£37,000 (pay award pending)
We are seeking a collaborative person who would enjoy continuing to build and inspire a culture of generous giving across Southwark Diocese.
One of the principles at the heart of the Bishop of Southwark’s Vision for Growth is that of “generous giving and prayer supporting all we do”. We have a strong partnership with our parishes with a positive culture of generosity and commitment to each other.
We are committed to offering you the opportunity to develop and thrive, and offer training and mentoring within Diocesan and national spheres.This post does require some flexibility and out of hours working to support evening and weekend activity. You will be compensated for this with time-off in lieu. We also offer some flexibility regarding the normal hours of your working day to support work life balance. The job location is listed as the Diocesan office at Trinity House but will be a mix between office, homeworking and meeting around the Diocese with church representatives.
- Are you excited by God’s generosity and believe in people and communities being generous disciples of Christ?
- Do you have the enthusiasm and communication skills to across our diverse Diocese reflect upon gratitude, generosity, and resourcing mission in their communities?
- In these challenging times, would you enjoy supporting parishes to explore new forms of digital giving, investigate new income streams or seize the opportunity of legacy fundraising?
- Are you interested in church or charity fundraising and looking for a new challenge?
You will be part of the Giving Team, to inspire and continue to build a culture of generosity and a deeper understanding and outworking of generous giving on a personal and congregational level.
Encourage Generous Giving
- To work intentionally with deaneries and their leadership teams across a diversity of rural, suburban and urban contexts.
- To work proactively with a breadth of parishes, (reflecting our demographic, economic and ethnic diversity), understanding their financial situation and helping them develop effective and creative giving practices to resource their mission and ministry
Parish Share
- Being willing to promote the principles of the Parish Support Fund
- Support the production of communications material and encourage generous but realistic pledges from across the Diocese.
Communication, training and support
- To build good working relationships with clergy and lay people throughout the differing church traditions in the Diocese.
- To be responsible for updating our website’s giving pages and helping with regular social media and parish communications.
As well as the above mentioned you will also work with the Director of Giving to develop and strategically implement digital fundraising and legal fundraising.
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, organised and able to communicate both verbally and non verbally while dealing with diverse stakeholders. While also numerate with proven experience using Microsoft Office in particular Excel. Experience working with volunteers and successfully delivering projects is essential, as well as an understanding of, and a commitment to the promotion of, the principles and practice of Christain generosity and giving and a willingness to develop further.
This post is open to clergy who also wish to be licensed to a parish in the Diocese with a commitment to ministry there, with the provision of housing, a salary equivalent to an incumbent’s clergy stipend and continuing membership of the Clergy Pension Scheme. This post is subject to a basic DBS disclosure
We are committed to offering you the opportunity to develop and thrive, and offer training and mentoring within Diocesan and national spheres.
This post does require some flexibility and out of hours working to support evening and weekend activity. You will be compensated for this with time-off in lieu. We also offer some flexibility regarding the normal hours of your working day to support work life balance. The job location is listed as the Diocesan office at Trinity House but will be a mix between office, homeworking and meeting around the Diocese with church representatives.
The Diocese of Southwark, founded in 1905, forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese covers primarily the area of Greater London, which is south of the Thames, together with the eastern part of the county of Surrey. It is one of the largest dioceses in terms of population and parishes as well as one of the most diverse.
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