Recruitment Pack: Senior Administrator

We’re
looking  for  a  godly,  highly  competent  Senior  Administrator  to  strengthen  the
administrative backbone of our gospel ministry. This is a richly varied role for a well-organised,
servant-hearted Christian who loves enabling others to flourish. Working under the Operations
Manager,  you’ll  lead  the  day-to-day  work  of  our  office  team,  supporting  pastoral  staff  by
managing  administrative  responsibilities  and  ensuring  our  people  and  buildings  are  ready  for
ministry. You’ll collaborate with colleagues and volunteers, providing prayerful, practical support
behind the scenes. We need someone enthusiastic, approachable, and a natural team player—
someone who can offer servant leadership and keep operations running smoothly. You’ll work
alongside another Senior Administrator (focused on communications, events, and safeguarding),
with some overlap to ensure seamless coordination.

If  you’re  passionate  about  gospel  work,  thrive  on  organisation,  and  want  to  make  a  real
difference in a vibrant church family, we’d love to hear from you!

About us
St Andrew the Great (StAG) has a diverse congregation which reflects our location in Cambridge city
centre. We mainly comprise four groups of people: families and city (Cambridge resident) members,
internationals,  undergraduates,  and  20-30s.  That  said,  our  motto  for  all  we  do  is  the  same:    the
gospel to Cambridge; gospel workers to the world.

As a church, we depend upon God in prayer and put teaching the Bible at the heart of all we do as
we believe it equips us with all we need in living for His glory. In the past 25 years, there have been
three church “grafts” to other local parishes and, most recently, a church plant to Huntingdon in
2018. We are a member of ReNew, and the PCC has passed a resolution in line with the House of
Bishops’ declaration and receives additional oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

Principal responsibilities
The Senior Administrator will be assisted by a team of Assistant Administrators (AAs), and it is
understood that some of the responsibilities below will be delegated to the AAs or others. Some of
these responsibilities will also be shared with the other Senior Administrator.

•  Leadership: line managing and overseeing the day-to-day work of the Assistant

Administrators. Troubleshooting and handling queries to the office. Inputting to meetings
regarding admin/operations and communicating decisions. Depending on the gifts and
capacity of the candidate, this role may also line manage the intern team.

•  Communications: inputting into the review, improvement, planning and delivery of our

communications, amongst the staff team and key volunteers, within the church family and
externally.

•  Event logistics: overseeing (and delegating) logistics and practical resources for whole

church/team events (e.g. Christmas/Easter services, Refresh, Church Day Away,
Partnership Sunday, Book Sundays, staff retreat), and life events (weddings, funerals,
baptisms, including required legal documentation – eg. banns).

•  General administration: planning ahead according to the church calendar, oversight of the
office team as first point of contact for congregation and external parties, coordinating
material and personnel for Sunday service (alongside music co-ordinator).

•  HR and recruitment: overseeing our HR processes and policies, record-keeping, as well as
maintaining our bank of job descriptions. Visa sponsorship applications for staff from
overseas. Specific responsibility for intern recruitment and timetabling. Induction of staff.

•  Systems and data handling: ensuring proper management church website, ChurchSuite,
and SharePoint, including shared access/user accounts. Maintaining membership records
(electoral roll), flow of information for pastoral care, ensuring legal compliance with data
protection regulations. Legally-required compliance and reporting to external bodies (eg.
Charity Commission, Church of England).

•  Health and Safety: named H&S Officer and Responsible Person for Fire Safety. Reviewing

policies and risk assessments, ensuring compliance (eg. with annual safety checks).
Commercial kitchen oversight with food hygiene regulations.

•  Operations and church building: overseeing ad-hoc repairs, use of building, security;
invoice authorisation. Maintain systems; improving as capacity allows. Contracts for
services. Secretary to the Property Committee.

•  Residential property management: point of contact with property management company;

arrangement of summer house moves; utilities; occupancy/tenancy agreements.
•  Member of staff team: participating in staff meetings and daily staff prayer meetings.
•  Any other duties as appropriate to the role.

The candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to flexibility. The key responsibilities and
job description may need revision over time as the needs of the role and the church change.

Key relationships

•  Operations Manager (line manager)
•  Senior Administrator
•  Assistant Administrators
•  Vicar and Associate Vicar
•  Wardens and Finance team
•  Senior staff
•  Church family, particularly those who lead in various ministries.

Person specification
When seeking someone to join the StAG staff team, we are looking for someone who is:

• Godly in life (Titus 1:7-8), able to set an example to others
• Sound in Christian faith (Titus 1:9)
• Prayerfully dependent on God (John 15:5-8)
• Willing to suffer for the gospel (2 Timothy 1:8).
• Aligned with the vision and ethos of StAG, including that preaching and teaching from the
Bible is the principal means of evangelism and discipleship that God has given us.
• A current member, in good standing, of a Bible-teaching church.
• A people person, glad to work in a team, eager to learn and able to get on with all sorts
of people.

For this particular role:

Essential  Desirable

Personal
Able to provide relational servant leadership in a team and who
also enjoys serving as part of a large staff team
Able to think biblically about how administration may be
developed in the context of a large church ministry
Organised and reliable, able to calmly and autonomously
prioritise and finish tasks within an appropriate time frame, and
in response to deadlines
Proactive, self-motivated
Highly adaptable. Flexible with plans – able to change and adapt
quickly.
Having good judgment, willing to make, and take responsibility
for, decisions. Good judgement on when to refer decisions.
A personable and good communicator, articulate in both written
and spoken communication, and able to adapt communication
style to fit the context
Able to work well under pressure
Has a keen eye for detail, both with regard to tasks and people
Humble, and willing to work behind-the-scenes
Discrete and able to maintain confidentiality
A pastoral heart for those under their management and keen to
develop others
Able to deal with queries and situations which are spiritual in
nature, and to respond with appropriate discernment,
understanding and empathy
Able to model and exemplify the ethos of the church

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Skills
Able to create and communicate effective logistical
arrangements for large-scale events
Able to relate well to people at all levels of an organisation,
understanding how to motivate and work with different
personality styles, and maintain high standards
Able to provide constructive feedback to others in order to
further equip them for service
Able to plan ahead and pre-empt the positive and negative
implications of different courses of action
Able to problem solve effectively, including in unfamiliar
situations
Strong track record of providing effective administrative support
Use of IT in varied forms of communication
Communication skills with creativity and an eye for how to
produce high-quality publicity (ideally including through social
media)
Proficiency in the use of general IT tools (e.g., Microsoft 365,
Serif Affinity, ChurchSuite, social media, basic website
maintenance)
Experience
Serving in church-based ministry (in a voluntary or paid
capacity)
Running an administration function, private or third sector
Experience of leading and motivating teams (ideally including
volunteers)
Developing others through a line management framework
Experience of managing risk and compliance
Event management experience
Experience of property management
Knowledge
Biblical understanding
Familiarity with HR legislation and best practice; with visa
sponsorship processes and/or with Health and Safety legislation
Familiarity with Church of England legislation (eg. relating to
elections, life events, etc)
Familiarity with safer recruitment processes

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Education
Three A-Levels (or equivalent)
Bachelor’s Degree

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Package
The salary and package will be set according to prior training and experience, but is expected to be
in the range of £35,000-£39,000.

Whilst we would prefer to recruit someone for a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), for the right
candidate, a job share, or less than full-time arrangement may be considered (with package scaled
pro rata) - enquiries are welcome.

Normal working hours are Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm with half an hour for lunch. The role is
office based, in St Andrew the Great, St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AX. Evening meetings
worked may be taken back as time off in lieu.

You would have 36 days holiday per year (inclusive of bank holidays). You would also be
encouraged to go on one conference for your personal benefit and on-going training, for which all
expenses would be paid (this does not count as holiday). The Senior Administrator is line managed
by the Operations Manager.

Application for the post
An Occupational Requirement exists for the postholder to be a practising Christian in accordance
with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In order to be effective in post, the post-holder must also
be/become a committed member of our church family at St Andrew the Great.  Applicants are
invited to indicate any adjustments that would help them apply for the role.

The selection procedure for the post will normally follow a process of shortlisting, taking up
references, and then interviews, which will include practical exercises.

St Andrew the Great takes the safety of everyone within the church very seriously and expects all
staff to work within the church safeguarding policy (see stag.org/safeguarding), complete the
necessary safeguarding training and a confidential declaration. The post is subject to an enhanced
DBS check (for non-regulated activity with children) and the person appointed will need to sign the
St Andrew the Great Leader’s Agreement and Statement of Faith each year.

At this stage we welcome both informal enquiries and actual applications. If you have any
questions about the role, please contact Kat West, Operations Manager (kat.west@stag.org).

Please send completed applications (including referee details) to the current Senior Administrator
(isobel.waspe@stag.org): the application form is available from https://www.stag.org/vacancies/.

The closing date for applications is Monday 19th January 2026, midday, although those interested
are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a
Church of England Confidential Declaration form. Interviews will take place over the following two
weeks.

If no appointment is made after this initial round of interviews, we will continue to advertise the
post on our website. In this case, any subsequent applications will be considered at the point they
are received and candidates interviewed until we fill the post. Please check our website to see if
this post is still being advertised: https://www.stag.org/vacancies/

A start date of early April 2026 is envisaged, though for the right candidate we would be willing to
wait longer.

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