- Advertised from 11th April 2024
- £15-17.50 per hour, dependent on experience. 6-10 hours per week.
Role
St Michael & All Saints’ Church, Edinburgh, is looking for an administrator.
Are you the type of person who:
- Thinks in terms of checklists?
- Prepares (or pays) invoices before they hit the in-tray?
- Uses Microsoft Excel – or similar – for budgets, planning and logs?
- Writes succinct summaries of meetings?
- Spots typos in the weekend paper?
If you answered yes to the above questions, we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking a Church Administrator to help us run our busy and vibrant church. Ideally you would have numerical proficiency, effective written communication skills and be a confident Excel/Google Sheets user. Experience using Facebook for Business and/or WordPress would be a plus.
We anticipate the successful applicant fulfilling a number of roles, including supporting our Treasurer, Vestry Chair and a range of other administrative functions. You would be key to helping us manage our book-keeping, communication, and publicity. Our administrator would work closely with the Rector, Treasurer, Secretary and wider Vestry.
Working Pattern:This role is part-time, and we anticipate it requiring 6-10 hours a week. The role would largely be fulfilled from your home, though Vestry meetings take place at church on weekday evenings. We can provide a laptop if required.
Application notes
Deadline for applications: 05 May 2024
If this role interests you, please write to treasurer@stmichaelandallsaints.org with your CV and a brief covering letter.
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Top job! Director of Contextual Formation, Scottish Episcopal Institute
- Full time
- £37,721 – £50,155
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th January 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) seeks to appoint a Director of Contextual Formation. The Director of Contextual Formation oversees all elements of SEI’s dispersed, part-residential, formation-led placements and contextual training in Initial Ministerial Education (IME); teaches on all levels from certificate to master’s qualifications in the areas of ministry, missiology and pastoral/practical theology, including supervising and marking dissertations. In addition to IME, SEI provides a range of training and support for lay and ordained members of the Scottish Episcopal Church to which the Director of Contextual Formation contributes. The post is based in Edinburgh with some flexibility for home working from another location in Scotland.
Candidates applying for the post will have:
• Episcopal/Anglican holy orders;
• Demonstrable ability in theological education, curate training, knowledge of current ecclesiological trends and an entrepreneurial spirit in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition;
• Postgraduate qualification in ministry, missiology, pastoral/practical theology or a closely related field (at least to master’s level);
• Passion for theological and vocational training that equips students to foster vibrant church life through evangelism and discipleship;
• The candidate will have drive and enthusiasm, be able to work on their own initiative and possess an understanding of the missiological and theological issues of the twenty-first century in Scotland.
We are looking for a 2 days a week CAP Community Manager at Holy Trinity Church, Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.
The successful applicant will take the lead in running our Thursday “Drop In” for all our CAP clients and be our main contact with the local Job Centre Plus.
This exciting opening is for someone compassionate and able to relate to the poor, needy and vulnerable with a desire to solve unemployment issues, while sharing the Christian faith. It is essential to be a good communicator, proficient in the use of media, IT such as MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint and confident presenting to large and small groups
Working alongside the CAP Debt Centre Team, you will support our debt and job club clients. We’d like to find someone able to communicate the mission and culture of CAP, both in the community and in Holy Trinity Church, continuing to expand our network of external referral agencies, while at the same time helping to build the team of volunteers.
Top job! Director of Studies - Faith Action
- Full time
- £50,584 – £55,965
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 7th January 2025
We have a new and innovative post which will work on our Initial Ministerial Education (IME) programme with the opportunity to shape courses, conferences and policy. You will be responsible for ensuring that our academic courses for our trainee ministers and deacons are meeting the Church of Scotland needs and reflective of the demands of modern ministry. As you will be working closely with our Lead Academic Partner you will bring your own experience of theological study alongside a track record of delivering a training and/or education training programme.
Bringing strong interpersonal skills including influence and negotiation combined with your knowledge of the workings of the Church of Scotland and its training and formation will allow you to lead and advise on our new IME programme.
The postholder is required to be a committed Christian with a live Church connection which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.
Interim Minister – South East Regions
- Full time
- £48,798
- On site: South East Regions
- Closing 17th January 2025
Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.
We are looking for someone to work with individual congregations, to help them to negotiate transitions at key points in congregational life following long ministries, ministerial ill health, conflict, or other challenges. Working across the presbyteries of Edinburgh and West Lothian, Fife, Lothian and Borders and Perth, you will address the issues identified by congregations, presbyteries and Faith Action using worship, pastoral care, workshops.
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