Vacancies
- Job Title
- Hindu Temple Religious Worker (non-pastoral role)
- Number of positions
- 1
- Job Reference
- REWTMP082023
- Location
- Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple of UK, 101 Dudley Road East, Oldbury, B69 3DU
- Salary
- £21,132.00 to £21,150.00 per Annum
- Date advert started
- 18.08.2023
- Closing date
- 17.09.2023
- Reports to
- Temple Manager
Type of position
- Full Time
- 24 Months Fixed Terms
- 39 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 neivedyam (holy food for the God) / Madapalli cooking (specially tasked to cook for the deities in the temple in South Indian tradition.
- To support to our resident Priests and for the assistance of ritual preparation
- 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
- To carry out such other reasonable religious duties as may be requested from time to time by office manager / chairman or other designated representative of the employer.
- Adhere to temple rules, processes, procedures and policies.
The Individual
- Able to make daily neivedyam in both the Shaivite and Vaishnavite traditions.
- Applicant should have Brahmin lineage of priesthood.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, and guide assistant priest(s) as required.
- Be of exemplary character befitting the position of the Priest in a Hindu Temple and should be vegetarians, abstain from alcohol, tobacco.
- Job Title
- Hindu Temple Sculptor Assistants
- Number of positions
- 2
- Job Reference
- HTSA072022
- Location
- Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple of UK, 101 Dudley Road East, Oldbury, B69 3DU
- Salary
- £21,132.00 to 21,150.00 per Annum
- Date advert started
- 06.09.2023
- Closing date
- 06.10.2023
- 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 20-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
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Hindu Temple sculptor assistants (Artisans) to sculpt, carve, adorn and install Hindu religious scultptors on each Hindu Deity's shrine at the Temple under the guidance of the Sthapati from India. These must be done according to strict sacred Hindu religious directives.
- To assist the Sculptor in designing intricate works for the Sanctum, Mandaps and the outside niches with heavy art work reflecting the Hindu Tradition and Customs.
- To carry minor repair work to internal shrines and other external embellishments.
- To liaise with the office manager and / or other designated representative of the employer.
- Adhere to temple rules, processes, procedures and policies.
The Individual
- During the work, the assistants will be expected to maintain purity and austerity and abide by other Hindu guidelines.
- Be of exemplary character befitting the position of the Hindu Temple sculptor assistants and should be vegetarians, abstain from alcohol, tobacco.
Application Process
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