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SalaryAre you passionate about Racial Justice in the Church and committed to eliminating racism? Do you want to use your skills to challenge, encourage, enable understanding and effect change where it is needed? If you’re excited to join a team appointed to be a catalyst for the promotion of Racial Justice and elimination of racism in the West Midlands Church of England dioceses, read on.
As Church of England Dioceses in the West Midlands, Church of England Birmingham alongside the dioceses of Coventry, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield and Worcester are excited to have funding from the Racial Justice Unit to recruit a team of 11 people. That team will help us ensure that structures, practices and behaviours throughout our Church and churches embrace people of GMH and UKME backgrounds and enable them to flourish. The whole team includes a Director, Programme Manager, Theologian, Communications Catalyst, six development workers each with a different focus, and a support worker. The team has 3 years to enable us to fan into flame a movement of change within us that continues to be effective and transformative long beyond the funding.
The team will be responsible for supporting the development of activities in our widely diverse contexts. Those activities include: sharing theological insights informed by our cultural origins; sharing worship practices; reviewing participation in our structures and activities; inviting previously unheard contributions into our governance structures; deconstructing whiteness; reimagining invitation into parish and community activities; and working in church schools and among young people. Relationships between people in all parts of us matter as much as the composition of our committees. The team will be accountable to a Regional Racial Justice Board made up of people from each of our dioceses committed to effecting change in these areas.
The purpose of this role is to enable the six dioceses in the West Midlands to respond appropriately to the Church of England’s challenge in ‘From Lament to Action’. The postholder will do this by actively supporting the dioceses in promoting and embedding Racial Justice within their ways of being and operating and to tackle racism where it arises. The postholder will lead a dynamic and collaborative team commissioned by the six dioceses to effect change in all areas of diocesan and parish life.
For a copy of the full role description and person specification please click apply to view.
Terms and Conditions
This is a fixed-term contract for the three years of funding provided for this project
Hours: Full-time 35 hours (5 days) per week. Some weekend/evening work may be required, for which the equivalent time may be taken back from standard working hours
Salary and Pension: Salary of £60,000 plus membership of the Church Worker’s Pension Scheme with 12% employer contribution
Holidays: 5 weeks per year plus Bank Holidays and 3 Discretionary Days between Christmas and New Year
Employer: Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance
Responsible To: The Chair of the West Midlands Racial Justice Board
Due to the nature of this post, the post-holder will need to work within the underrepresented GMH / UKME communities of the six dioceses, understanding the contexts which individuals of a GMH / UKME background serve in their Christian discipleship, mission and ministry and any barriers which they may face, therefore there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) under the Equality Act 2010 that the post holder is of a GMH / UKME background and a practicing Christian.
This post is supported by funding from the Church of England Racial Justice Unit.
