visitors
• Be vigilant in relation to Cathedral health & safety and security, ensuring that all areas accessible to the public are maintained in a safe and secure manner and that any hazards or defects are reported to the Head Verger, so that it remains a safe environment in which to worship, visit and work
• Ensure that the Cathedral is kept neat and tidy, including cleaning, moving rubbish etc, so that it is welcoming for worshippers and visitors
• To be a welcoming presence for worshippers, volunteers, visitors and staff

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