CHURCH OFFICER

Church Buildings OfficerWe have a great opportunity to join the team as a Church Buildings Officer to help support the long-term sustainable future of historic church buildings across the diocese and assist individual congregations to care for them and adapt them for today’s needs.Full-time, 37 hours per weekSalary: £35,412.Managing, processing, and assisting with DAC casework (including formal DAC site visits), providing pre-application advice, project management support, and managing the consultation processes with amenity societiesMaking recommendations to the DAC committee as necessary and utilising delegated authority to progress cases outside of the committee structureSupporting the Head of Church Buildings in proactive projects to ensure the long-term sustainability of churches within the DioceseAssisting in providing information, training, and guidance for parishes in all aspects of managing their churches.With a strong understanding of conservation philosophy, legislation, and techniques, and experience in providing advice to building users on the care, alteration, and management of historic buildings, you will play a key role in this small and hard-working team of conservation professionals. You will be flexible in your working style, with confident communication skills, and excellent organisational and monitoring abilities, handling a number of complex schemes at once and managing relationships with colleagues throughout the heritage sector.You will be from an architectural, surveying, or conservation officer background with strong knowledge of conservation techniques and philosophy. Ideally, you will have or be willing to work towards IHBC (Institute of Historic Building Conservation) accreditation. You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work here - around 50% of staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work. 25 days holiday per annum, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 daysIn addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege daysHybrid workingFree parking and subsidised on-site caféGenerous employer pension contribution of 12.5%, including 1% death in service benefit (5% Employee Contribution)Electric car and cycle to work salary sacrifice schemesAccess to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced family friendly policies and a generous sick pay provisionAccess to low interest financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union including loansAn attractive modern working environmentThe OrganisationThe Diocese is the administrative area of the Church, broadly speaking, covers the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.You may also have experience in areas such as Church Buildings Officer, Historic Buildings Officer, Heritage Officer, Architect, Historic Buildings, Heritage, Conservation, Church Buildings, Architecture, Building Conservation, Engineering, Surveying, Estates Manager, Estates Officer, Facilities Manager, Architect, Surveyor, Conservation, Heritage Conservation.We take pride in hosting over 140,000 jobs across all sectors for the nation's jobseekers, and supporting recruiters and employers with our quality services.
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