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Find out more about Worcester Cathedral and the work that our volunteers do.
We are proud of the people who work for us at the Cathedral and have a very good level of staff retention, which means we don't often have vacancies. However, we do want to attract the best people to our jobs and take the process of recruitment seriously. We are also keen to ensure that Safeguarding is a top priority and will follow the Diocese of Worcester's Safe Recruitment policy and processes.
Vacancies will be advertised on this page for jobs at Worcester Cathedral and our associated Almshouse St Oswald's Hospital. We commit to advertising all our roles on this page. If there are no current vacancies that match your requirements at this time, please do keep checking.
For each vacancy we will include a Job Description and Person Specification, which details the expectations for each role.
Application Process
Please complete an application form (unless specified otherwise) and equalities monitoring form and return it by the advertised closing date to jobs@worcestercathedral.org.uk, unless otherwise stated in the application pack.
If you do not hear from us within five days of the closing date, we have not been able to shortlist your application.
If you are invited to an interview, we will advise you of the arrangements. Please let us know if you have any additional needs that we should consider.
Thank you for your interest in Worcester Cathedral.
Management Accountant
We are seeking to appoint a Management Accountant, who will be responsible for overseeing and managing the Cathedral’s financial accounts, ensuring timely production of monthly management accounts and other financial reports for review by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
They will provide support to other members of the Finance team and support budget holders in managing their budgets, offering advice and guidance on their responsibilities.
The post holder will also support the CFO in the preparation of the annual budget, including the collation of individual and wider Cathedral budgets. In addition, they will also assist with preparing financial information for grant applications and ongoing monitoring as required.
Governance Roles
We are currently seeking to recruit three governance roles:
A Non-Executive Chapter Member (Charity Trustee)
To provide constructive challenge, input and support to the Cathedral’s strategic direction and operational implementation.
Please click here to download the Application Pack.
Finance Committee Member
The Chapter members, as the charity trustees, are collectively responsible for managing the financial assets of the Cathedral. The Finance Committee is tasked with keeping the activities and management of the Cathedral under review, in relation to such matters as the Chapter has specified in the Finance Committee Terms of Reference.
Please click here to download the Application Pack.
Safeguarding Committee Member
The Cathedral Safeguarding Committee acts as ‘critical friend’ and provides constructive challenge to the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral regarding the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. Its role is to support Chapter in meeting their safeguarding obligations for the Cathedral and its activities, including safer recruitment, and to provide assurance to Chapter that the Cathedral’s safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose.
Please click here to download the Application Pack.