Children's & Community Lead

For over a year, we’ve been praying for the right moment to appoint someone to this role—
we’re excited that our congregation has caught the vision and funded a post for a
minimum of three-years. If you are passionate about helping children and families go
deeper in faith and have the experience to develop new ministries and projects, then we
may have been praying for you!

St Mark’s is a growing, diverse Anglican church serving Kensal Rise and Harlesden. Our
parish is small, but over 1,000 children attend three primary schools and a large nursery
within a mile of our church. Each Sunday, we welcome over 40 under-12s, making St. Mark's
one of the largest children's churches in our borough. Remarkably, this ministry has been
built and sustained entirely by volunteers: 30 committed team members run and grow 3
age-groups, which shows how deeply we all believe in children's ministry.

Children’s ministry is not a side-project at St Mark’s, rather God is calling us to go deeper in
our ministry among young families by becoming:
 ● A joyful church where children learn to follow Jesus while being known, loved, & safe
 ● A blessing to local schools, through partnership, presence, and pastoral care
 ● Good news to families in hardship, through compassionate support and outreach

If that vision excites you—and you have professional experience in children’s ministry,
school work, or community outreach—we’d love to hear from you. You’ll be supported by an
experienced staff team (including paid Safeguarding Officer) and over 30 volunteers. We
want this role to work for you, so will shape the work to your strengths, holiday pattern, and
other commitments.

We have specified this role as 'Lead', but have also created an entry point as Children's and Community Worker, with a structured pathway to Lead level within three years. You can check our website for more details of this transitional position. The interview process will be in 2 rounds, the second of which will be in person, and we hope to appoint ready to make a strong start in September.

The salary range is £28-24k pro rata and we are offering between 24 and 34 hours a week depending of your choice with flexible holiday options to load work into school term time if useful.

To apply, please send the application form with an up to date CV to admin@stmkr.org. For a conversation about the role contact the vicar, Dave at Dave@stmkr.org