diff --git a/ghost/job-manager/lib/job-manager.js b/ghost/job-manager/lib/job-manager.js
index d4b514802a..4fc7f23c10 100644
--- a/ghost/job-manager/lib/job-manager.js
+++ b/ghost/job-manager/lib/job-manager.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {UnhandledJobError, IncorrectUsageError} = require('@tryghost/errors');
 const logging = require('@tryghost/logging');
 const isCronExpression = require('./is-cron-expression');
 const assembleBreeJob = require('./assemble-bree-job');
+const JobsRepository = require('./jobs-repository');
 
 const worker = async (task, callback) => {
     try {
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ class JobManager {
      * @param {Object} options
      * @param {Function} [options.errorHandler] - custom job error handler
      * @param {Function} [options.workerMessageHandler] - custom message handler coming from workers
+     * @param {Object} [options.JobModel] - a model which can persist job data in the storage
      */
-    constructor({errorHandler, workerMessageHandler}) {
+    constructor({errorHandler, workerMessageHandler, JobModel}) {
         this.queue = fastq(this, worker, 1);
 
         this.bree = new Bree({
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ class JobManager {
             errorHandler: errorHandler,
             workerMessageHandler: workerMessageHandler
         });
+
+        this._jobsRepository = new JobsRepository({JobModel});
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,6 +122,33 @@ class JobManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+    * Adds a job that could ever be executed once.
+    *
+    * @param {Object} GhostJob - job options
+    * @prop {Function | String} GhostJob.job - function or path to a module defining a job
+    * @prop {String} [GhostJob.name] - unique job name, if not provided takes function name or job script filename
+    * @prop {String | Date} [GhostJob.at] - Date, cron or human readable schedule format. Manage will do immediate execution if not specified. Not supported for "inline" jobs
+    * @prop {Object} [GhostJob.data] - data to be passed into the job
+    * @prop {Boolean} [GhostJob.offloaded] - creates an "offloaded" job running in a worker thread by default. If set to "false" runs an "inline" job on the same event loop
+    */
+    async addOneOffJob({name, job, data, offloaded = true}) {
+        const persistedJob = await this._jobsRepository.read(name);
+
+        if (persistedJob) {
+            throw new IncorrectUsageError({
+                message: `A "${name}" one off job has already been executed.`
+            });
+        }
+
+        await this._jobsRepository.add({
+            name,
+            status: 'queued'
+        });
+
+        this.addJob({name, job, data, offloaded});
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes an "offloaded" job from scheduled jobs queue.
      * It's NOT yet possible to remove "inline" jobs (will be possible when scheduling is added https://github.com/breejs/bree/issues/68).
diff --git a/ghost/job-manager/lib/jobs-repository.js b/ghost/job-manager/lib/jobs-repository.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daba18f23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/job-manager/lib/jobs-repository.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class JobsRepository {
+    constructor({JobModel}) {
+        this._JobModel = JobModel;
+    }
+
+    async add(data) {
+        const job = await this._JobModel.add(data);
+
+        return job;
+    }
+
+    async read(name) {
+        const job = await this._JobModel.findOne({name});
+
+        return job;
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = JobsRepository;
diff --git a/ghost/job-manager/test/job-manager.test.js b/ghost/job-manager/test/job-manager.test.js
index 423a4f7579..0961495665 100644
--- a/ghost/job-manager/test/job-manager.test.js
+++ b/ghost/job-manager/test/job-manager.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Switch these lines once there are useful utils
 // const testUtils = require('./utils');
 require('./utils');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const delay = require('delay');
@@ -251,6 +252,46 @@ describe('Job Manager', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('Add one off job', function () {
+        it('adds job to the queue when it is a unique one', async function () {
+            const spy = sinon.spy();
+            const JobModel = {
+                findOne: sinon.stub().resolves(undefined),
+                add: sinon.stub().resolves()
+            };
+
+            const jobManager = new JobManager({JobModel});
+            await jobManager.addOneOffJob({
+                job: spy,
+                name: 'unique name',
+                data: 'test data'
+            });
+
+            assert.equal(JobModel.add.called, true);
+        });
+
+        it('does not add a job to the queue when it already exists', async function () {
+            const spy = sinon.spy();
+            const JobModel = {
+                findOne: sinon.stub().resolves({name: 'I am the only one'}),
+                add: sinon.stub().throws('should not be called')
+            };
+
+            const jobManager = new JobManager({JobModel});
+
+            try {
+                await jobManager.addOneOffJob({
+                    job: spy,
+                    name: 'I am the only one',
+                    data: 'test data'
+                });
+                throw new Error('should not reach this point');
+            } catch (error) {
+                assert.equal(error.message, 'A "I am the only one" one off job has already been executed.');
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('Remove a job', function () {
         it('removes a scheduled job from the queue', async function () {
             const jobManager = new JobManager({});