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Area Director of Ministry
Vacancy Reference cofe/TP/1369/1981
This Vacancy has been closed.
Overview
The Kensington Area includes the west London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, the borough of Richmond north of the Thames, and the Surrey Borough of Spelthorne. Spanning from Knightsbridge to the ancient bridge that crosses the Thames into Staines, the parishes of the Kensington Area serve hugely diverse and dynamic communities.
There is an occupational requirement that the job-holder is a Christian under the Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
Closing date - Tuesday 24 September, 11.59pm
Interview date - Tuesday 1 October 2019
Introduction
The Area Director of Ministry is a senior member of the Kensington Area Team, reporting to the Bishop of Kensington. They will be responsible for providing visionary leadership and ensuring good management in the following areas: fostering vocations to lay and ordained ministries; directing Ordinands; supervising post ordination training; overseeing clergy ministerial review, development and training; facilitating lay training programmes.
Main Responsibilities
Fostering vocations to lay and ordained ministries
- This entails preaching and leading teaching sessions in churches across the Area and the wider diocese, inspiring a compelling vision for the ministry of every local church, including the value and significance of ordained ministry.
Directing ordinands
- Not limited to but including leading and supporting a team of Assistant Directors of Ordinands
Supervising post ordination training
- Such as planning annual services for the ordination of priests in the Area
Oversee clergy ministerial review, development and training
- For example organising and facilitating key Area training events (including Clergy Study Days and Area Conferences)
Oversee lay training programmes
- This would partly comprise communicating clearly to parishes a range of training opportunities within the diocese and beyond
The Ideal Candidate
The person appointed is likely to be an ordained priest within the Church of England. In addition to the required level of ordination, the role holder must have:
- Strategic thinking
- Be a good communicator
- Strong gifts as a theological teacher and ministry trainer
- Have a high level of organisational skills
- Have a high level of emotional intelligence
- The ability to manage pressure well
- Have a high capacity to make good judgements
- Possess clear and incisive decision-making skills
- Demonstrate good conflict management skills
- Experience in the area of encouraging vocations
- Significant experience in effective parochial ministry
There is an occupational requirement that the job-holder is a Christian under the Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on Person Specification.
About us
The Church of England in London is growing, vibrant and at the heart of communities throughout the capital. At the London Diocesan Fund we seek to do everything we can to support this mission and growth, using our resources to help our parishes and chaplains to serve over 4 million people.
We value the benefits of employing individuals from a range of backgrounds, with diverse cultures and talents and aim to create a workforce that:
- Values difference in others and respects the dignity and worth of each individual
- Reflects the diversity of the nation that the Church of England exists to serve
- Fosters a climate of creativity, tolerance and diversity that will help all staff to develop to their full potential.
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