Events & Services Virger

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Hours: Full Time – 35 hours per week over 5 days (agreed weekly rota including 3 out of 4 weekends, morning opening, and evening locking). Overtime may be required for special events.

Benefits:

25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ continuous service) plus public bank holidays.

Qualifying workplace pension scheme with matched employer contributions up to 6% after probation.

Staff discount in the Cathedral shop and café.

Opportunities for flexible working. (Note: No accommodation offered with this post).

Job Description

The Virger team is an integral part of the Cathedral’s front of house team, responsible for preparing for all services and events, assisting with worship, and providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for over 670,000 annual visitors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Services & Liturgy: Laying out vestments, preparing liturgical items, leading processions, operating sound/livestreaming systems, and cleaning silver, robes, and altar linen.
• Events & Venue Hire: Setting up staging/furniture for external venue hire and supporting concerts/special events in the absence of managers.
• Operations & Security: Keyholder duties (opening and locking precinct buildings), cash handling/emptying money boxes, routine cleaning, and carrying out H&S and weekly fire alarm checks.
• Visitor Experience & Safety: Greeting visitors, acting as Duty First Aider, and responding to emergency call-outs.

Requirements & Checks:

• Pre-Employment Checks: Enhanced DBS criminal record check, two satisfactory references, confidential declaration form, medical questionnaire, and Right to Work in the UK verification.
• Experience & Skills: Previous customer-facing experience, good IT literacy, strong communication skills, and ability to handle physical tasks (moving furniture, setting up staging).
• Mission Alignment: Empathy for the Christian mission of the Cathedral; understanding or willingness to learn virger duties and church/cathedral life.

Closing Date + Interview Date

• Closing Date: Friday 21st August 2026

• Interview Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Job Specification: click here

Application Pack: Download from https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/virger

For More information please email michelle.ovenden@stalbanscathedral.org

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Verger

Salary: £26,777 per annum

Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week over 5 days (including Saturdays and Sundays, with regular evening work required). (Note: May also suit a job share).

Benefits:

Opportunity to serve in a historic Grade I listed parish church and modern community church setting.

Supportive and friendly team environment.

Training provided (First Aid, Safeguarding, etc.).

Job Description

The Verger plays a key role in fulfilling the parish’s vision as a ‘resourcing church’ by ensuring both St Mary’s and St Leonard’s are clean, safe, welcoming, and fully prepared for worship, events, and community activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Church Verger Duties: Preparing spaces for regular worship (traditional and contemporary), weddings, funerals, and civic services; setting up furniture, altar items, and AV/live-streaming equipment; assisting clergy and visiting leaders; completing parish registers.
• Building Care & Maintenance: Unlocking/securing buildings; maintaining a regular cleaning schedule (inside and exterior porch/bin areas); monitoring building conditions and liaising with contractors.
• Event Coordination: Managing set-ups, staging, audio-visual systems, and room allocations for concerts, venue hires, and parish events; acting as on-the-day point of contact for hirers and suppliers.
• Health, Safety & Admin: Acting as duty Fire Marshall and First Aider; maintaining electronic calendars, booking records, and H&S documentation.

Requirements & Checks:

• DBS Check: Enhanced DBS check required.
• Special Condition: Post holder must fully support the distinctively Christian ethos, mission, and aims of the parish and the Church of England.
• Experience & Skills: Prior experience as a verger, caretaker, or facilities assistant; technical knowledge and practical experience with sound and streaming desks; physical ability to lift/move furniture and work at height; good IT skills (Google Workspace or similar).

Closing Date + Interview Date

• Closing Date: Midnight, Friday 28th August 2026

• Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

Job Specification: click here

Full Details can be found at https://www.stmnewark.org/vacancies

How to Apply: Send CV and a covering letter outlining relevant experience to Ronnie White at: ronnie.white@stmnewark.org

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