28-35 hours per week
Salary: £29,000 FTE
The Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich is seeking to appoint a Diocesan Growing Younger Project Support to assist in implementing and integrating the Growing Younger priority of the Diocesan vision and strategy for 0 - 11 year-olds and their families, through enabling and supporting parishes and fresh expression of church to grow.
You will be part of the Mission and Ministry Team that seeks to support the making of new disciples of all ages in both parish churches and fresh expressions of church and assist the Growing Younger Enabler through enabling and supporting parishes and fresh expression of church to engage with and grow its ministry with children and young people.
Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Working within the growing younger team enabling them to meet the Growing in God vision of the Diocesan.
- Provision of administrative, development and creative support for the work of the Growing Younger Enabler, including resourcing Insight.
- Working with relevant local and national partners to support parish churches & Fresh Expressions to engage in quality children and family’s ministries, and chaplaincy with a keen eye to Early years provision.
- Acting as a Diocesan Champion (0–11-year-olds) for the implementation of recommendations arising from the Growing Faith report.
- Actively encouraging the growth of and excellence in our mission with 0-11’s across the Diocese.
- Resourcing new areas and supporting existing discipleship pathways including baptism preparation, starting right, moving on and nurturing faith resources.
- To developing and delivering training in good practice, core skills, discipleship, mission and spiritual formation for clergy, lay ministers, workers and volunteers at residentials and within their contexts.
- Supporting clergy and local ministry teams in developing mission with 0-11’s both within parishes and across deaneries.
- Resourcing the licensed lay ministry of Children’s and families’ workers.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and experience:
- Proven knowledge of child development theory.
- Experience of growing ministry with 0-11’s and families, both with those already engaged with church communities and those currently outside the life of the church.
- Theologically literate and familiar with theories of faith development including baptism, intergenerational ministry and child advocacy.
- A broad understanding of the breadth of 0-11’s ministry across the traditions in the Church of England including Fresh Expressions of Church.
- Have a safeguarding qualification and experience of putting safeguarding measures into practice.
- Experienced in growing children and family’s/youth/student ministry in number and depth, both with those already engaged with church communities and those currently outside the life of the church.
- Experience of engagement with schools ideally both church and community especially regarding growing spiritually and creating opportunities to develop discipleship pathways.
- Experience of developing, adapting and delivering appropriate training material to a range of audiences.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Experience of evaluation of initiatives’ outcomes and impact.
For an informal conversation please contact:
Sharron Coburn | Director of Mission and Ministry | 01473 298521 or 07483006385
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Closing date: 22 November
Interview date: 29 November
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