Incumbent (Team Rector): Walkden & Little Hulton & Mission Community Leader

Introduction

 
Incumbent (Team Rector): Walkden & Little Hulton & Mission Community Leader
 

The Benefice Patronage Board is looking for a prayerful, creative and pastoral priest to lead the three churches of this team into the next stage of their life together. 

The Team is located in the north-west of Salford & Leigh Deanery, with a diverse mix of urban and suburban residents with many opportunities for mission and ministry. 

We are looking for an approachable, pastoral and enthusiastic priest who can encourage lay ministry across the team, enabling all three  

churches to grow younger, develop pastoral ministries, and be a presence outside the  

church buildings through school and community group links.  

The successful candidate will also be the Mission Community Leader for the Worsley Mission Community, seeking to bring together lay and ordained leaders for local shared mission. 

We are seeking a Team Rector who will be: 

• A prayerful person with a deep and robust faith.
• A collaborative leader, willing and able to share leadership in developing and implementing our vision and mission across the Benefice.
• A creative missionary leader, able to develop and enable the active witness of others.
• Someone who understands and is excited by opportunities for mission and ministry in schools, with families and younger people, and between the generations.
• Someone who has experience of encouraging and nurturing the vocations of others, lay and ordained.
• Someone willing to be a supportive and pastoral leader of change while understanding the value of tradition.

For further information contact the Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton: 

e-mail: pa.archbolton@manchester.anglican.org  

Tel. 0161 761 6117 

Closing date: Friday, 31st July 2026 

Interview date: Thursday, 3rd September 2026 

DBS enhanced disclosure is required