Vacant Positions

Vacant positions

There are a number of positions that are vacant, or soon to be vacant, in the barony. You will find them listed bellow. If you wish to apply or want more information please contact the seneschal at seneschal@stflorian.lochac.sca.org. For more detailed information on these roles please refer to the Kingdom of Lochac Officer Descriptions Handbook.

Seneschal

Being Seneschal is not as terrifying as it may appear. We have a great team of Baronial officers and established processes that make things simple to run.

Time commitment is approx 1-2 hours a week, with you leading the monthly Baronial meeting. Other regular duties including quarterly reports to Kingdom, being point of contact for our members and ensuring the Barony meets Lochac and mundane requirements. The Kingdom Seneschal is available to answer questions, and there is an active community of other group Seneschal to call upon as well.

The role is incredibly rewarding with opportunities to meet more members, get a deeper understanding of the challenges groups face to provide a safe and fun space to play and grow my own leadership skills.

This year sees an increase in St Florian events, and progression of the new college. It’s an exciting time to step into this role and be part of the continued growth of our great Barony.

For the new Seneschal, if they wish, it can organised for them to actively shadow the current seneschal in the final two months of their warrant, gaining some hands on experience before official hand over. The current Seneschal is also happy to be their drop dead deputy for 6 months, if needed.

For more general information about the role, see:

https://seneschal.lochac.sca.org/seneschal-introduction
https://seneschal.lochac.sca.org/resources

Please send your applications by 9 February 2025 to seneschal@lochac.sca.org, with a courtesy copy to seneschal@stflorian.lochac.sca.org.

A&S Officer

Wanted: someone to care for the various arts and sciences beloved by the artisans of St Florian de la Riviere! Be amazed at and humbled by their skill and enthusiasm, and play a role in supporting and developing a myriad shiny things.

Key requirements:

  • You will need to be a current SCA member, 18 years or older
  • Reliable and responsive access to email
  • Ability to keep on top of a variety of A&S-related administrative tasks

Key elements of the job:

  • Managing local displays and competitions, including by local Guild members
  • Being available to the populace to answer their questions on A&S, and listen to ideas on how we could be better
  • Promoting the amazing artisans in St Florian de la Riviere, so more people can hear of their skills

You don’t have to do everything — there are plenty of people able to help. And there are lots of useful resources on competition guidance and procedures and notes and ideas available.

You’ll find more detailed information about this role in the Officer Job Descriptions Document at https://seneschal.lochac.sca.org/resources#officer.

Please send your applications by 1 March 2025 to artsandsciences@lochac.sca.org, with a courtesy copy to seneschal@stflorian.lochac.sca.org.

If you would like to know more about the job, or to discuss how you see yourself taking it forward, I would love to hear from you!

Deputy Seneschal

The details of this role will be determined by you and the seneschal. You can expect to help the seneschal with their duties. If something should happen to the seneschal and they can’t continue in their role either temporarily or permanently you will be required to step up until the seneschal can return or a new seneschal is found.

Please send your applications to the seneschal at seneschal@stflorian.lochac.sca.org.

Social Media Deputy

The Social Media Deputy’s role is to administer and moderate the group Social Media outlets.  It is a deputy Seneschal position.

  • Administer and Moderate group Social Media – including Facebook Group and Pages, Instagram. Twitter, YouTube, etc  Create content for Social Media (particularly Facebook and Instagram) 
  • To encourage interaction and discussion. This can be done in conjunction with Kingdom and Society Social Media Officers  
  • Ensure important news and announcements are posted to group Social Media as required.  
  • Work with Seneschal, Baron and Baroness, and Webwright as well as Kingdom Social Media Officer to work on best use of Social Media  
  • Advise group Officers on Social Media use and how Social Media can assist their Office.  
  • Work with Stewards to create and advise on Social Media for their event. Including creating Facebook pages for events.  
  • Consult on running “virtual” events and be available to assist in moderation of these.  Provide analytics on Social Media  
  • Respond to E-Mails and Messages to Group Social Media accounts in a timely and professional manner (within 36 hours)  Assist in the development and provide feedback on the Lochac Social Media Website and Procedures.