Worship Pastor

INTRODUCTION

We are keen to recruit a passionate, prayerful and envisioned Worship Pastor to lead and develop the sung worship at St Peter’s, Notting Hill. This person will have enthusiasm in worship, experience of the ministry of the Holy Spirit and a passion for Jesus Christ and His church.

ST PETER’S CHURCH

St Peter’s is a vibrant and growing charismatic evangelical Church of England church set in the heart of Notting Hill with a current church made up of approximately 200 adults and 40 children (mostly babies & toddlers), with a regular Sunday congregation size of around 140 adults and 20 children at our 10.30am service.

We have a termly evening of prayer & worship (‘Kingdom Come’), which we are considering increasing in frequency. We are also contemplating the best way of accommodating the recent church growth and may move to having two services on a Sunday in due course. At Christmas, we offer a range of carol services – both traditional and contemporary in style.

Our worship style is mainly contemporary (e.g., Hillsong, Sovereign Grace Music, Worship Central, Passion, Housefires, Maverick City, and Elevation Worship), but with some traditional hymns (often played in a contemporary style). We place a high value on freedom in our worship and we love to seek God’s presence and create space for the Holy Spirit to move through our worship.

The worship band is currently thriving and has a dedicated team of singers and instrumentalists who are keen to serve. There is a separate AV team, which the Worship Pastor would also oversee.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The Worship Pastor must ensure that the congregation has an understanding of why we worship and not just how we worship. They will be responsible for drawing out the varying gifts of the congregation, establish and mentor worship leaders and oversee all worship bands and musicians.

This role requires a good knowledge of AV. The Worship Pastor will have responsibility for all areas of AV and production, as well as recruiting and equipping volunteers for this task. Confidence in setting up and maintaining high quality sound, equipment and clear visuals is essential.

WORK PATTERN

Part-time:  1.5 days per week: a full day Tuesday (7.5 Hours) and 4 hours on Sunday (8.45am - 12.45pm). Additional paid hours for events outside of these times.

(If you require more hours than this, we are open to a conversation about what else you can bring to the role.)

SALARY

£36,000 - £42,000 pa pro-rata, depending on skills and experience.

Equivalent to £11,040 - £12,880 for 1.5 days a week.

(For salaries at the higher end of the band, we would expect the candidate to have been the senior worship pastor on a church team, have extensive pastoral experience and be confident leading teams.)

APPLICATIONS

Please send a completed application form (from our website) and CV to Rachel Foster, Chief Operating Officer (rachel@stpetersnottinghill.org.uk).  

Please also send through any links you have of videos of you leading worship. 

Application Form link

INTERVIEW PROCESS

First round – Interview with the Vicar, COO and possibly other PCC members. (This may take place online, depending on your location.)

Second round – Short-listed candidates will then be asked to lead worship on a Sunday and will be interviewed by others from the church.

DEADLINE

Monday 1 December at 9am.

We encourage applications as early as possible. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis, so we are therefore unable to guarantee the availability of this role as we progress with interviews.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

 Sundays

• Co-ordinate with the Vicar and preacher/leader to choose a set list for Sunday services.
• Rehearse with the band and musicians (currently at 8.45am on Sundays before each service).
• Regularly lead and play in the worship teams.
• Oversee the AV requirements for Sunday services.
• Opportunities for leading and preaching at Sunday services, if desired.
• Ensure the Sunday sermon is recorded each week on the sound desk.

Administration

• Arrange rotas for Sunday services – both for the band and AV.
• Prepare an annual budget for approval by the PCC.
• Responsible for all CCLI arrangements, ensuring the church has the correct licences for its activities.
• Ensure that ProPresenter has the correct lyrics, slides, Bible passages and other images for use at each service.
• Manage and maintain an inventory of music equipment (instruments and technology) and ensure it is kept in good order, keeping up to date with technical developments.
• Build a library of music and support materials.
• Prepare written reports on a quarterly basis regarding your work to the Church Council (if requested).

Midweek and other

• Organise and lead music at occasional mid-week meetings, e.g. Kingdom Come.
• Assist with providing music at occasional services such as weddings, funerals, etc.
• Plan for seasonal services (Christmas and Easter).
• Work with and towards other potential midweek services and ministries such as messy church.
• Attend and participate in a weekly staff meeting on a Tuesday.
• Assist the church in maintaining and developing an active prayer life.

Training and Oversight

• Develop and implement a vision and strategy for enhancing Spirit-led musical worship.
• Introduce (and arrange where necessary), suitable new songs for the church.
• Recruit, audition and train new volunteer musicians from within the congregation.
• Pastor and encourage members of the regular worship team and host occasional team meetings.
• Recruit, train and monitor volunteers for all AV elements at the church.
• Connect with national worship networks.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Character and Skills

• Model the importance of a living and ever-growing relationship with Jesus.  Reflect the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ in the conduct of your duties, interaction with others and personal life.
• Good interpersonal skills; able to communicate with all people, whatever their age, background or life stage.
• Outgoing and personable, with strong pastoral skills.
• Humble and servant-hearted, with a willingness to help and serve in other areas of the church’s life.
• Able to set realistic goals and targets and able to set a sustainable pace of work.
• Able to identify gifts and encourage/develop individuals musically and in worship leading through mentoring, training and feedback.
• Able to work according to set priorities (agreed with the vicar) and action them accordingly.
• Able to maintain confidentiality and discretion.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Self-motivated and proactive with a strong work ethic.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• An accomplished and experienced musician with instrumental and vocal skills and the ability to train and lead others in their musicianship.
• Ability to lead on piano / keys is highly desirable, though not a deal breaker, as few others in church play the piano.
• A wide range of songs in your repertoire, including hymns, or a willingness to learn hymns (e.g. Amazing Grace, Be Thou my Vision, It Is Well with My Soul etc.).
• Previous experience leading worship in a church setting.
• Comfortable being open to the prophetic in worship.
• Experienced in sound technology and able to train volunteers on the sound desk and AV equipment.
• Proven organisational and administrative skills.
• Experience in managing a budget area.

Desirable

• Degree or diploma is desirable.
• Confident leading from the front of church.
• Knowledge of the worship, ministry and structure of the Church of England.
• Confident user of computer packages, such as Churchsuite, Canva, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.