We’re Hiring: Estate Officer

The Friends of Friendless Churches (FoFC) is a small charity with a big task. For the past 67 years, we’ve been rescuing, repairing, and campaigning for redundant historic places of worship all across England and Wales. The challenges facing churches are mounting, and our work is becoming more important than ever.

As Estate Officer, you’ll be responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of routine and periodic maintenance of our historic churches and churchyards. You will use your experience of working with historic buildings to assess maintenance and repair needs, and priortise, budget, plan and instruct works to ensure our churches and churchyards are kept in good condition and are safe and welcoming to volunteers and visitors.

You will be responsible for maintaining the church building database, and reporting regularly to the Director on priorities. You will have excellent communication skills, and will work with our Volunteer Coordinator to support volunteers caring for their church. This is a new role for the FoFC, and the successful candidate will have the ability, skill and confidence to work on a range of different issues, including planning works ahead and responding quickly to new issues as they arrive.

A detailed description of the role is given in the following pages. We’re looking for someone who will perform the role described as part of a small team running FoFC, and will contribute to the success of the team as it develops.

This job is advertised a single full-time role, however we acknowledge there is an extensive geographical area to be covered and would consider offering this as two part-time roles.

To apply for this job, please send your CV and cover letter (max. two pages) to recruitment@fofc.org.uk by 5pm on 16 October 2024. Interviews will be held in late October at 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ. Travel costs to the interview will be
reimbursed.

If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with our Director, Rachel Morley, at the email address above.

Thank you for your interest in working with the FoFC.