Pioneer Families' and Children's Leader

As a parish-based pioneer leader you will be responsible for growing and developing our families’ and children’s provision at St Martin’s Church and to advise and support other churches in Southeast Cornwall seeking our help to do the same. You will focus on outreach and vision and will oversee families and children’s work. You will grow and manage the volunteer team to support that work. We currently have a children’s team of about 20 volunteers.

You will continue to develop in your gifts of the Holy Spirit, and in leading and empowering children and young families in our church to worship God and encounter His presence.

This position is also a pastoral one that therefore requires you to serve not solely as a pioneer leader but also as a shepherd to the people who serve alongside you in this ministry. You and your team of volunteers will be working closely with existing and new families and children in our church community to ensure that we meet their spiritual and other needs and provide a strong support group for them. You will work closely with our Worship Leader (who also works with our youth) and with our Youth Worker and Music Intern, to ensure a joined-up approach to our mission.

We have strong links with our local Church of England school and good relationships with the other schools and with the local community, creating a strong base from which to build.

For a full job description (which we have set within the context of our Transforming Mission programme), a person specification and application form, please visit the website link below.

The closing date for applications is Friday 10 November 2023. Interviews will be held on Monday 20 November, preferably in person to give you a chance to see the church and the town, but by Zoom if needed.