Church Chapel Worship Coordinator

Summary

About the Department/Role

Since January 2023, there has been a regular pattern of worship on site in Church House Chapel and online prayer and worship offered by staff for staff based at Church House and in the NCIs as follows:

• Weekly Wednesday Eucharist (said) m in Church House Chapel;
• Almost monthly'special' Eucharists with choir, congregationalsingingandsermon;
• Daily online Morning Prayer, 8.45am;
• Daily emails offering prayer; and,
• Weekly Pause for Prayer email on Fridays.

What you'll be doing

In order to ensure the sustainability of the on-site worship at Church House, the Chief Officers of the NCIs are looking for someone who can take on the role of Worship Coordinator. This role focuses on the on-site worship offering, though the Worship Coordinator will be helpful in offering support and collegiality to staff offering online worship and prayer.

As Worship Coordinator you will take the lead in ensuring that there is always a weekly Eucharist, and bringing people together to provide a pattern of worship in Church House Chapel that reflects the diversity of staff at Church House.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organising the rota for the weekly Eucharist in Church House Chapel;
• Presiding at the Church House Eucharist at least once a month, though twice a month may be more likely;
• Ensuring that clergy presiding at the Eucharist are well-briefed;
• Creating orders of service, or work with others to do so, for special services;
• Arranging special services (around 8 per year - mainly Eucharistsbut others as well, e.g. carol service) in Church House Chapel (this need not include presiding or being present for these services if you are required elsewhere, but organisation in the run up and ensuring someone to take the lead is essential);
• Ensuring diversity in the people leading and being part of worship in the Chapel;
• Working with the sacristan(s) to ensure that the Chapel is prepared and well-stocked;
• Communicating services to staff and liaising with internal communications on publicity;
• Finding and supporting volunteers in the life of the Chapel e.g. readers, intercessors, chalice assistants;
• Liaising with the choir director(s) and musicians on music for special services;
• Thinking creatively about different styles of worship in the Chapel, while ensuring a weekly Eucharist;
• Meeting semi-regularly with staff who provide online worship to discuss ideas, join up any themes, and give mutual support;
• Consulting with staff about what they would like in terms of worship in the Chapel; and,
• Praying for staff and being part of the team offering prayer support by email.

About You

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.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

Interviews will be taking place on 2nd March 2026 between 12:30pm-15:30pm at Church House, Westminster

What we offer

Your Salary

• A salary of £7,224.80 per annum (£36,124 FTE), 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.

Your Benefits

• 0.2 / 5 days (25 days FTE) annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. 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.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative,…