St Stephens Preston Part Time children and family worker post: Recruiting Now

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO MARCH 1st

We are starting the process of appointing our part time worker. Could you help us advertise by circulating this around your networks. As you can see we have set ourselves a fairly tight schedule. Many thanks.

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ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH CHURCH,

Bird Street, Broadgate, Preston, PR1 8DY

Seeks to Appoint

A PART TIME (12hr per week initially)

Family & Children's Lay Worker

The overall purpose of the post is to develop the Christian outreach of St Stephens as a "Jesus Loving, Bible Living, People Serving Church" among children and their families living in the parish. This will include opportunities to share and teach the Christian faith in the context of community work in an urban parish.

The post is funded by external grants from Church Urban Fund, and The Church and Community Fund which allow us initially to appoint a person on a 12 hour per week contract for a fixed three year period. Further funding is currently being sought in order to enable us to increase the hours available to a maximum of 18 hours per week. Pay is at the rate of £9 per hour.

For a full job description and person specification, with some background information on the parish please contact the St Stephens Church via :

email… srankin@btinternet.com or phone……01772 824451 (after 6pm).

For an informal introduction to the church and look around the parish please contact the vicar….Rev Joe Fielder… vicarjoe@ststephenspreston.org.uk Tel, 01772 555762

Applications will be by CV and a letter explaining why you would like the post, how you meet the person specification, and what you would bring to the work.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 20^th February

Interviews with a panel of 4 people appointed by the PCC are likely to take place as mutually convenient (probably in the evening) during the last week of February or first week of March.

Greg Smith (on behalf og St Stephens Church)