Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for parish growth across Church of England Birmingham.
• Build on the Mission Planning approach already established across parishes and Oversight Areas.
• Develop and lead a team of parish growth specialists.
• Develop coherent approaches to mission planning, discipleship and leadership development.
• Establish new ways of working in contexts where growth is traditionally hard e.g. our rural communities, areas with a high percentage of other faiths.
• Initiate and deliver appropriate ways to train leaders in specific growth initiatives.
• Coach clergy and lay leaders to enable sustainable growth.
• Lead initiatives that strengthen evangelism, discipleship, leadership development and local mission.
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Church Planting & Revitalisation and Head of Growing Younger.
• Contribute to the prayerful culture of the Mission Support Team.

Requirements

• There is a genuine occupational requirement that post-holder be a practicing Christian.
• Proven track record of enabling sustained church growth.
• Experience of leading within a growing church, network or ministry.
• Effective coach of clergy and lay leaders.
• Experience of leading and developing teams.
• Experience of managing staff team colleagues and volunteers
• Strong understanding of mission, discipleship and leadership development.
• Good understanding of Church of England structures and parish life.

Preferred

• Experience of mission planning models and organisational development.
• Experience of church planting, revitalisation or new worshipping communities.
• Relevant theological qualification or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• We offer a range of inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and wellbeing support for our staff teams.