The successful candidate would enhance the worshipping life and outreach of a community accustomed to a high standard of traditional music. But we have a wide spectrum of worship needs so the director would also be willing to explore informal/contemporary music styles.

We are “two parishes, two worship centres, three congregations”, in a town on the Essex/London border: A joint benefice comprising two churches – one small, village church and one medium sized, multi-cultural church, with total Sunday attendances of 150.

This is a full-time stipendiary post with an innovative dual role to lead an established ecumenical church, spearheading our deanery vision to reach new housing areas in Derby.