Pastoral Assistant

Full description of duties in role:

• Take congregational and parish funerals, including bereavement care.

• Lead worship services in care homes.

• Lead and co-ordinate a Pastoral Care Framework for caring for and visiting members and adherents.

• Work with the Minister, Visiting Elders and Pastoral Visiting Team, to coordinate and support the Pastoral Visitors.

• Undertake visiting in private homes, care homes, and hospitals, particularly with those who have the greatest needs.

• Keep the Minister apprised of the wellbeing of members and adherents.

• Help the Minister to keep the Kirk Session apprised of pastoral care, with occasional reports to the Kirk Session.

• Regularly attend worship services on Sunday mornings, liaise with the congregation in relation to pastoral needs and contribute occasionally to Sunday worship.

• Plan and lead specific services, in conjunction with the Minister, such as short monthly services in local nursing homes.

• Attend weekly staff meetings.

• Provide pastoral cover in the Minister’s absence.

• Perform such additional duties as may be requested from time to time.

• This role requires a full disclosure check for working with protected adults.

For further information please mail our minister, Rev Julia Cato [email protected] or Session Clerk, Ruth Minnican [email protected]

To apply, please send a CV, covering letter and the name of two references, to the Kirk Office at [email protected] or post to 1 Kirk Cramond, Edinburgh, EH4 6HZ.

Closing date for applications is Monday, 26 October 2026 with interviews being held on Tuesday 3 November 2026.