Volunteer Coordinator

**St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol**
**Job Pack**

Volunteer Coordinator

**St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol**

St Mary Redcliffe is an iconic church building of international significance, offering thousands of visitors a friendly welcome: but we are much more than that. We sum up who we are, and who we are becoming, in the following vision statement:
**St Mary Redcliffe is singing the song of faith and justice**
- as a thriving, inclusive Christian community
- as a welcoming, recognised heritage destination
- as a church that makes a difference in the parish and beyond
- all animated by a progressive and sustainable organisation

(We don’t talk as much about the last line, but it’s the engine which drives all the others and the Volunteer Coordinator role is critical to that part of our aspirations.)

**_a thriving, inclusive Christian community _**:

- _ Over the nine years of the current vicar the church has grown in number a lot. We now have over 100 children in our Sunday School as well as another 40 in the choir. We are a traditional church, which means we wear robes and have choral music in our services.

However, we are also radical in what we believe about God and Jesus and the church. As we say on the website: _The current generation of ‘SMR’ is a diverse community: old and young, rich and poor; Bristol-born and migrants to the city; Redcliffe through-and-through and newcomers to the church; diverse in ethnic background & cultural identity and in relationships & family circumstances; with varying levels of physical & mental health & ability and understanding of gender & expression of sexual identity_. We are all God’s people, equally valued, equally loved and equally welcomed at SMR.

**_as a welcoming, recognised heritage destination _**:
**_as a church that makes a difference in the parish and beyond _**:

- _ St Mary Redcliffe serves a parish that is one of the most deprived in the country: 784th out of 12307. In the Indices of Multiple Deprivation, the parish contains a ward in the top 1% nationwide for children living in households of poverty. It’s not what people think of when SMR comes up in conversation. The Christian faith calls us to ‘love our neighbour’ in very practical ways. We now fund nine days a week of professional community development work and have recently taken over a shop unit on Redcliffe Hill in a Community Asset Transfer with the City Council to run as a community hub. During the pandemic we were nominated by the City Council as one of twelve ‘anchor’ points around the city and only two of those were churches.

**_all animated by a progressive and sustainable organisation _**:

- _ This is where you - and the rest of our fabulous staff team - come in. Without a strong, energetic, creative and committed team less of the above would happen: with a stronger team, we can make an even bigger difference. It is a small team and all the roles are full-on as Church of England churches have to cover a huge breadth of roles and functions: not just acts of worship in church, or pastoral care of people, or visitor services, or community engagement; not just following all the legalities of running a charity (annual account for the Charity Commission) that works with children and vulnerable adults (safeguarding) in a historic building (health & safety); but also unusual requests like filming in church, conducting a religious wedding following a civil ceremony in another county and burying someone’s ashes in the grave of a relative in a closed churchyard.

**Volunteer Coordinator post**

The Volunteer Coordinator is a new role at St Mary Redcliffe. The post-holder will join the Operations team.

The post-holder will be enthusiastic about supporting the changing dynamic of an organisation through comprehensive support of our varied volunteer teams.

We are looking for someone who understands the journey we are on as a parish church, community hub and heritage destination, and who is enthusiastic about having a significant part to play.

**Terms and Conditions**

**Title **Volunteer Coordinator
**Hours per week** 18.75 hours over not less than 3 days

(some flexibility may be required)
**Salary** £27,400 per annum, pro-rata (full working week is 37.5 hours)
**Post** Initially a 2 year Fixed Term Contract with the possibility of extension
**Pension** Employer Contribution of 8%
**Employer** St Mary Redcliffe Parochial Church Council (SMR PCC)
**Annual Leave** 25 days plus bank holidays, pro-rata
**Flexibility **Flexible working is negotiable, however the needs of the organisation must be considered.
**Other benefits **Small **s**taff car park available on working days (first come first served)
Tea and coffee provided in the parish office

**Role Purpose**

The Volunteer Coordinator will be a self-starter and will work with the staff, clergy, church wardens and Community Team in developing a diverse and sustainable volunteering team model for the future. Working with the current sp