Growing Faith Chaplaincy Specialist Summary

The role of Chaplaincy Specialist is key to the spiritual growth of children and young people in the Growing Faith intersections of households, school and church. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic team player to support, connect, encourage, inform and develop chaplains and chaplaincy in schools and colleges and to be an advocate for educational chaplaincy across the church and education system in the Church of England. We will be particularly interested in someone who is able to continue working as a school or college chaplain alongside this role. Please note this role is focused on educational chaplaincy at primary, secondary, and further education levels, not on other forms of chaplaincy.

About the Growing Faith Foundation

The Growing Faith Foundation (GFF) started on 1 February 2022, building on the previous two years of Growing Faith work in dioceses. The Foundation is central to the Church's overall aim in its emerging Vision and Strategy to be 'Younger and More Diverse', such that we double the number of children and young people who are active disciples in the Church of England by 2030.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Listening to, advising, informing and connecting educational chaplains



• Contributing to existing networks for chaplains and working with the Networks Lead to develop and facilitate new ones where required.



• Encouraging more diversity within chaplaincy through a posture of awareness, by means of coaching, discernment and encouragement of potential chaplains of all ages especially from marginalised backgrounds.



• Encouraging vocations, young and adult, to chaplaincy



• Informing existing training and developing new training for and with chaplains
  
  Recent experience as an educational chaplain, connected to a church, deanery or diocese, including in a primary or secondary school



• Recent strategic leadership experience in an educational, diocesan, national role or similar



• Understanding of and passion for the aims and work of the Growing Faith Foundation



• Passionate about the value of chaplains in the spiritual nurture of children, young people and the adults surrounding them



• Strong verbal and written communication with skills - a persuasive and competent presenter and collaborative team player



• Personal attributes: A communicant member of the Church of England - this post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a communicant Anglican under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.