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Receptionist and Assistant to the Canon Precentor

Southwark Cathedral

£20,000pa plus contributory pension

Full-time. Permanent

About this role

We are looking for an efficient and friendly person with good administrative skills for this new role. Based at our busy reception desk, you will be the first point of contact for visitors and telephone callers and a point of general enquiries.

Part of the role will be to provide administrative support to the Canon Precentor who is in charge of the Cathedral’s liturgy and worship including assisting with the arrangements for major services and in-house events. You will also be responsible for making entries in the Cathedral diary system for internal events and services, keeping a range of contact lists up to date, uploading basic data to the website and ensuring that information about the Cathedral is readily at hand to those who need it.


Person description

In sympathy with the aims and objectives of the Christian Church and the Anglican tradition, you will be an excellent communicator, with good IT skills, and able to work largely unsupervised in a small, highly committed and supportive team.

Southwark Cathedral aims to be an equal opportunities employer.

About Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral is a busy city centre Cathedral Church serving a small parish in SE1 and the wider Diocese which covers much of south London and east Surrey.
We have a small, friendly team of dedicated staff whose job is to look after our historic site adjacent to London Bridge as a place of worship and pilgrimage as well as being a popular tourist destination and venue for high profile events.

How to apply

To download an application form and further details please visit http://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/information/vacancies
or ring 020 7939 9402 or email: [email protected]

Closing date for applications: 5pm on Tuesday 20th January 2015
Interviews will take place on Thursday, 29th January 2015

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This notice was posted on Monday 5 January 2015
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