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Director of Mission & Ministry

Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, OX5 1GF

Contract:

Permanent

Location:

London and Home Counties

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Salary:

approximately £75,000 per annum

Ref: JN013273

Could God be calling you to shape the future of Mission and Ministry in the Diocese of Oxford?

About the role:
This is a role in which you can make a difference to the spiritual lives of all the communities across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. In leading the largest department within Church House, you will be blessed with a vibrant and highly skilled group of lay and ordained members whose focus is to serve the mission and ministry of the local church and the Diocese. Your nurturing and imaginative leadership will bring ongoing life both to our strategic vision, to be a more Christ-like Church for the sake of God’s world, and to the delivery of our most important and complex projects. Focal points for the department include the following areas:

 

  • Encouraging and discerning ordained and lay vocations.

  • Substantially expanding children and young people’s mission and ministry across the diocese.

  • Shaping and implementing diocesan policy to resource, develop and support ordained and lay missional leaders and discipleship within churches including social justice, the environment and generous giving, as well as evangelism and church growth.

  • The development and delivery of a range of high-quality and accessible programmes to support ministerial formation and lay training.

About you:
Theologically literate, lay or ordained, your passion for shared ministry manifests in a positive understanding of the role of both lay and ordained ministry in the Anglican Church. Your experience as a Church of England leader includes identifying and scaling-up opportunities for enhanced mission and setting and implementing strategic direction. This is grounded in excellent leadership and management skills and experience. Able to relate generously and positively to those of theological traditions other than your own, you are an adept communicator who will build and sustain strong working relationships across area teams, parishes, colleagues and other dioceses to ensure the department has the maximum possible positive impact across the diocese.

 

There is a genuine occupational requirement that the appointee must be a communicant member of the Church of England or of a church in full communion with it, in accordance with schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

For further information about the role and to apply, please click the 'apply for this job' button below.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 9am on Monday 17th February 2025
Interviews will take place at Church House Oxford on:
Tuesday 4th March 2025, with shortlisted candidates requested to undertake virtual 1:1 meetings with the Bishop of Oxford and the Diocesan Secretary prior to that date.

We want the Church of England’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority heritage and disabled candidates, who are currently underrepresented.

The Church of England is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our church community. In the Diocese of Oxford we follow and are committed to the Church of England’s House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policies and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance “Working together” to ensure the welfare of children and young people is paramount. This post is subject to an enhanced plus barred lists DBS check.

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Closing date: 17 February 2025

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