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Operations Manager

Selby Abbey

Closing Date

9am, Tuesday 31st December

Location

Selby Abbey

Contact

The Revd Canon John Weetman

Job Title: Operations Manager
Agreement: Permanent Full Time – 37.5 hours
Salary: £40,000
Location: Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly appointed Operations Manager to be a key and influential member of the Selby Abbey team.

Selby Abbey is a leading place of worship in the heart of Selby, North Yorkshire and a significant cultural and eritage venue for the people of Selby and surrounding area. We are a Church of England Parish Church in the diocese of York with a regular pattern of services of worship on Sundays and during the week and seasonal services throughout the year to which all are welcome.

We aim to serve the wider community of Selby and Yorkshire, nationally and internationally, by offering welcome and hospitality to individuals, groups and events that would like to visit, use and enjoy the Abbey for a wide range of cultural, recreational and spiritual purposes.

The Operations Manager role is a critical post to provide strategic and operational support to the Vicar and parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Abbey. This post is essential to enable the Abbey to continue to be a cornerstone partner in a range of strategies from economic revitalisation, health & wellbeing, employment, attracting both local people and tourists.

The successful candidate will require empathy with the Abbey’s ethos, mission, aims and objectives as a Church of England parish church, which seeks to provide a place of Christian worship and teaching and be an inclusive and welcoming community for all.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and the post holder will be required to undertake safeguarding training provided by the Diocese of York. As part of our recruitment process, anyone to whom an offer of employment is made will be required to complete a confidential declaration form. The form is strictly confidential and, except under compulsion of law, will be seen by those involved in the recruitment/appointment process and, when appropriate, the nominated safeguarding lead. Any offer of employment will also be subject to an enhanced ‘Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)’ check.

The post offers 28 days holiday inclusive of statutory bank holidays, a workplace pension and free on-site parking.
If you have the vision, drive and energy to shape and contribute to the Abbey’s continual development please complete an application form.

Application forms can be obtained from office@selbyabbey.org.uk They should be returned to Selby Abbey, The Crescent, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 4PU marked F.A.O Canon John Weetman or via email at office@selbyabbey.org.uk.

Applications must be received by 09.00 on Tuesday 31st December 2024.
Interviews will be conducted week commencing 20th January 2025.