Key Objectives:
As Safer Recruitment Administrator you will ensure all volunteers and staff have adequate safer recruitment checks and safeguarding training.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Ensure all staff, PCC and volunteers go through the safer recruitment process before serving at Gas Street Church
- Ensuring staff undertake any additional training required and communicate any updates with HR team
- Maintaining DBS, Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment records and processing DBS applications
- Professionally reaching out for references on behalf of individuals
- Updating Safeguarding literature (e.g. posters) where required
- Keeping up-to-date records of training logs and arranging refreshers upon expiry
- Regularly updating GS Team leaders on the progress of individuals they are recruiting for teams
- Renewing safeguarding records and training when they expire
Other operational support to the staff team of Gas Street Church as agreed with the Head of Operations and Senior Pastors
Person Specification:
- Ability to adapt to changing situations, timelines and priorities and troubleshoot problems
- Proactive and self-motivated
- An ability to juggle a broad range of responsibilities
- Confidentiality in handling sensitive matters
- Ability to relate to a wide range of different people in different roles including clergy, staff, volunteers and community partners
- Initiative to seek solutions and implement new ways of working
- Excellent time management skills with proven ability to prioritise workload
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Ability to work well under pressure, cope with frequent change and meet deadlines
- Personal walk with Jesus underpinning a lifestyle of integrity
- There is a genuine occupational requirement that the post-holder be a practising Christian
Working requirements:
- Part-time, permanent role (7.5 hours per week)
- Salary range: £23,920 - £25,000 FTE (Adjusted pro rata
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata)
+ statutory bank holidays
+ three additional days at Christmas
+ one retreat days across the year (one per term)
- Attend Gas Street Church
- Evening and weekend flexibility as required
Applications Close: Monday 9 August 11.55pm
Interview Date: Wednesday 21 August PM
To apply for the role, please click here.
*This role could be combined with the Operations Coordinator (GS South) role.*
The PCC of St Luke's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
We welcome applications from any individuals who feel that they meet the person specification, in particular from those who are currently under-represented on our staff team such as those from ethnic minority backgrounds and those with visible or invisible disabilities.