Job title: Operations Assistant
Hours of work: 4 days per week, (including Sundays) - core hours and flexible hours to
be agreed.
Salary: £27k pro rata
Reports to: Director of Operations
Liaises with: Church leaders from St Peter’s and our network churches, staff team,
lead volunteers, wider church family, building users, PCC, Diocese.
DBS required: Enhanced check required
Context: St Peter’s is a charismatic Anglican Church with a vision to bring heaven to
South East London. We believe church should feel like family, make Jesus known, be
empowered by the Spirit, function everyday not just Sundays, and transform its local
area as we seek freedom through the truth of the Bible We have been designated a
‘resourcing church’ by Southwark Diocese with a vision to plant or graft thirty churches
across the area.
Role purpose: To do what needs to be done to ensure the smooth running of church
administrative and operational systems in order to free others to fulfil their core roles in
pursuit of the St Peter’s vision, in line with St Peter’s values. The role holder will need to
be available to work flexibly, and will include working Sundays and some evenings,
weekends, as well as supporting key dates and events such as Christmas and Easter
services.
This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the postholder be a committed
Christian under part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
Key areas of responsibility
The profile below is not exhaustive, but aims to provide an overview of what the role will
involve. The order in which these tasks are detailed does not reflect their respective
importance. The demands of the role will be regularly reviewed with the role holder.
Operations
● Assist the church leaders, Associate Leader and Director of Operations with
administration tasks
● Provide support with implementing new processes and procedures to ensure
smooth running of Sunday services, church and community events, and midweek
programmes
● Assist with maintaining Job Descriptions, sending out formal letters and contracts
● Set up new starters on St Peter’s system, provide inductions and training where
required for new starters
● Carry out DBS checks for staff and volunteers
● Organise exit interviews where required
● Oversee the welcome and hospitality rotas for all back of house teams and
organise socials and training for all volunteers in welcome and hospitality
● To be on duty throughout the Morning service and external and internal events to
troubleshoot problems. Will on occasion be required to be duty person for the
evening service.
● Assist the Facilities Lead where required with bookings of the church building
● Order and restock supplies for activities and events
● Ensure the kitchens and cafés are stocked weekly for Sundays and mid-week
community events
● Liaise with suppliers of goods/services to the church; negotiating better
prices/terms where appropriate
● Work with the Facilities Lead to ensure set up and set down is done for events
and activities in the building and the vicarage.
● Assist with the planning and the execution of the annual church plan and annual
operations plan
● Be the first point of contact for the Diocese for all admin related issues
● Manage the main church mailbox
● Open and distribute the post
● Assist the church leader with baptisms, weddings and funerals including
administrative support in preparing certificates and processing requests for
BANNS publications.
● Provide admin support with villages
● Provide support for the Comms lead, and maybe required to update social
media, the website and newsletter.
● Support the secretary in running the APCM by preparing documents for the
meetings where required. Maybe required to attend PCC meetings and take
and/or distribute minutes.
● Provide administrative support to Love Brockley
Finance
● Create Xero bills and invoices and upload receipts and/backing documents, and
reconcile bills and invoices monthly.
● Assist staff with Dona, Stripe and Izettle machines and ensure they are
maintained and functional
● Assist with maintaining churchsuite giving and attendance of church members
and mid-week community events.
● Work with Finance Manager and Director of Ops to provide bookkeeping support
● Oversee the timely operation and upkeep of accounting systems in accordance
with financial procedures
● Deposit cash when required.
● Assist with Payroll processing when required
General
● Provide operational support to the Events Lead whenever required
● Assist with maintaining the Fixed Asset Register.
● Ensure that at all times data from church attendees, staff, volunteers and
buildings is kept confidentially.
● Participate in supervision, training and meetings as required
● Work across teams as required and appropriate.
● Where required, provide support to the wider network of churches, including by
providing advice to counterparts in network churches
● Assist with creating and maintaining an electronic filing system
● Replenish supplies both perishable and non.
● Troubleshoot where required any office and kitchen based equipment
Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties
or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and
cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.
St Peter's Brockley
OUR STORY
St Peter’s has been a central part of the Brockley community for 150 years. In the last few years we’ve seen a transformation as the church welcomed a group of young families fromSt Mary’s Maryleboneand a group of 20s and 30s fromKings Cross Church (KXC)to come together as one family.
Building on all God has done before, our Sunday congregations have grown, including many people new to faith and returning to faith, and we’ve started a weekly Sunday evening service which gives more time to worship and wait on the Spirit. It’s been exciting to see the kids' work thrive, youth and student groups develop and a creative community established. We have also been privileged to serve the local community through a number of ‘Love Brockley’ initiatives including a social supermarket, job club, dance school, friendship cafe, groups supporting young families, babies and toddlers and a partnership with Growing Hope providing free professional therapy for families with children with additional needs.
As we’ve grown, so has the vision we believe God has given us. Working in partnership with the diocese we are keen to play our part with many others in the area in bringing God’s kingdom across south east London.
Something exciting is emerging and we’d love you to come and join the fun!
OUR CORE VALUES
FEELS LIKE FAMILY
Church is a diverse family where we can be fully known,unconditionally lovedandbecome who we’re created to be
EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT
We arefilled,ledandempoweredby the Holy Spirit to join in with what we see the Father doing
MAKE JESUS KNOWN
Everything we do is an opportunity for others to experience theloveandpowerof Jesus & find fullness of life in him
FREED BY TRUTH
The bible is our go to source for truth, it sets our hearts on fire and its authority in our life leads to freedom
EVERYDAY NOT AN EVENT
Spending time with Jesus, becoming like him, doing what he did and helping one another do the same happenseveryday, not just Sunday.
AMBITIOUSLY LOCAL
We want to see heaven come where we live through Villages, community ministries and by planting & grafting across SE London.
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