Administrator hire 2026

Great Western Park Church is seeking a part-time Church Administrator to provide organisational support across diary management, communications, records, events, and publications. This is a part-time, 12-month fixed-term contract (5 hours per week), with a pro-rata salary based on a full-time equivalent of £27,495 per annum (based on a 37.5-hour working week).

This role would be ideal for a practising Christian with strong administrative skills and a heart for supporting church life and community. This role can be carried out mostly remotely (i.e., working from home), however occasional in-person meetings with the Vicar or other leaders are expected. 

If you have any questions about the role, then please do not hesitate to contact us. 

To apply, please email a CV and short covering note to the Churchwardens at churchwardens@gwp.church or apply on Indeed here. We are open to applications until Sunday 24th May 2026.

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Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities for this role may include:

General Administration & Communication

1. Work with the Vicar on a regular basis to prioritise diary appointments and provide general administrative support.
2. Ensure that church notice boards are kept up to date and tidy.
3. Act as first point of contact for all enquiries whether in person, or by phone, post, email etc.; ensuring they are dealt with politely and professionally and followed up by appropriate action.

Church Records, Compliance & Finance

6. Deal with statutory documents, including statistical returns, registers, certificates and applications, ensuring that church records are kept up to date (e.g. church electoral roll, register of baptisms, marriage banns, record of fees).
7. Maintain record of church software subscriptions (e.g., Churchsuite, WordPress, WorshipTools) and copyright licenses, ensuring timely payment.
8. Maintain a file of PCC membership status, including with respect to time served and requirements for re-election.
9. Support reimbursement of personal expenditure by church members/leaders, in collaboration with the Treasurer.
10. Supporting safeguarding admin where appropriate (e.g. assisting with processing DBS applications and assisting the PSO in ensuring that safeguarding training has been completed).

Events, Publications & Communications

11. Provide administrative support to the church for all matters relating to occasional offices: baptisms, funerals and weddings including dealing with enquiries, communications, bookings, registers, certificates, materials, payments
12. Support booking of spaces for events, including regular (Community Café, Sunday Worship, Baby Singing) and occasional (Christmas, Easter, etc) events.
13. Coordinate organisation of APCM and PCC meetings, including room hire, supporting timely production of an agenda, circulating relevant documents and information.
14. Assist with keeping GWPC website and other digital means of communication up to date, including regular bulletins, social media and A Church Near You.
15. Coordinate timely writing and publication of church rotas with individual leads of each area of service, including publication via ChurchSuite.

Person specification

This post carries a genuine occupational requirement for the post-holder to be a practising Christian, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.  This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

	Requirement	Essential/Desirable	Assessment method (Application or Interview)
Experience	Experience working in an administrative or office-based team environment.	E	A, I
	Active worshipping member of a local church.	E	A
	Having a demonstrable commitment to and relationship with Great Western Park Church.	D	A, I
Skills and competencies	Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.	E	A, I
	Demonstrable experience of ability to learn and embrace new software systems.	E	A, I
	Strong IT literacy, including confidence using common administrative software	E	A, I
	Experience of social media & digital communications	D	A
	Able to produce effective communications that conform to a house style	E	A
Personal attributes	Effective verbal and written communicator	E	A, I
	Discretion/confidentiality	E	A, I
	Attention to detail / accuracy	E	A, I
	Interpersonal / people skills	E	I
	Able to prioritise work, both independently and in collaboration with others	E	A, I