Generous Giving Advisor
Salary £ £16,675
Canterbury
Vacancy listed 08/03/2023
Application deadline 16/03/2023
Details
The Generous Giving  Advisor is a key role at the Diocese as you will be the Diocese’s lead for giving and generosity. In this role you will shape and lead our strategy to encourage individuals and parishes to respond generously in order to resource the mission and ministry of our parishes and Diocese.
 
In this work and ministry, you will work with deaneries, parishes and their leadership teams to explore local challenges and opportunities and help them develop effective and creative giving practices to resource their mission and ministry.  
 
In collaboration with the finance team, local churches, and other national partner organisations you will creatively and engagingly promote new methods of giving, for example the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), online and contactless giving, as well as encouraging good practice in key areas such as legacies.
 
The appointed candidate should have an understanding of and a commitment to the promotion of the principles and practice of Christian generosity and giving, and a willingness to develop further. It will also be important to a demonstrable understanding of finances, budgeting and budget management along with the ability to read and interpret a set of parish accounts.

A natural communicator, you should also have the ability to form excellent working relationships and be able to relate confidently and appropriately to a wide range of people.
 
You will be expected to work during evenings and some weekends (including some Sundays) but would be encouraged to take time off in lieu, and would be required to travel across the Diocese for meetings, so the ability to travel to remote locations and work flexibly is a necessity.

Canterbury Diocese is the oldest diocese in England, stretching from Maidstone to Thanet, the Isle of Sheppey to the Romney Marsh. We have 350 miles of coastline with historic ports and seaside resorts, alongside rural communities, market towns and commuter-belt urban developments. Affluent areas often sit alongside pockets of major deprivation, offering an exciting and challenging mission context. 
At the heart of all we do is a vision of transformation for ourselves and our communities: no one can encounter God and remain unchanged. In the Diocese of Canterbury, we want to increasingly become a Christian community transformed through encounter with Christ, growing and overflowing to transform and bless the families, homes and communities we serve: Changed Lives, Changing Lives.

Closing date: 16 March 2023
Benefits

- Band D - FTE Salary £33,350
- Permanent Contract
- 17.5-hour week (0.5FTE)*
- Generous employer pensions contribution
- 12 days annual leave + Christmas closure.
- Central Canterbury location
- Birthday leave
- Volunteering Leave
- Wellbeing day per annum

*Typically office hours but the successful candidate will need to adjust their working patterns in order to meet with parishes in the evenings and/or attend Sunday worship

Notes

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION, HOW TO APPLY - PLEASE READ**

How to apply:
1) The full role profile including details of responsibilities, salary and person specification which will help you inform your application can be found in the documents below.

2) In the documents below you will find our application form which you need to download and complete in MS Word before you start to apply online. You will need to upload this when applying for the role.
CV's alone will not be accepted.

3) It is important that you do not begin any part of the the online application process until you are ready to submit your completed application form as per point two above.

Regrettably, any submissions without a completed application form will be rejected.

If you have any problems with the online recruitment process, please do not hesitate to email recruitment@diocant.org or call 01227 459401 asking for People Services.

Attached documents
Title File
Job Description 2023_03_07_Role_Profile_-_Generous_Giving_Advisor.pdf
Application Form Application_Form.docx

This vacancy has now been closed