| Diocesan Vacancies |
| Mission Apprentice - St Oswald’s, Tile Hill |
The Mission Apprentice role is one of learning, development and empowerment.
Apprentices spend the majority of their week serving at St Oswald’s Church in Tile Hill. They will be given ministerial experience and leadership development within their chosen ministry field. Each apprentice is assigned a ministry placement supervisor (relevant to their chosen field) who provides coaching, management, and feedback to help apprentices develop their ministry skills. Participation in the teaching programme at St Marks Academy is an important component of the year. The programme consists of six modules which are categorised into three broad streams (faith, leadership, and discipleship). The teaching has a particular focus on mission and church planting.
This role is for 25 hours per week and offers a salary of £13,546.08 per annum. Click here to download the job description. To apply please send a CV and covering letter stating why you are interested in this apprenticeship to Fr Edward Backhouse (fr.edwardbackhouse@outlook.com) by Friday 30th June.
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| Executive Assistant - Coventry Cathedral |
This is a vital post for Coventry Cathedral and has a key role in supporting management and governance across the organisation. This role is wide ranging covering governance, HR, office administration and providing executive support to the Dean and the wider leadership team on a range of issues. You would contribute significantly to our organisation through this role.
Hours: 28 hours – days and times flexible to be agreed with job holder.
Salary: £17000 – 18000 (for 28 hours permanent).
For more information, click here.
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| Associate Minister, South Warwickshire Seven Benefice |
The South Warwickshire Seven (SW7) is a benefice made up of seven small parishes in rural South Warwickshire. We wish to appoint an Associate Minister to grow our Gospel work among young families, as well as to support the recently appointed Rector. A smaller part of the role will include working with the St Paul’s Leamington Mission hub to resource wider mission work in the local area.
We are looking for someone who:
– Loves and knows the living Lord Jesus as revealed in the Gospels.
– Empowered by God seeks to live up to the qualifications for church leadership as set out in the pastoral epistles (1 Timothy 3, Titus 1).
– Has a deep passion for the scriptures and a proven track record of communicating them faithfully and engagingly at different levels of ministry.
– Is willing to try new things for the sake of the Gospel, trusting that God will bring fruit in his own time and way.
The post will be fully funded for 5 years at incumbency stipend level and comes with a house in the benefice.
For more information, click here.
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| Rector, Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden and Ullenhall |
We look to bring Jesus Christ into the hearts and minds of each and every household and organisation in our Parish through our way of life, our worship of God, our love for the community and by the grace and fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
We are looking for someone who:
– will encourage and inspire all church members in the life of the church and in their personal spiritual journey.
– is able to identify, train, encourage and empower church leaders including our lay readers.
– is approachable, welcoming and inclusive, able to communicate the Christian faith in a way that is contemporary, appealing and inspirational.
– is eager for growth, bringing innovation and ideas for mission and ministry.
– is open to leading a variety of styles of worship, whilst respecting the tradition, identity and existing worship in each church.
– is a good listener, with a keen pastoral care focus and a deep desire to serve.
Closing Date for Applications: Noon Friday 23 June. For more information, click here.
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| Vicar, St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Kenilworth |
St Nicholas with St Barnabas are looking for a priest rooted in prayer with the pastoral and leadership gifts that will continue to build the confidence of this church community to grow its missional capacity.
We are looking for:
– A pastor – with a caring personality who welcomes and includes everyone.
– A leader with a vision – with leadership qualities who can lead a multi generational, multi style church, who can help us be more outward focused.
– An inspiring worship leader – to inspire with different ways to worship. Who understands the needs of older and younger generations.
– Someone to develop our gifts – inspire more people to offer their gifts and skills to God. To encourage new people into leadership.
– Strategic – someone who can join the dots. Who can see the bigger picture and help us focus on being missional. Someone who can put a strategy in place and keep us informed.
This is a Lord Chancellor appointment.
For more information click here.
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| Associate Minister, St Laurence, Foleshill, Coventry |
The Diocese of Coventry is recruiting an Associate Minister, fully funded at incumbent level with housing, for an initial period of four years. This is part of an exciting and adventurous mission strategy to see healthy churches propagate, plant, or graft 150 new worshipping communities over the next ten years.
St Laurence are a community called to worship God, grow as disciples of Jesus and transform the communities of North Coventry in love. The new Associate Minister at St Laurence’s would join a vibrant and committed team who serve the life of the church, to help strengthen our capacity to resource other churches (local & networked).
We are seeking someone from a breadth of traditions who fits the following person specification:
– Self-starter who is good team player, but also has the skills and an ability to take on individual responsibility for key church growth projects.
– Has experience in leadership in a missional church.
– Teaching, enabling and facilitating in evangelism, everyday faith.
– Experience of leading or responsibility in a church plant, fresh expression or re-imagining the mission of the local church.
– Comfortable to work in a breadth of tradition to resource contextual mission.
– Engaging preaching and communication.
– Experience of developing and leading digital church services.
Closing Date for Applications: Noon Friday 7 July. For more information, click here.
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| Vicar, St John the Divine, Willenhall, Coventry |
St John the Divine is at the heart of Willenhall with the people of Willenhall engraved on their heart. The many projects developed though St John’s seek to meet real need, are creative, generous and have resulted in a relationship of trust between community and the church. We are a supportive church family with a heart for the community, ready to greet with warmth and welcome any who cross the threshold.
We seek a vicar who will live among us and help us to grow as a church and as individuals. Someone who is prepared to meet people where they are and encourage them to come to know the love of Christ in their lives.
Personal specification:
– Have a strong visible Christian faith rooted in prayer and be a passionate sharer of The Gospel.
– Be a good communicator with the ability to engage all age groups. A gifted listener who will love without prejudice and lead inclusively.
– Be collaborative and enable, empower and encourage others on their faith journey.
– Provide pastoral care in different settings in our local care homes, community hubs and with those who come seeking care and compassion as they encounter problems in daily life.
– Be an enabler of mission and teach discipleship that can be applied to the life of the church through small group teaching, lay leadership and outreach to the wider community.
– Be committed to working with local schools, food bank, local businesses and other churches close to us.
– Be organised – it is a busy parish with lots of occasional offices and involvement in community functions.
– Be someone who has a sense of humour, a love for people and who eats cake.
Closing Date for Applications: Noon 21st July. For more information, click here.
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| St Mark's Academy Leader |
St Marks are looking for an Academy Leader to join the staff team, with the vision and skills to train and release Mission Apprentices for leadership and church planting.
Coventry Diocese is committed to a bold and imaginative mission and growth strategy and we see an effective lay leadership pipeline as essential to identifying, training and
releasing people into church leadership. We are looking for someone with experience of mentoring young adults and with the skills to collaborate across a network of church leaders.
£34, 608 (full time). Closing date for applications: Noon 15th June 2023.
Click here for more information.
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| St Mark's Academy Interns |
St. Mark’s Church offers internships for those aged 18-30 wishing to pursue a call to work in the local church. Interns will be immersed in the culture of St. Marks, a thriving city centre resource church in the heart of Coventry. The goal is to develop you as a missionary leader in your area of ministry through spending a life changing year or two with us.
Click here to find out more.
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