Vacancies List
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24 Jun 2025, 3:53 p.m.
Growing Younger Enabler for Children & Families
Growing Younger Enabler for Children & Families Diocese of Carlisle
· Do you have a heart for nurturing the Christian faith and spiritual flourishing of children and families?
· Are you ambitious and open to enabling our local churches, schools and communities to flourish for a new generation across our ecumenical county?
· Do you have the drive and experience to support and equip lay and ordained leaders with the knowledge, skills and confidence to faithfully improvise and develop new worshipping communities for children and families?
The Diocese of Carlisle is looking for a Growing Younger Enabler for Children and Families who is creative and innovative, respectfully engaging people and places in ways which honour and encourage established culture and church life. In addition, an enthusiasm and commitment to collaborative working will be essential with the ability to effectively build relationships and work in partnership with others.
As part of the Mission and Ministry, Support and Innovation team you will have a pivotal role in delivering key elements of the Growing Younger Project funded by a five-year Diocesan Investment Programme award and the Growing Younger Strategy.
Working across rural and urban Cumbria this is an exciting opportunity for a missional and experienced children and families leader with a passion to serve and support local churches, primary schools and communities, embedding both faithful improvisation and mixed ecology in a Diocese with a commitment to the spiritual flourishing of children and families, as together we nurture and support their journey of faith.
This is a full-time position of 35 hours a week.
Salary £40,462 FTE plus 15% non-contributory pension.
This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the postholder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
Closing date for Applications: Monday 21st July 2025, 9am
Interviews: Church House, Penrith – Wednesday 30th July 2025.
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Rachel Head (Director of Mission, Ministry, Support and Innovation) by emailing rachel.head@carlislediocese.org.uk
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10 Jun 2025, 10:25 a.m.
Rural Mission Project Manager
The Diocese of Carlisle is looking for a
Rural Mission Project Manager
who will:
• Manage the Rural Mission workstream
• Work with local stakeholders to create and pilot concepts and ideas
• Be able to analyse problems for underlying issues in holistic manner.
• Understand the needs and pressures of local rural churches, and the wider communities they serve
• Have a positive, solution-focussed attitude.
This is a part time position, for 17.5hrs (0.5FTE) a week
Salary: £34000 FTE, pro-rata
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Interviews: Monday 21st July 2025 at Church House, Penrith
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please ring Kerry Roughton,
Programme and Strategy Manager, on 07442 187564 or email kerry.roughton@carlislediocese.org.uk
Please return completed applications to: HumanResources@carlislediocese.org.uk
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20 May 2025, 11:51 a.m.
in ClergyPriest in Charge - Carlisle Holy Trinity & St Barnabas
Priest in Charge
Benefice of Carlisle Holy Trinity & St Barnabas
Come and grow with us in faith, courage and community.
We are seeking a Priest in Charge who brings strong theological depth, spiritual resilience, and a collaborative heart to lead our large and socially diverse parish.
What we offer:
• A committed team ministry context where collaboration is essential and valued
• A congregation that is open, prayerful, and ready to grow
• A willingness to try new things and proven success in reaching children and families
• A parish with enormous potential, embracing a wide socio-economic spectrum—from long-established communities to areas of real challenge and opportunity.
• Lay people who are ready to be encouraged, equipped, and released into ministry
• A church community that knows vision and reality don’t always align—but believes God works in the gap between
What we’re looking for:
• A strong team leader with theological maturity and spiritual presence
• A collaborative priest who values and invests in both lay and ordained colleagues
• Someone who can communicate with grace and clarity across class, culture and ages
• A priest who can lead gently, encourage faithfully, and discern wisely
• Someone with a calling to nurture both the faithful and the curious—reaching in and reaching out
St Barnabas is ready for the next chapter. We are looking for someone who feels called to walk it with us—not alone, but with God and one another.
Could that be you?
For an informal conversation please contact Archdeacon Ruth Newton (07919 792051)
This is a full-time stipendiary post (£31,840 from April 2025)
For a profile and application form, please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 3rd September 2025
Interviews: 22nd September 2025
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26 Mar 2025, 6:16 p.m.
in ClergyFull-time Rector, Benefice of Workington
Benefice of Workington
Full-time Rector
Are you the person God is calling here?
The vibrant market town of Workington, is prayerfully seeking a new Rector. We are a united benefice of two parishes with magnificent and contrasting buildings in prominent locations. Each has a distinct flavour, but we are both steeped in the Liberal Catholic tradition. Both parishes have seen recent growth with a diversity of ages, nationalities and backgrounds and we are looking for someone to lead us into the next stage of our mission.
We are praying for a priest who is:
deeply grounded in their faith in Christ and is able to lead the parishes in mission within the liberal Anglo-Catholic traditions of worship, prayer and liturgy
prayerful and empathetic
a collaborative, energetic and empowering leader
committed to civic engagement and partnership as part of the Church’s mission
enthusiastic about preaching and deepening the faith of people of all ages
able to demonstrate a heart for young people
pastoral and approachable
committed to warm, ecumenical relationships
blessed with a sense of humour
For an informal conversation, please contact Archdeacon Stewart Fyfe on 07552 428772.
For a profile and application form, please visit
www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 30th July 2025
Interviews: 8th September 2025
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