Missional Youth Church Network Development Officer (South)

Missional Youth Church Network Development Officer (South)

Location: Home-based with monthly travel to Sheffield

Closing date: 5th February 2024

Overview of Role:

The Missional Youth Church Network (MYCN) was established out of a desire to see churches grow their ministry to young people and equip, develop and encourage them to be leaders in mission. The bold and exciting vision of the Network is to pioneer and establish missional youth churches, enabling 11-18 year old’s to build community and discover faith in Christ.

This role has come out of a desire to see churches grow their ministry to young people and equip, develop and encourage them to be leaders in mission. This has led to a bold and exciting vision to release new generations of young Christian disciples, witnesses and evangelists growing God’s kingdom, in this land by the establishment of youth led missional churches. The vision is to have 65 MYCN projects launched by 2027. As Development Officer, you’ll be a catalyst for developing the network in the southern province. Working under the direction and guidance of the Team Leader and the steering group, you will work as a close-knit team to expand the Network, utilising the different specialist gifts and experience of each member.

Using the experience and learning of MYCN and latest research, examples of best practice and the Fresh Expressions learning journey; the development officer’s will: –

• Continue to cast the vision to Dioceses, local churches and networks with the aim of them becoming partners of MYCN.
• Discern strategic locations for planning youth-led missional churches.
• Journey with Local Partners Groups (LPG) I.e. dioceses, schools and churches, enabling coaching, providing consultancy and/or mentoring as appropriate.
• Co- lead the MYCN Learning Community.

The roles are initially for a period of three years.

Salary:£24,032.80 per annum (£30,041 per annum FTE)

Hours: 30 hours per week (part-time), with evening and weekend work required in order to fulfil the responsibilities of the role. Full-Time is 37.5 hours per week.

Pension:If a Church Army commissioned, evangelist or ordained, non-contributory, operated by the Church of England Pensions Board. If not Church Army commissioned, then the employee will be assessed under auto-enrolment pension legislation and if eligible, minimum contributions will be made.

Annual Leave:198 hours per year, inclusive of bank holidays (247.5 hours inclusive of bank holidays FTE)

Contract: Full Time, Fixed-Term (3 Years)

Occupational Requirement: This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under the provisions made in the Equality Act 2010 that the post holder has an active faith in Jesus. The successful candidate must be in agreement with the vision and values of Church Army.

Location:Home-based but a member of the team at Wilson Carlile Centre, Sheffield. Regular travel across the country will be required.

Application Deadline:  5th February 2024

Interview Date: 27th February 2024 – Marylebone, London

Next Steps:

For more information on the role, you can find the job description and person specification for the post here.

To apply, please download and complete a Faith Based Application Form for this post. When you are ready to submit your application, please upload your completed application form and select Apply now.

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