Minister (Children) Maternity Cover (12-month FTC) - London, United Kingdom - Allsouls

Description

Job title: Minister (Children) Maternity Cover
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract

Salary: £29,126 (£14,563 pro rata) per annum plus housing allowance

Reports to: Senior Minister (Children and Youth)

Working hours: 3 days per week (21 hours per week)

Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata)

Benefits: 3 spiritual refreshment days to be taken each term (pro rata); access to counsellors; 7.5% employer pension contributions for eligible candidate

Starting date: Late May 2024

All Souls Today

In the heart of London's West End, All Souls is an evangelical Anglican church with a large and diverse congregation. We seek to use our rich inheritance, our exciting location and our diverse membership to cooperate with God in the extension of His Kingdom.

All Souls welcomes a total of over 2,000 people to its morning and evening services each Sunday, with a core membership of around 1,500. This membership is made up of around 60 nationalities and, whilst a significant group would be in their 20's and 30's, we have a wide spread across all age ranges, including active student, children, youth and families work.

Part of the nature of being a church in the centre of a fast-moving capital city is the constant turnover of the congregation. Within a three year period, perhaps as many as 70% of the congregation will have moved on. We see this as a great opportunity, as people go from All Souls to many parts of the world. However, it also presents challenges in both building teams of people equipped to serve the church body and caring well for people pastorally.

For further information about the whole range of All Souls activities and the staff team, please refer to our website:

The Children's ministry

We believe that children are very much a part of today's church, that the primary responsibility for their nurture in the faith of Jesus Christ lies with their parents, but this post is designed to help and support that ministry as far as possible.

The Minister (Children) maternity cover, will be working with the Children's Minister to develop the strategy, running and management of the children's ministry under the guidance of Senior Minister for Children and Youth. You will work closely with the other 0-18yr parish ministries (including schools work and pre-school drop-in groups) in supporting and developing the work with youth and children and their families across the parish.

On a Sunday at All Souls Church there are currently, up to c150 children (under 11s) involved in the children's ministry and a further 50 over 11s involved in the youth work. The children are predominantly from church families. The Children's Minister's are assisted by a group of about 40 volunteers that they are responsible for recruiting and training as a team.

The Role

As part of the Ministry Team operating under the direction of the Rector, the Minister (Children) maternity cover will be line-managed by the Children's Minister. The Children's Minister's will be responsible for:

• Day to day running of the Children's Ministry at All Souls Church.
• Recruiting, training and supporting a team of leaders involved in the Children's Ministry at All Souls Church and the wider parish.
• Supporting and encouraging parents in their role of discipling their own children

The Minister (Children) maternity leave is expected to play a full part in the life of the staff team and the church. They will work as part of the parish Children's and Youth team collaborating with other 0-18-year-old ministries in support of a shared vision.

The Person

We are looking for someone who is:

• A committed conservative evangelical Christian in full sympathy with the aims and values of the ministry of All Souls Church, having a supreme regard for Scripture.
• A hard worker with a servant heart seeking to live a life of Christian integrity.
• A creative visionary with initiative and the ability to develop new ideas to implementation.
• Experience with and the ability to relate to children and their families.
• Both a good team player willing to seek advice and able to lead by envisioning a team of volunteers and have the management skills necessary to direct a team of leaders.
• Able to teach and train others and formulate principles for working partnerships from a strong basis of biblical understanding .
• Able to communicate effectively both orally and in written communication and has excellent interpersonal and IT skills.
• A strong Biblical understanding, preferably supported by a period of theological study with demonstrable ability to teach children in individual and group settings.
• Demonstrable experience of administrative and management skills required to run a ministry.
• Preferably have an understanding of child faith development stages.
• Confident in an up-front role and in relating to leaders in wider networks .

Details

Hours

This is a 3 days a week job. Hours will be flexible, including evening and weekend work. Annual leave is pro rata, 6 weeks a year to be taken at times agreed with the Children's Minister and Senior Minister. Staff are encouraged to make full use of days off and annual leave.

Salary

The stipend consists of an FTE of £29,126 (£14,563 pro rata) per annum, supplemented by a generous housing allowance in accordance with the All Souls Housing Policy.

Applications

• Closing date: Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 23.59*
• Interviews: Rolling basis*

* We will close the job advert earlier once we found a suitable applicant

The All Souls Church family is diverse as the global body of Christ is diverse and as London is diverse. Applications are welcome from people from ethnic groups which are a minority in the UK.

There is an occupational requirement that the job-holder is a Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

Safeguarding: conditional offers will be made pending the successful completion of an enhanced DBS check which will be processed by All Souls.

Contact

Please email if you have any queries