Change Facilitator (Fit for Mission)

The Church of England; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of England is seeking a Change Facilitator to support significant transformation across local churches. This role involves coordinating change processes and building strong relationships with church leaders, ensuring the team's collective vision and values are defined and maintained for a culture of growth and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading change or transformation initiatives.
• Ability to build strong trust-based relationships.
• Experience in managing teams and giving direction.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate change processes and coordinate teams effectively.
• Build relationships with clergy and lay people to drive change.
• Manage the project administrator and ensure effective communication.

Skills

Relationship Building

Communication

Facilitation

Leadership

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Change Facilitator (Fit for Mission), Liverpool

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Client:

The Church of England

Location:

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Job Summary:

• Facilitate the change process across a group of churches by coordinating key tasks and decisions, and enabling navigation and change teams to maintain clarity and momentum.
• Act as a vital bridge between local leaders and the diocesan project team.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with clergy and local lay people to drive change collaboratively.
• Line manage a project administrator and support the communication and monitoring of programme progress.
• Contribute to a culture of growth, innovation, and sustainability within the Church of England.

Duties and key responsibilities

You will facilitate and enable good decision making by the leaders of the churches in each deanery. You will provide energy, experience and process thinking to guide the team through a two-year intensive change period which includes leadership team development, discipleship culture development, lay leadership development, addressing buildings and pastoral reorganisation. Some key tasks within this role will be to:

• Facilitate the work of the navigation team – four lay and four clergy tasked with navigating and coordinating the transformation and various change teams. You will attend all their weekly meetings and ensure that decisions and progress are transparent to the wider team. You will facilitate the clarification of their change journey (timeline and required actions), undertake reviews and enable them to stay on course, adapting the change plan as required.
• Ensure change teams meet regularly and that their leads regularly attend the navigation team for progress and coordination purposes. Attend some change team meetings to assist with coordination.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with key church leaders by listening actively, communicating openly, and following through on commitments.
• Utilise the support of team coaches to help the clergy team to develop a culture of mutual support and accountability.
• Be the main connection point for the deanery with the FfM project team. This will ensure specialist diocesan support can be made available to suit the needs of the churches (coaching, right buildings strategy, core services development etc.).
• Ensure that measurement data flows back to the FfM project team such that progress and effectiveness can be monitored.
• Enable the larger parish leadership team to define and own the team’s specific vision and values.
• Enable clarification of team roles and responsibilities.
• Enable the clarification of the strategic plan and outcomes (include what to stop, start and priorities). Facilitate by preparing strategy options as required.
• Facilitate cross-fertilisation of ideas and learning by documentation and communicating.
• Recruit and line manage a local project administrator, who will support the navigation team through the transition.

Along with other members of the delivery team you will be a champion to help others:

• recognise the urgency and need to lead the significant change required for growth.
• commit to the change journey.
• align to the FfM vision and objectives.

You will work closely with: Local church leaders (lay and ordained), the Senior Project Manager, and the comms team.

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED RECRUITMENT PACK FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND PERSON SPECIFICATION.