We are looking for a Team Rector for this very significant benefice within the diocese, which contains a range of rural and urban parishes and worship traditions. Lay ministry is taken seriously. The successful candidate will lead the process of appointing a Team Vicar with whom they will share leadership of a staff team comprising: one house for duty team vicar, one associate priest, two self supporting ministers, one reader and several retired clergy with permission to officiate.

The Bishop of Edmonton is seeking to appoint a priest for this outward focussed, vibrant, drama, music, and community loving church. The priest will also oversee the Area discernment processes for potential new clergy, alongside a team of assistants.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to create and drive initiatives to meet the spiritual needs of older folk, including those whose independence and/or social engagement are limited. You will offer them spiritual support, promote their spiritual welfare and recruit, organise, train and encourage a cohort of volunteers, the Anna Friends, to assist you. You will work with churches ecumenically, with existing groups and in the wider community.

The successful applicant will have experience of choral conducting at a high level, and ideally be an experienced organist