Responsible to: The Rector, St Matthew and St James (known as Mossley Hill Church)
Location: Based out of Mossley Hill Church with some home working
Hours: 20 hours per week. Flexibility will be required as the role may involve some evening and weekends. Sunday morning will be part of your hours.
Salary: £12,480 p.a with 6 weeks holiday pro-rated.
Closing date for applications: 29th January 2025
We are looking for a caring and committed Pastoral Co-ordinator who can be part of our church which
seeks to support the well being of all who attend and those who can no longer attend due to illness. At
Mossley Hill Church we recognise that Christian pastoral care is fundamentally and intensely relational in
nature and practice, and is offered from the gift of God’s love for us and our love for one another. It is
implicit in what we do as a church and inherent in who we are as Christians. We want to aspire to be a
healthy Christian community in which people know that they are loved, visitors are welcomed, and young
and old alike are valued and feel safe. The care that the church offers, both at times of crisis and in
everyday life, is an active proclamation of God’s love in Christ and for the entire world. Caring at church
gatherings and activities, and between Christians, should be seen as a normal activity of every Christian.
The role will be 20 hours per week with flexibility, although there will be a need to attend the fortnightly
pastoral meeting with clergy and attendance at church on a Sunday morning to support parishioners.
You will work with the clergy team at Mossley Hill Church to implement and develop a pastoral care system
which would include working closely with the prayer ministry team and setting up other teams of
volunteers to undertake hospital visiting, distribution of home communion and training a group of people
to notice who has not been in church for a while and develop appropriate ways to follow up with them.
If you are interested in an informal conversation with the Rector, please contact us.
Interviews will be on Tuesday 11th Feb