Community of Evangelists Facilitator

Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance; Bury; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave entitlement

Job summary

Diocese of Manchester is seeking a part-time Community of Evangelists Facilitator to plan mission events, develop engaging resources, and coach leaders from diverse backgrounds to grow evangelism confidence. Applicants should be practising Christians with safeguarding knowledge and a prayerful approach to life.

The role requires maturity in faith and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, welcoming breadth of church traditions. Interview is conducted in person at the Diocese offices in Bury.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and arranging mission events.
• Developing resources for creative engagement.
• Providing coaching and mentoring to ordained and lay leaders from diverse backgrounds to grow evangelism confidence.
• Knowledge of safeguarding best practice and a prayerful approach to life.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organise mission events to engage communities.
• Develop resources for creative engagement across cultures.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to leaders to grow evangelism confidence.

Skills

Event planning

Resource development

Coaching

Mentoring

Cross-cultural communication

Job description

We are the Diocese of Manchester, serving a vibrant, dynamic and creative community in the North-West of England. Our vision is to be a worshipping, growing, transforming Christian presence at the heart of every community. Our work is about building a culture of hope and an expectation of growth in our parishes, schools and chaplaincies. We are looking for talented and innovative people to bring fresh ideas, diversity and inspiration to help us achieve this.

The Community of Evangelists is an important part of our ongoing vision, bringing together those who have both a gift for drawing others into faith and a proven ability to encourage and equip others to exercise their evangelistic giftings.

We are looking for someone to support the community by planning and arranging mission events, developing resources for creative engagement and providing coaching and mentoring to ordained and lay leaders from across cultures and backgrounds to grow confidence in evangelism.

It is important to us that the new Community of Evangelists Facilitator is committed to diversity, inclusion and racial justice. We are also looking for someone who is generous in working with a breadth of traditions and spirituality in the Church of England. In particular, we welcome female candidates and candidates of global majority heritage to help ensure the diversity of our senior team.

Candidates should be mature in faith and spirituality with a prayerful approach to life and have experience of developing and growing the Church.They should have knowledge of safeguarding best practice and be an advocate for developing a strong and embedded culture of safeguarding throughout the diocese.

There is an occupational requirement for the post-holder to be a practising Christian and member of the Anglican Church, in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

An enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for the successful candidate.

Interview date: Friday, 16 October 2026 at St John’s House, 155 – 163 The Rock, Bury BL9 0ND.

Hours

Part-time (14 hours per week)

• Generous annual leave entitlement