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About the role

As the Cathedral’s senior lay executive, the Chief Operating Officer will provide leadership and coordination across its operational life, working in close partnership with the Dean and within the governance framework of Cathedral Chapter.

You will bring together strategy, people, finance, operations, governance and commercial delivery, translating the Cathedral’s ambitions into clear plans and sustainable results.

This is an important period of organisational development and change. You will help ensure that our structures, resources and ways of working support our mission and priorities, while strengthening operational effectiveness, financial resilience and a positive, healthy organisational culture.

Our close partnership with the Diocese will continue. You will work with the Diocesan Secretary and colleagues across both organisations to ensure that shared services remain effective and responsive to changing needs.

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Closing Date: Sunday 1st November 2026

Title:                         Sepas Assistant

Salary scale:             £10,575 per annum (£23,132 full time equivalent)

Hours:                      Part time: 16 hours per week:

                                 Fixed 7 hours Sunday 9.30am to 4.30pm, plus 9 hours at other times (including Saturdays) to be agreed weekly with line manager.

 

Accountable to:        Canon for Mission and Faith Development

Location:                  Liverpool Cathedral

 

About Liverpool Cathedral:

 

Liverpool Cathedral was built by the people, for the people to the glory of God and a place of Encounter. Liverpool Cathedral is Grade I listed and is the fifth largest cathedral in the world.

 

Liverpool Cathedral is a working cathedral, delivering at least three services every day of the year, while also welcoming significant numbers of people who encounter the building through worship, culture, learning, events and quiet reflection.

In 2025, the Cathedral welcomed 756,000 visitors, reflecting its role as a major civic, cultural. heritage and spiritual landmark.

 

Job Summary:

In early 2014 Liverpool Cathedral started ‘Sepas’, a Persian congregation where the worship and teaching is in Farsi or translated into English.  The Sepas Assistant’s responsibilities include providing administrative and practical support to ensure efficient operation of the Sepas team and service. You will support the Canon for Mission and Faith Development (currently Canon Neal Barnes), and the Sepas LML in the work of Sepas through a variety of tasks related to operation, organisation and communication, being a part of the Sepas leadership team.  You will be required to undertake safeguarding training at Basic, Foundation and Safer Recruitment levels.

 

Key responsibilities include:

 

Sunday worship 

1. Administrative support for the Sepas teams: There are small teams of volunteers who lead the music, run the audio-visuals, translate, offer hospitality and welcome.
2. The post-holder will liaise with the leader of each team and coordinate their involvement.

1. Arrange the Preaching rota for Sunday Sepas services.
2. Assisting in the preparation of Sunday service materials: To include circulating the Order of Service to those involved in leading worship.

Pastoral support

5. Assisting the LML and Canon Neal in supporting those in the asylum process through the organisation of registrations and attendance records and, as directed, writing letters.
6. Assisting with pastoral care including appropriate pastoral visits in compliance with the Safer Working Practice for Home Visits.

1. Coordinating volunteers and rotas.

Administration

8. To oversee registration by entering information into an Excel file for the following:
   • Baptism course, Confirmation course, English classes, Bible studies and newcomers’ registration.
   • Safeguarding: assisting the LML with the Induction sessions for new members, maintaining the Sepas safeguarding file, and keeping volunteer records up to date and compliant with the recommendations of the 2023 Sepas Internal Safeguarding Audit.
9. Helping to collate court and immigration letters.
10. Preparing Baptism and Confirmation certificates and packs
11. Room Bookings:

• • Checking the weekly Requests List
  • Book rooms for Sepas meetings as required

12. Sunday service preparation:

1. • Coordinate between Sepas teams involved in Sunday services including the Worship, AV, Hospitality, and Sunday school teams.
   • As directed, prepare PowerPoints for Sunday services
   • Ensure adequate supplies for Sunday service and other activities during the week.
   • Checking readers’ rota
   • Shopping for Sepas
   • Create and print the “Verse of the week” handout
   • Prepare monthly expenses claim forms

13. Sunday Duties

• • Checking the doors are opened and closed before and after services.
  • Checking the needs of the teams serving at Sepas
  • Coordination between the teams
  • Ensure all required equipment is in place for services and the social time afterwards
  • Make arrangements when required for Holy Communion, Baptism or Confirmation
  • Helping the Vergers to arrange the seats in Lady Chapel

14. Sepas meetings

• • Supporting communication between the various Sepas teams
  • Arranging seats and distributing Bibles
  • Managing registration
  • Managing tea and coffee with the welcome team
  • Maintaining contact with Sepas members through phone calls, visits, WhatsApp and email.
  • Other relevant duties as may be requested from time to time and commensurate with the role

15. General:
    • Communicating with preachers, translators and service leaders.
    • Helping prepare course materials.
    • Coordinating safeguarding requirements and training
    • Assisting with practical arrangements for services, courses and events

 

 

Person Specification

The successful candidate for this role will assist in the leadership and smooth running of the worship of the Sepas community.  This role would be suited to an emerging leader wishing to develop their skills further.

 

The post Holder should have the following requirements:

• Experience of working with volunteers
• An accomplished team player, but able to take appropriate initiative when required.
• Pastoral sensitivity with particular regard to the needs of asylum seekers and vulnerable adults and able to maintain confidentiality, especially when handling sensitive personal information.
• Excellent time management
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Written and verbal communication skills in Farsi and English.
• Organisational and planning skills.

 

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter, detailing how you meet the person specification above to HR@liverpool.anglican.org by Friday 9th October 2026.

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