Mission Support Lead (Part time 17.5 hours)
We are looking for someone to join our Children, Young People and Families team to be our Mission Support Lead.
(The Diocese of Leeds has been awarded funding for the post by the national church for a period of four years, to Dec 2027)
Hours: 17.5
The Mission Support Lead will be an integral part of the children, youth and families team.
As part of the team they will share the responsibility for the overall diocesan offer to parishes in their work with children, young people and families.
They will play a key role in supporting parishes in their missional planning to engage, nurture, disciple and grow leaders with children, young people and families.
The successful candidate must be highly motivated, an excellent team player and an advocate for children and young people with the ability to work m both proactively seeking opportunities and responding strategically to requests for support from clergy and laity.
They must be able to evidence knowledge and appreciation of good working practices between school and church.
A competitive package includes a competitive salary, flexi-time scheme, reimbursement of travelling expenses, an 8% non-contributory pension with an additional 5% matched contributions, hybrid working (50%), and 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays and four customary days a year (between Christmas and New Year).
Closing Date for Applications: 20th September
Interviews: week commencing 9th October
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact liz.morton@leeds.anglican.org
There is an Occupational Requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010
A full DBS check is required for the successful candidate.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification
See attached Job Description and Person Specification
Our diocesan vision is to see confident Christians, growing churches, transforming communities. In July 2023 the Diocese of Leeds was awarded funding from the national church for Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence. Barnabas is a holistic, targeted programme of support for our churches, offering resource to grow in confidence as they seek to build church life and community transformation in their parishes.
As part of Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence and in line with the national church vision- we are seeking to grow our number of young disciples by 100% in the next ten years. This will include helping parishes to understand, articulate and deliver their plan to grow their work with children and young people.
Our Values
The Diocesan values, Loving, Living, Learning, are vital to the way we encourage equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We aim to:
- Love God, the world and one another.
- Live in the world as it is, but, drawn by a vision of something better, we want to help individuals and communities flourish,
- Learn when we get things wrong, by listening and growing together.
The Diocese of Leeds is proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance (The Board) is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and the workplace and in avoiding unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, the Board will ensure that recruitment and selection, training and development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, class or caste, religious belief or lack of religious belief (unless this is an occupational requirement), disability, trade union membership or non-membership, gender or sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, responsibility for dependents or being a part-time or fixed-term worker. The Board’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.
For clergy applying to this role, your Area/Suffragan Bishop must be informed of your applications at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, you must seek a Diocesan Bishop’s Licence in order to be eligible for a new role, and please be aware that granting a licence is subject to a CCSL from your Area/Suffragan Bishop.
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