Programme Coordinator - Parish Development and Renewal

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with demonstrable experience of coordinating projects to support the implementation of a new parish revitalisation programme that will enable 70-80 parishes over the next 9 years to grow and flourish through their participation in a two-year programme of learning, reflection and action.

This is a new role, giving the opportunity to be involved from the start of the programme and play a key part in supporting its development over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the smooth running of the programme, engaging with parishes, trainers and other Diocesan staff teams.
• Oversee communication and coordination of training weekends, attend the weekends and support ongoing engagement and support for parishes.
• Contribute to ongoing evaluation of the pilot, ensuring that learnings are captured and applied in the future.

We re Looking for Someone Who:

• Has experience in project coordination and management, able to deal with many and varied tasks and prioritise work to meet timescales.
• Is a confident organiser, with good interpersonal and social skills, who is flexible and can work with others and remain calm under pressure.
• Is a gifted communicator, experience in group facilitation and able to deal with a variety of people from differing backgrounds and authorities.