project manager London, England
Job description
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.
The Diocese of London (LDF) is seeking a Mission Support Officer to play a key role within the Stepney team.
EDI
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community.
We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME), women, and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.
Benefits
The LDF offers a supportive working environment, opportunity for career development and the following financial benefits:
- Competitive remuneration package
- 27 annual leave days to rise to 30 after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
- 15% employer pension contribution
- Death in service benefit 3x of basic, gross salary
- Season ticket loans of public transport
- Access to Benenden Health Insurance
- EAP counselling through Health Assured
- Up to £100 for eye test and contribution to spectacles
- Two additional paid days for community volunteering
Job Summary
To work closely with the Stepney Episcopal Area team, in particular their respective Area Dean of Mission, as well as the 2030 Vision programme office. The person in post will be line managed by the 2030 Vision programme office but be locally deployed for four days a week in the local Stepney Episcopal Area of the London diocese. In this way, they will spend four days a week working within the Area, and one day a week working in the 2030 Vision Office. To support implementation of the Diocesan Vision 2030, they will need to run projects of different sizes to ‘make things happen’ on the ground at parish level. They will also facilitate greater connection and collaboration between Area mission teams and the 2030 Vision office, as well as the application of data to parish revitalisation and strategic change.
Job Context
The Stepney Episcopal Area is the south-eastern area of the Diocese of London bordering the Two Cities Episcopal Area to the West, the Edmonton Episcopal Area to the North, the Diocese of Chelmsford to the East, and Diocese of Southwark to the South. It contains three London Boroughs – Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Islington – with a total population of just under 800,000 people. The population across each of the three boroughs is comprised of just under 50% of people of colour. The diversity makes this an exciting place in which to live and serve.
The Stepney Area is undergoing a vast amount of change: it has a young, diverse, fast changing and fast-growing population. The Mission Support Officer needs to be able to support the Area team in their strategic development which the church is undertaking in order to be able to respond to the needs of the Area and to help bring the gospel afresh to new generations. This will include actively supporting funding bids which are being drafted at the moment for church growth and planting among younger people, the Sacramental tradition, and throughout estates in Islington and Hackney. They will also be asked to support projects and parishes in Tower Hamlets and across the Area as a whole, to respond imaginatively to the needs and challenges of those boroughs.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 48 months
Salary: £36,400.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- SW1P4AU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: cofe/TP/38009/5750
