Jobs
Find out about the latest job opportunities at the United Reformed Church
Current vacancies at the URC
Employee benefits
Summary of Church House employee benefits
From holiday allowance to season ticket loans, find out about our employee benefits for Church House staff from the download below:
- URC Employment Benefits (PDF | 324kb)
Other URC jobs
Property Officer (Eastern Synod)
• Permanent position
• Full time: 35 hours per week
• Salary: £43,000-48,000 per annum dependent upon experience and qualifications (£23.63- 26.37 per hour)
• Closing date: 28 March 2025 at 4 pm
• Interviews will take place on: 9 April 2025 at the Synod Office
Further details, including the application form and job description, can be found via the website
h!ps://urceastern.org.uk/topics/job-advert/ or by emailing [email protected].
Community Engagement Manager (Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne)
- Salary: £19,300 for 25 hours per week
- The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
- The closing date for applications is: Friday 11 April 2025
- Interviews will take place: By the end of April 2025.For more information and for an application form, please email [email protected] or telephone 01323 730118
Volunteer Positions
Business Committee Convenor
We are seeking immediate nominations and applications for the convenor of the Business Committee, as the current convenor will complete their term in the role at the July 2025 General Assembly.
As the Church Life Review gathers pace, the United Reformed Church is at a watershed moment, with an interesting and exciting journey of change ahead. Given its strategic and operational oversight of the work of General Assembly and Assembly Executive, including at times working under its delegated authority, Business Committee will play a vital part in shaping and equipping the church for a fresh chapter in the life of URC. Being convenor of Business Committee at this seminal time is therefore an opportunity to make a significant contribution.
Please click on the link below for the full role description and if interested in making an application or nomination, please email [email protected] for an application form.
Applications and nominations close on 31 March 2025
Business Committee member
We are seeking a member of Business Committee who can represent the diversity of the URC with links to the denomination’s racial justice networks. This is to replace one of our existing members who completes their term on the Committee at the July 2025 General Assembly.
Please click on the link below for the full role description and if interested in making an application or nomination, please email [email protected] for an application form.
Applications and nominations close on 31 March 2025
Commission Secretary – Ministerial Discipline Process
The URC’s Ministerial Discipline Process is looking for a Commission Secretary, effective from July 2025, but with ample shadowing time of the present post-holder built in.
Key tasks include:
- Keeping records of the panel for Assembly Commissions.
- Approaching identified individuals to sit on Assembly Commissions.
- Liaising with all those involved in disciplinary cases.
- Arranging meetings for Assembly Commissions, draft agendas, take minutes and assist to progress cases. Advise on due process.
- Drafting documents for approval by the Assembly Commissions.
- Monitoring and seek to expedite the progress of cases through the ‘hearing stage’ of the disciplinary process
- Making arrangements for formal disciplinary hearings and attend, including taking notes during the hearing, keeping records of decisions made, informing parties of decisions made and record keeping.
- Seeking feedback and drafting lessons learnt reports on all cases that entered the disciplinary process.
If you feel you have the gifts, graces, and skills – and are willing to undergo a safer recruitment process – please e-mail the Secretary of the Complaints and Discipline Advisory Group at [email protected] outlining your skills and experience.