Database Administrator
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | Hove, East Sussex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We are looking for a highly competent Database Administrator to join our Governance team. You will be responsible for the upkeep of the diocesan CMS database and act as the diocesan Superuser to provide support, training and advice to other diocesan users.
This is a key role in at Church House and the role offers an exciting opportunity to work across the Diocesan team to ensure the database is maintained accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner.
What you’ll do:
• Act as the expert user for the CMS database –granting permissions and offering support, training and advice to diocesan users including staff, clergy and parish officers
• Make updates to the CMS database to reflect changes in the diocese to ensure data accuracy, including after Annual Parochial Church meetings (APCM) and Mission and Pastoral scheme amendments
• Generate reports and mailing lists for diocesan users
• Act as an assistant user for the People system and Salesforces system.
Our ideal candidate will have:
• Experience of using database systems
• Expert knowledge and experience of MS Excel and of creating mail merges in Excel and Word
• An understanding of the Church of England and parish governance and structures (desirable)
• The ability to establish constructive working relationships with people at all levels
For further information please see the job description and person specification
What we offer:
• A salary of £16,068 per annum (pro-rata FTE £26,780) for 22.5 hours work per week with flexibility as to how hours are worked across the week
• The role is based at Church House, Hove with the opportunity to apply to use the DBF’s remote working policy to work from home for part of the week.
• Enrolment into the Diocesan Pension Scheme with a 15.1% employer contribution
• A 0.6 pro-rate entitlement to 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and an additional 2 privilege days leave per year
• Free parking at Church House, use of the ride to work scheme and free eye tests
As an employer, and as a Church House team, our mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive.
Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found here
Please apply via Pathways by midnight on 1st June 2025.
Interviews will be held at Church House, Hove on 9th June 2025.
This is a key role in at Church House and the role offers an exciting opportunity to work across the Diocesan team to ensure the database is maintained accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner.
What you’ll do:
• Act as the expert user for the CMS database –granting permissions and offering support, training and advice to diocesan users including staff, clergy and parish officers
• Make updates to the CMS database to reflect changes in the diocese to ensure data accuracy, including after Annual Parochial Church meetings (APCM) and Mission and Pastoral scheme amendments
• Generate reports and mailing lists for diocesan users
• Act as an assistant user for the People system and Salesforces system.
Our ideal candidate will have:
• Experience of using database systems
• Expert knowledge and experience of MS Excel and of creating mail merges in Excel and Word
• An understanding of the Church of England and parish governance and structures (desirable)
• The ability to establish constructive working relationships with people at all levels
For further information please see the job description and person specification
What we offer:
• A salary of £16,068 per annum (pro-rata FTE £26,780) for 22.5 hours work per week with flexibility as to how hours are worked across the week
• The role is based at Church House, Hove with the opportunity to apply to use the DBF’s remote working policy to work from home for part of the week.
• Enrolment into the Diocesan Pension Scheme with a 15.1% employer contribution
• A 0.6 pro-rate entitlement to 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and an additional 2 privilege days leave per year
• Free parking at Church House, use of the ride to work scheme and free eye tests
As an employer, and as a Church House team, our mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive.
Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found here
Please apply via Pathways by midnight on 1st June 2025.
Interviews will be held at Church House, Hove on 9th June 2025.