There are lots of roles that you can help with at church – please do get involved. Email revd.lesley@badshotleaandhale.org to find out more:

Safeguarding Officer

Role description: Take responsibility for Safeguarding in the Parish and keep the databases up to date.  Give advice on what level of safeguarding is required and ensure people have appropriate training and DBSing.

Person description: Pastoral and able to keep confidences; able to manage the databases

Hours: Ad-hoc – discuss with Jo for more information

Reports to: Alan

Magazine editor

Role description: Putting together the parish magazine each month, asking for contributions, laying out the pages.

Person description: Computer literate with an eye for laying out the magazine and an understanding of what the readers will want in their magazine

Hours: 16 per month

Reports to: Stella

Magazine Advertising Manager

Role description: Take responsibility for finding new advertisers, invoicing and chasing payments, informing editor which adverts should be in which issue.

Person description: Organised, entrepreneurial

Hours: Very variable, most adverts fall due at the same time (around May) and pay annually

Reports to: Magazine Editor

Insurance Co-ordinator

Role description: Take responsibility managing our insurers.

Person description: Organised

Hours: Ad-hoc, significant at renewal (we often renew for more than 1 year), less when negotiating claims

Reports to: Treasurer

Prayer Co-ordinator

Role description: Take responsibility for prayer requests and keep the database up to date.

Person description: Pastoral and able to keep confidences

Hours: Ad-hoc, no more than 1 per week

Reports to: Lesley

Social Media Lead

Role description: Running our Instagram account and Twitter account

Person description: Understands social media and contemporary online culture.

Hours: 30 mins per day

Reports to: Stella

Social Media Team Member

Role description: Sharing, liking and commenting on our social media posts

Person description: Just needs to be on a social media platform

Hours: virtually nil

Reports to: Stella

Notice Board Officer

Role description: Collect items to put on the boards and pin them up once a week

Person description: Able to collect the posters etc and get round the three churches, a good eye to ensure the boards look attractive

Hours: 2 hours per week

Reports to: Stella 

Open the Book Helper

Role description: Help with reading stories and acting them out in schools – all scripted and lots of fun

Person description: Good with children and able be part of a team

Hours: 2-4 hours per week term time

Reports to: Margaret E

Pastoral Support

Role description: Calling people to check they are ok, visiting when that is allowed

Person description: Empathetic, non-judgemental, good at listening, loves people

Hours: Depends on agreement

Reports to: Lesley

Vergers for Occasional Offices

Role description: Available occasionally during the day and on Saturdays to help at Funerals and Weddings – able to work the CD player and put out the microphones and welcome people

Person description: Good with technology and welcoming

Hours: Ad hoc – you will be part of a team of people called upon occasionally

Reports to: Lesley

Help making St Mark’s PowerPoints

Role description: To make PowerPoints for St Mark’s services using tools made available

Person description: Good computer skills and access to a relatively powerful computer and good internet connection

Number of hours: depends on agreement

Reports to: Alan

Help making online services

Role description: To make whole video services or parts of video services as agreed

Person description: Good computer skills and access to a relatively powerful computer and good internet connection

Number of hours: depends on agreement

Reports to: Alan

Church roles

Safeguarding Validator

Role description: Check documents that prove identity for people in “your” church.

Person description: Pastoral and able to keep confidences

Hours: Ad-hoc, no more than 1 per week and nothing most weeks

Reports to: Safeguarding Officer

Grounds officer at each of the churches

Role description: For each church we need someone to help with the grounds. Able to organise teams to help occasionally. At each of the churches we do have great people who are already doing gardening, but there are sometimes additional maintenance works that needs a team

Person description: Enjoys gardening and grounds maintenance

Hours: Depends on agreement

Reports to: Warden

Maintenance officer at each of the churches

Role description: Repair things that can be repaired and call in contractors when necessary. Check fabric monthly.

Person description: Good at DIY. Ideally it would be good to have electrician, construction or plumbing experience

Hours: 2 hours per week per church

Reports to: Warden

Cleaning at each of the churches

Role description: Clean the church and other rooms

Person description: Good at cleaning

Hours: 1.5 hours per week per church, 2 hours at St George’s

Reports to: Warden

On Call Key Holders for each of the churches

Role description: Holds keys to the church and is able to open up the church at short notice

Person description: Able to be contacted at short notice during the day or evening

Hours: very infrequent occurrence

Reports to: Warden 

St John’s Church

Opening and closing the church

Role description: Opens and closes the church on a rota

Person description: Able to get to the church and open or close it

Hours: depends on how often they are on the rota

Reports to: Warden

Sidespeople

Role description:  This would be on a rota.  Welcome people to the church and  ensure they have the right books,  Take the collection, count the collection.   Collect up the books after the service and make sure they are put back in the right place and that the church is tidy.  If there are parents with young children tell them about the colouring table. 

Person description:  Friendly, good at putting people at ease and reliable.

Hours:  2 per month

Reports to:  Warden

Baptism and Weddings Link

Role description: Links with families who are having weddings and baptisms – attend the preparation sessions and rehearsals were possible and is a friendly face on the day. Invites families to services and events that they might enjoy

Person description: Friendly and good at putting people at ease and relating to families

Hours: 1 hour per week

Reports to: Lesley

Coffee lead

Role description: Make sure there are people to serve coffee each week and that we have the right supplies

Person description: Friendly and welcoming and able to fill in an online spreadsheet

Hours: Very few – the rota should run without too much intervention

Reports to: Warden

St George’s Church

Welcomers

Role description: Put out chairs and welcome people as they arrive.

Person description: Fit and able to move chairs, friendly and welcoming

Hours: 2 per month

Reports to: Warden

Mowers

Role description: Mow the lawn at St George’s from the spring

Person description: Able to use the electric mower

Hours: 3 per month

Reports to: Warden

Intercessors

Role description: Prepare prayers for the Sunday Service and pray them during the service

Person description: Able to lead prayers

Hours: 1 per month

Reports to: Warden

Servers

Role description: Prepare everything for communion and assist the priest during the service

Person description: Willing to help during the service

Hours: 1 per month

Reports to: Warden