Job Description

In addition to undertaking typical secretarial duties such as handling general correspondence, diary management, data entry bookkeeping and general administration tasks, s/he will also be responsible for interacting with parishioners visiting the office and those involved in parish activities.

It is important that all applicants are self-motivated, organized, can multi task and work alone and to deadlines. S/he must be able to work to their own initiative within this role.

Hours of work: 20 hours per week (core hours Monday – Thursday 9.00am to midday, Friday 9.00am until 1.00pm (to enable noticeboards to be updated and deliveries to be made to other churches). The additional four hours at the post-holder’s convenience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful applicant will ideally be a Secretary or Administrator with substantial experience in office organization. S/he must be a good team player with excellent communication and Microsoft office skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Publisher. A knowledge of bookkeeping software would be an advantage though training would be provided for this.