Hindu Temple Religious Worker (non-pastoral role)
| Posting date: | 28 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,762.00 to £24,800.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 July 2025 |
| Location: | Oldbury, West Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Balaji Temple |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REGM062025 |
Summary
Job Description
Job Title Hindu Temple Religious Worker (non-pastoral role)
Number of positions 1
Job Reference REGM062025
Location Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple of UK, 101 Dudley Road East, Oldbury, B69 3DU
Salary £24,762.00 to £24,800.00 per Annum
Date advert started 28.06.2025
Closing date 28.07.2025
Reports to Temple Manager
Type of position:
Full-time
24 months fixed term
Hours per week: 39.0
Regular hours
Temple Background
Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple in Tividale is the culmination of deeply felt spiritual aspirations and one of the most remarkable achievements of the Hindu communities in the United Kingdom. The temple is set in an approximately 30 acres of land, with a number of different shrines and other facilities and it has grown over a 10-year period to become the largest Hindu temple of its kind in Europe. Much more than simply a physical complex, it brings together a remarkably wide cross-section of Hindus into a vibrant, thriving Organisation, and is now recognized as one of the leading Hindu institutions in this country. website: www.venkateswara.org.uk
Key Responsibilities & Duties
Role Objective:
• To contribute to organisation growth through the quality service to ensure the spiritual needs of the devotees.
• To guide and direct his assistants, if any, to ensure that all activities are carried out at the scheduled time and sanctified manner.
Responsibilities & Duties
• To make daily fresh flower garlands per traditions of the Temple.
• To arrange the flower according the Vedic traditions with Hindu Scriptures (Shastras)
• To help the priests to decorate the deities and also to involve in the decoration of the chariot.
• To decorate the temple hall with flowers for various functions and festivals.
• To liaise with the Temple Manager and / or other designated representative of the employer.
• To carry out such other reasonable religious duties as many requested from time to time by the employer and conveyed by the Temple Manager
• Adhere to temple rules, processes, procedures and policies.
The Individual
• Able to make garlands in both the Shaivaite and Vaishnavaite traditions.
• Knowledgeable on making different styles of garland for the deities
• Be of exemplary character befitting the position of the Priest in a Hindu Temple and should be vegetarians, abstain from alcohol, tobacco.
Application Process
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to:
The Temple Manager
temple@venkateswara.org.uk
Job Title Hindu Temple Religious Worker (non-pastoral role)
Number of positions 1
Job Reference REGM062025
Location Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple of UK, 101 Dudley Road East, Oldbury, B69 3DU
Salary £24,762.00 to £24,800.00 per Annum
Date advert started 28.06.2025
Closing date 28.07.2025
Reports to Temple Manager
Type of position:
Full-time
24 months fixed term
Hours per week: 39.0
Regular hours
Temple Background
Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple in Tividale is the culmination of deeply felt spiritual aspirations and one of the most remarkable achievements of the Hindu communities in the United Kingdom. The temple is set in an approximately 30 acres of land, with a number of different shrines and other facilities and it has grown over a 10-year period to become the largest Hindu temple of its kind in Europe. Much more than simply a physical complex, it brings together a remarkably wide cross-section of Hindus into a vibrant, thriving Organisation, and is now recognized as one of the leading Hindu institutions in this country. website: www.venkateswara.org.uk
Key Responsibilities & Duties
Role Objective:
• To contribute to organisation growth through the quality service to ensure the spiritual needs of the devotees.
• To guide and direct his assistants, if any, to ensure that all activities are carried out at the scheduled time and sanctified manner.
Responsibilities & Duties
• To make daily fresh flower garlands per traditions of the Temple.
• To arrange the flower according the Vedic traditions with Hindu Scriptures (Shastras)
• To help the priests to decorate the deities and also to involve in the decoration of the chariot.
• To decorate the temple hall with flowers for various functions and festivals.
• To liaise with the Temple Manager and / or other designated representative of the employer.
• To carry out such other reasonable religious duties as many requested from time to time by the employer and conveyed by the Temple Manager
• Adhere to temple rules, processes, procedures and policies.
The Individual
• Able to make garlands in both the Shaivaite and Vaishnavaite traditions.
• Knowledgeable on making different styles of garland for the deities
• Be of exemplary character befitting the position of the Priest in a Hindu Temple and should be vegetarians, abstain from alcohol, tobacco.
Application Process
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to:
The Temple Manager
temple@venkateswara.org.uk