Diocese of Carlisle

Vacancies

Vacancies List

  • 1 Jul 2025, 3:22 p.m.
    in Employee (Lay)

    Programme Administrator

    Can you handle a diverse workload?
    Do you inspire confidence in colleagues?
    Do you want a new challenge?

    The Diocese of Carlisle is looking for a
    Programme Administrator

    who will:

    • Support the programme management office
    • Be flexible, positive, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
    • Work with colleagues to coordinate project reporting
    • Monitor and collate data against programme and strategic objectives

    This is a part time position, for 21hrs (0.6FTE) a week

    Salary: £23,668 FTE

    Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 14th July 2025
    Interviews: Monday 21st July 2025 at Church House, Penrith

    If you would like an informal chat about the role, please email Kerry Roughton,
    Head of Programme Management, on kerry.roughton@carlislediocese.org.uk

    Please return completed applications to: HumanResources@carlislediocese.org.uk
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  • 24 Jun 2025, 3:53 p.m.
    in Employee (Lay)

    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


    Completed application forms should be returned to Helen Harker at HumanResources@Carlislediocese.org.uk Read more

  • 29 May 2025, 7:29 a.m.
    in Ordained/Lay

    Church Planting Enabler

    · Are you an experienced missional leader with a record of church planting?

    · Do you have a passion to mobilise God’s people in mission through planting new worshipping communities of missional disciples, able to reach the people of our Diocese with the Good News of Jesus?

    The Diocese of Carlisle is looking for a Church Planting Enabler to work with a phase 1 cohort of local churches to develop church plants, new congregations and revitalisations in three contexts across Cumbria, to develop our wider readiness for and understanding of Church Planting and to work with local and national partners to develop the longer term strategy for Church Planting.

    As part of the Mission and Ministry, Support and Innovation team you will be responsible for overseeing the successful launch and delivery of the first generation of the planting programme funded by a five-year Diocesan Investment Programme award. You will be working with parish leaders in both rural and urban contexts to develop their plans and capacity for planting, providing monitoring, coaching and evaluation for the programme to succeed, and facilitating ongoing learning and harvesting insights to inform future work.

    Working across a diverse region of rural and urban Cumbria this is an exciting opportunity for a missional and motivated leader with a passion to serve and support Church of England churches from a variety of contexts to plant in a Diocese with an established record for pioneering and resourcing innovation in mission.

    This is a full-time position of 35 hours a week.

    Salary £40,462 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 11th August 2025, 9am

    Interviews: Church House, Penrith – Tuesday 2nd September 2025. Read more

  • 20 May 2025, 11:51 a.m.
    in Clergy

    Priest 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 Clergy

    Full-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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