Programme Administrator
Post Introduction
About the Department/Role
The Leadership Development Team (LDT) sits within the wider Ministry Development department. It (the LDT) provides leadership development for senior clergy within the Church and works closely with Dioceses to identify and support those with the potential for senior office/wider responsibility. It co-ordinates the support to the Diocesan Bishops’ Ministerial Development Review (MDR) process.
What you'll be doing
The Programme Administrator provides project, logistical and administrative support to the L&D programmes for the senior clerical leaders within the Church of England, ensuring that clergy receive a high quality and efficient service and experience.
Key role requirements:
- Provide diary management support to the Head of Leadership Development to arrange meetings (booking internal and external meetings with Zoom/Microsoft Teams/rooms)
- Create users for system access on an individual basis and load monthly users to the Learning System
- Take minutes at meetings when required
- Monitor the shared mailboxes
- Set up vendors through the procurement process
- Liaise with freelancers and suppliers to ensure contracts are in place and invoices are processed and tracked in a timely manner
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
To be successful in this role, you will have/be:
- Skilled in and enjoys planning and organising, with excellent attention to detail
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to engage effectively with a range of audiences
- Proficient is MS Office applications, with a particular focus on Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Comfortable handling, analysing and reporting on confidential and often complex data
- Experience of monitoring and tracking budgets using relevant software
- Experienced in effective diary management and scheduling
- Proficiency in using MS Teams or Zoom and the functionality of the software
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
Closing date: 10 December 2024
Online interviews: 19 December 2024
What we offer
Your Salary
- A salary of £33,382 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
Your Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department’s needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
