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Projects Manager (Northern Mission Enabling Team)
Vacancy Reference: cofe/TP/82685/7985
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Employee
Fixed term role until 31 Dec 2029 with the expectation to be in the office 1 day a week.
Working Hours: 35
Location: Bishopthorpe Palace, York
Closing Date: 02/02/2025
Vacancy Category: Project Management
Business Unit: National Church Institutions (NCIs)
Organizational Unit: CofE Central Services
Introduction
JOIN OUR TEAM AS A PROJECTS MANAGER (Northern Mission Enabling Team)
About the Role
The Projects Manager will work with the Archbishop’s Mission Enabler for the North to deliver the Northern Enabling Strategy, as part of Faith in the North. This strategy has recently received £3.4 million of funding to create the conditions for an additional 600 new worshipping communities. It will involve working with leaders across the region, developing a new training programme and offering grants both for local new worshipping communities and for northern churches with the potential to revitalise other parishes. As part of the Northern Mission Enabling Team, this post will support prayer and mission in Church of England parishes across the North of England. The role connects with the wider team based at Bishopthorpe, a small, friendly, busy office in pleasant surroundings.
What you'll be doing
The purpose of this role is to ensure the effective organisation and delivery of the Northern Enabling Strategy to the agreed time, quality and budget expectations.
Core main responsibilities
* Project Management
* Reporting on the progress of the strategy to meet the needs of specific, agreed, audiences (e.g., Northern Mission Enabling Board, Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board, AMEN).
* Participate in the Northern Enabling Team, supporting a culture that is positive, innovative and collaborative.
* Collaborative working with other stakeholders on the Camino Resource Church Leader Training Programme.
* Development and management of grant funding.
Key role requirements
* Hybrid working arrangements and must be able to work within the office - Bishopthorpe Palace at least 1 day a week.
* A basic DBS check will be required as part of our pre-employment checks.
* This is a fixed-term appointment until 31 December 2029.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
Please note, the interview date for this role is Thursday 13th February 2025.
What we offer
* A salary of £56,833, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
* 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
* We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department’s needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
* We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
* Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
* Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
* Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
* Strive for Excellence
* Show Compassion
* Respect others
* Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
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