- providing administrative and secretarial support
- managing the Bishop’s expense account
- building and maintaining effective collaborative relationships
- creating, developing and maintaining Access databases
- Arranging events such as Confirmations, Ordinations and Licensings.
- relevant experience in a similar role
- Excellent communication skills with a collaborative working style
- Organised, with excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach
- A salary of £10,390.97 (FTE £30,307) per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays (pro-rated if working part-time).
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club.
- The closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd February.
- Interviews will be held on Thursday 6th March.
Personal Assistant to the Bishop of Richborough, part-time
We’re looking for an experienced Personal Assistant to support the Bishop of Richborough, Commissary of the Archbishop of Canterbury across the Eastern Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury, including the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.
About the Bishop
Fr Luke Irvine-Capel, currently Archdeacon of Chichester, will be consecrated as the next Bishop of Richborough on 27 February 2025. Fr Luke is very much looking forward to being embedded in the Diocese of Portsmouth, and to sharing in the life and mission of all 14 Dioceses served by the See of Richborough.
What you’ll be doing
The purpose of this role is to give vital support to the Bishop in the exercise of his complex and wide-ranging ministry, managing all aspects of the Bishop’s office, including:
Our key role requirements are:
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification, download link at the top of the page.
What we offer
Your Salary
Your Benefits
This role is for 12 hours per week. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
A basic level DBS check is required for this role.
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.