Chaplaincy and Collective Worship Adviser

Chaplaincy and Collective Worship Adviser

We are looking for a talented and dedicated person with a passion for enabling Church school communities to flourish. You would join an expert and enthusiastic team of advisers supporting schools across the Diocese of Oxford in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, and Oxfordshire.

Position: Chaplaincy and Collective Worship Adviser

Location: Oxford

Hours: Part-time 0.6 FTE (22.2 hours per week)

Salary: £45,378 to £48,887 (pro-rata per annum). There is also the potential for a tied house.

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 15 September 2025 at midnight

Interview Date: 24 September 2025 at Church House Oxford, Kidlington

The Role

Are you an experienced and committed professional with a genuine heart for leading the support for chaplaincy and collective worship across our schools, academies, colleges, and trusts? We seek applications from people who have a working knowledge and experience of chaplaincy, collective worship, and spiritual growth within education.

Working closely as part of a team of Diocesan School Advisers, the priorities for the successful candidate will be to develop new chaplaincies and nurturing current provision. The support for collective worship in

Church schools will be a core component of this exciting role.

About You

We are looking for a practicing Christian in sympathy with the Anglican tradition with the ability to articulate the Christian faith. An ability to walk alongside colleagues in schools/colleges and to form positive professional relationships is essential.

Key experience and qualities include:

• A relevant professional qualification in youth/children s ministry, teaching, ordained ministry or equivalent
• Experience in education settings and with volunteers, ideally including leading collective worship in schools
• Understanding of chaplaincy in schools, with at least three years relevant experience
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, inspire and motivate others
• Emotional intelligence, resilience, and the confidence to take initiative and make sound decisions
• Knowledge of safeguarding in an educational context
• ICT literacy and willingness to embrace new technologies
• A valid driving licence and ability to travel across the diocese

Desirable: qualified teacher status, team management experience, and knowledge of chaplaincy at a local and national level.

The position is subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Benefits and Rewards:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% into the auto-enrolment pension scheme, which includes a death-in-service benefit (5% employee contribution)
• Re-accreditation as a Living Wage employer
• Annual holiday entitlement starting at 25 days, excluding public holidays, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days, pro-rata for part-time employees
• In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days to all employees, namely Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day, and Christmas Eve (or the closest working day, where this falls on a weekend)
• Sabbatical leave, after a qualifying period of service
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous occupational sick pay provision
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• EV charging points on site
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with Octopus Electric Dreams
• Cycle to Work scheme with Green Commute Initiative
• Contributions towards eye examinations and prescriptive lenses
• Access to low-interest rate financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union
• An attractive and modern working environment

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity before submitting your application, please feel free to contact the charity. Contact details are available once you start the process.

We want the organisations commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in the composition of staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.

This post is exempt under paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. The charity supports and promotes the aims of the Church of England. This post has a representational role on behalf of the charity.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.