Diocesan directory

Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

The Bishops House, 4 Park Road, Ipswich, IP1 3ST

The Revds Alan Forsdike and Catherine Forsdike

John Howard 

Bishop's Press Officer | 0208 720 6620 | 07872 314653

Strategic Programme Director

(Growing in God Programme Board)

Governance Manager (part-time)

Governance: (Synod, Committees, elections) on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday and DAC on Mondays/Fridays)

Strategic IT Manager

(IT systems, mobile phones, CMS database management)

Data Analyst

(Data mapping, CMS database analysis)

Executive Assistant to the Diocesan Secretary and Business Support Administrator

(Receptionist, CMS database updates)

Communications Manager         

(Media/press enquiries, eNews, campaigns, Insight, website)                                                         

Communications Assistant

Social media, Insight, website, diocesan vacancies advertsiing)

Prominent

Media Consultants | 01473 276127  (out of hours: 07403 401387)

DAC Secretary 

(Church Buildings Advisor, Faculty applications and DAC meetings)

Assistant DAC Secretary (part-time)

DAC on Mondays/Fridays (List B applications and general enquiries). Governance on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Assistant to DAC Staff

(List B applications, faculty casework that doesn’t require external consultation, applications for commemorative plaques and Temporary Minor Re-Ordering licences)

01473 298509 | 07485 348887

Church Buildings Support Officer

(Minor repairs and improvement grants)

Diocesan Registrar 

Birketts, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ | 01473 406270 

Registry Clerk

Birketts, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ | 01473 406300 

Diocesan Director of Education 

(Headteacher appointments, schools strategy and Multi Academy Trust CEO)                                                            

Deputy Diocesan Director of Education

(Schools Admissions, OFSTED and SIAMS support, Governance)

Diocesan Schools' Adviser

(RE, Collective worship, Distinctive Christian values, Training and courses)

Schools' Buildings Officer

(Schools land and building ownership, schools capital projects)

School Effectiveness Officer

(SIAMS support for schools)

Schools Administrator

(School eNews, event bookings, schools administration)

Finance and Operations Director

(Budgets and Finance Reporting)

Senior Finance Manager

(Statutory Accounts, Year End, Xledger, Treasurer queries)

Management Accountant

(Management Accounts, Budget and Forecasting, Parish Share Allocations, Reporting Queries)

Finance Assistant

(Diocesan invoices, banking, Kagera, Trust queries)

Finance Administrator

(PF1 Forms, general finance queries, PTO processing)

People Director

(Diocesan job descriptions and employee welfare)

Archdeacon Rich Henderson

Charlotte Cook

Archdeacon of Ipswich         

Ipswich Area Dean                                                                         

Diocesan Director of Ordinands

(Vocations, Ordinands and IME2 training) 

Diocesan Youth & Young Adults Officer

(Growing Younger, Youth Essentials training)

Senior Administrator for Mission and Ministry

(Administration for Elders, IME2, AOP, Ordinands, CMD, Readers and Insight) 

Mission Project Officer

(Faith Empowered training (Evangelists), Plans for Growth and Growth fund, vocations and Suffolk show administration)

Lead Evangelist

(Suffolk Centre for Mission)

Lead Chaplain

(University of Suffolk and Suffolk New College)

Parish Resources Manager

(Parish Giving Scheme, grants, digital giving, PCC workshops. Training to build a generous culture. Waiver/parish support process)

Giving Advisor

(Giving Advisor, Parish Resources – Grants and Funding, Gifts in Wills, Parish Buying, Digital Giving, Friends Groups)

Head of Property and Diocesan Surveyor

(Clergy Property, Office Health and Safety)

Project Manager (Pastoral Secretary and Property)

(Reorganisation projects)

Administrator (Property)

(Clergy Property Maintenance and Administration)

Diocesan Safeguarding Officer

(Safeguarding disclosures and concerns)

Safeguarding Administator

(DBS, Administration and general safeguarding enquiries)

01473 298548 | 07468 474252

Safeguarding Trainer and Training Coordinator