We are a living, growing network of more than a thousand churches, chaplaincies, and schools with a vision to be a more Christ-like Church for the sake of God’s world: more contemplative, more compassionate, and more courageous.
We are seeking a Parish Development Adviser who will work as a key member of the Dorchester Episcopal Area Team to support and resource our parishes, benefices and deaneries as they discern and develop their missional priorities.
You will be part of a large, creative, and highly skilled group of colleagues in the Department of Mission and Ministry. Together we work to enable the growth of the local church and to support work across the whole diocese in five key areas: discipleship and social justice, children, young people and families, formation for ministry, new congregations, and vocations to ordained and lay ministry.
Open to lay and ordained candidates, you will have experience in consultancy and facilitation with groups and individuals along with the gift of listening and asking good questions. You will have an understanding of mission and of how local churches can grow through engagement and deepening relationships with those in their locality. You will be comfortable in encouraging and facilitating the development of new congregations of every type, tradition, shape, and size.
To find out more about this role and how to apply:
Please email your completed application form and recruitment monitoring form to: recruitment@oxford.anglican.org
The forms are accessible via the links below:
Job Description | Application Form | Recruitment Monitoring Form | Privacy Notice | Introduction by the Director | Mission and Ministry - Department Structure
The closing date for receipt of applications is:
Midday on Thursday 23 May 2024
Interviews will take place on:
Thursday 6 June at Church House Oxford.
We want our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in the composition of our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.
Please note that the person appointed will be a baptised Christian, lay or ordained, who is a communicant member in good standing with the Anglican Church or a church that is a member of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.