Chapel & Choir Department Administrator

Salary:                  £30,508 - £33,096 pro rata (depending on experience) plus benefits

Job type:             Permanent

Hours:                 29 hours per week

St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a Chapel & Choir department administrator, to provide administrative support to the Director of Music, the Dean of Chapel, and Chaplain and to provide support to the Departmental and Touring Manager.

The College offers a competitive benefits package including membership of a defined contributory pension scheme, 36 days’ annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), access to a ‘cash plan’ healthcare scheme currently provided by Simplyhealth, free lunch (up to a specified monetary limit), free use of an on-site Gym and free parking close to the College site, subject to availability.

Before You Apply – Please Read

Safer Recruitment Statement

St John’s College is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the Choristers of the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. St John’s College follows a safer recruitment process for all roles within the Chapel and Choir Department.

Our Safer Recruitment Process includes:

• Declaration of any unspent or relevant criminal convictions (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975).
• Shortlisting based on your qualifications, skills and experience
• Formal interview
• Verification of your identity and right to work in the UK
• Confirmation of employment history and a minimum of 2 satisfactory references
• Confirmation of your qualifications
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Safeguarding training

To help you submit the strongest possible application, we’ve created a Candidate Information Pack that provides further information about the role and how to apply. It outlines what we’re looking for, how to structure your CV and covering letter, and tips to stand out. We strongly encourage all applicants to read this guidance before applying. You can find it here: Chapel & Choir Department Administrator Candidate Info Pack

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 8.00 am on Monday, 1 December 2025. Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday, 11 December 2025.

Please be advised that you will receive system-generated updates regarding the status of your application after it submitted directly through our recruitment system to the email address you provided. To ensure you receive all communications without interruption, we kindly ask that you:

• Add the following email address to your safe sender list

• peoplexd@accessacloud.com

• recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk

• Regularly check your junk or spam folders, as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.