Youth & Children’s Lead – Parish of Sholing

This is an exciting role overseeing the youth and children’s work within the Parish of Sholing – leading the development of their work, providing support to a wonderful team of volunteers, and helping nurture creative opportunities for people to explore faith and spirituality.

This is a full-time role based at St Mary’s Church (a small but growing family church) and Veracity Life (a pioneering community project) within the Parish of Sholing.

The parish are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person, who loves Jesus and loves people, to head up their youth/children’s work – including around 80% community-based work and 20% faith-focussed work. The ideal applicant will have experience working with children and young people, supporting people and teams to flourish, and nurturing faith among children and families. They’re looking for someone who can support their incredible volunteers to deliver their exciting youth and children’s provision, and to co-design and develop new projects with the community. The parish are hoping to find someone who can start as soon as possible.

The successful applicant will be offered significant autonomy within a collaborative team, opportunities for ongoing training and development, some flexible working hours, and a starting salary of up to £30,000 (depending on qualifications and experience) plus pension contributions. You will be supported in this role by the Vicar and the parish’s warm and supportive leadership team. They’re willing to shape the role around the right person (to some extent), so do get in touch if you’d like to chat about your application.

HOW TO APPLY

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th June – with interviews on Friday 18th July. You can find the full Job Description, Person Specification, Parish Information and Application Form here: https://tinyurl.com/Sholing-Youth-and-Children