Officer for Lay Ministry and Training

Hove, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

Could you oversee the delivery of our strategy for lay vocations and ministry in Sussex?

Our Apostolic Life team lead our mission and ministry across Sussex and support us to live out our vision to “Know, Love and Follow Jesus” in the Diocese of Chichester. We want to enable lay Christians to grow in faith, helping them discern the ministries to which they may be called, and training and equipping them to carry these out.

The Principal Duties Include

• Offering support and guidance to individuals interesting in exploring and/or developing their calling to lay ministries.
• Identifying, planning and delivering new opportunities for training and CMD
• Leading the selection of Readers, Authorised Lay Ministers and Lay Apostolic Workers
• Overseeing the provision of training programmes including; the Bishop’s Certificate, the Living Faith course, Authorised Lay Ministry, Lay Minsters of Communion and Reader training and CMD
• Overseeing the design, development and ongoing running of the diocesan Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to enable an online training provision across the diocese
  
  
  

Our ideal candidate will: 

• Be theologically articulate
• Have the ability to identify gifts and talents and encourage individuals who are discerning their lay vocation and training needs
• Have experience of planning, developing and leading adult education or training programmes
• Be an effective and inspiring trainer and the ability to deliver training to a diverse range of people and theological traditions
• Possess good IT skills, knowledge and experience
  
  
  

For full details of the job please see the job description and person specification.

What We Offer

• A salary of £39,140 per annum for 37.5 hours per week.
• Flexi-time and the opportunity to apply to use the DBF’s remote working policy to work from home for part of the week.   
• 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and two privilege days per year.
• Membership of the Church Worker’s Pension Scheme with a generous 15.1% employer contribution and an employee contribution between 0-6%.  
• Free parking, and the ride to work scheme and development opportunities   
  
  
  

The post will involve travelling around the Diocese, some evening work and occasional work at weekends.

Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.  All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found here     

For an information conversation about the role please contact the Director for Apostolic Life, The Revd Canon Rebecca Swyer (Rebecca.swyer@chichester.anglican.org).

Please apply via Pathways by midnight on 26th January 2025.  

Interviews will be held at Church House, Hove on 6th February 2025.      

For more information the Diocese of Chichester please visit https://www.chichester.anglican.org/