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We are a diverse and inclusive organisation that values creativity, collaboration, and a commitment to growing, nurturing and serving our community. If you are looking for a fulfilling career where you can grow personally and professionally, we encourage you to explore our job offers.
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Larger Single Parish Clergy Vacancies
Want to find out more about Larger Single Parishes? Check out our dedicated webpage here.
Want to speak to someone about them and even arrange a visit? Why not get in touch with our Archdeacons.
We are a church which has been transformed by the Leading Your Church into Growth programme and we would wish to continue to build our progress.
We are looking for a passionate and energetic vicar who will recognise gifts in others and encourage them to use them for God’s purposes and lead teams of volunteers to reach out to all ages and grow St Michael’s in the community. We want a vicar who will lead us to a deeper love of God and His Son, Jesus Christ.
We are offering you a warm, welcoming and growing congregation who will support you both in prayer and practical aspects. We love to be actively involved in church services and events within and outside the church walls. We have a highly experienced PCC and team of Lay Readers, Church Wardens, Pastoral Assistant and Parish Administrator. We will be flexible in how you organise your week and know you need to take holidays and time off.
After prayerful discernment St Michael’s voted in September 2025 to work with 8 other parishes in Sefton North and South Deaneries with the intention of becoming a Larger Single Parish. We are at the start of this journey supported by the Diocese of Liverpool’s ‘Fit for Mission’ team. This will mean that you will join a collaborative and supportive Clergy Leadership Team, and you will help us and the other churches to shape our new Larger Single Parish.
This is a part-time post equivalent to 3 days + Sundays without housing but with housing allowance provided pro rata or the option for House for Duty would also be possible.
Clergy Vacancies
St Peter’s Church is praying for a new vicar who will join us in bringing the gospel of God’s love and redemption to the people of Parr, situated in the deanery of St Helens in the diocese of Liverpool. St Helens lies mid-way between Liverpool and Manchester and is surrounded by two major roads – the A58 and the A580, along with the motorways M6, M62 and M57, giving good links to two international airports, several universities and teaching hospitals.
We are an evangelical church with an outreach ministry to people of all ages and stages in our low-income community. Our regular activities include a toddler group, coffee mornings, free hot refreshments, and we have good links with local schools and care homes.
Our beautifully re-ordered church building is a focal point for local heritage interest, as well as a flexible space. Our worship is structured without being overly informal – we do, however, robe for communion and pastoral services.
We are looking for a vicar who will:
- Work alongside us, to develop and direct the gifts of the whole congregation, and deepen our Christian discipleship;
- Be a catalyst for our mission to the community, interested in people of all-ages, and able to nurture growth in our church.
- Offer pastoral ministry within the church family
We can offer you:
- A small team of dedicated church members who all play our part in the mission and ministry of our church;
- An ethos motivated by the compassion and love of Jesus where all are welcome, and where we go the extra mile to serve the needs of our community.
This post is offered under Common Tenure EITHER as a House-for-Duty post with a four-bedroom vicarage provided, OR as a part-time 0.4 stipendiary post without housing provided at a stipend of £15,836, depending on the needs of the person appointed.
For an informal conversation, contact Archdeacon Simon Fisher: simon.fisher@liverpool.anglican.org
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We are looking to appoint two full-time stipendiary clergy to lead these four parishes: St James with St Matthews, St John’s Ravenhead, St Luke’s Eccleston and St Mark’s North Road.
St James with St Matthew’s, St John’s and St Luke’s are the Eccleston team and have a good history of closer collaboration: St Mark’s is new to the grouping but we envisage it working effectively as part of the team. All four churches are broadly evangelical in character, but with different characters and senses of identity, and serving different communities in the north and east of the town of St Helens.
One of you will be Team Rector of the Eccleston Team and Priest-in-Charge of St Mark’s, with overall responsibility for the team, and one will be Team Vicar in the Eccleston Team and Associate Priest of St Mark’s. We hope that you will minister closely together as colleagues, as well as each offering focal ministry in two of the parishes.
Below you will find details of Team Rector and Priest in Charge and you can find details of Team Vicar and Associate Priest here: https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=9810
Housing is provided in St James Vicarage, 159a St Helens Road, Eccleston Park L34 2QB and in St John’s Vicarage, Crossley Road WA10 3ND. Both are comfortable family homes next to two of our churches.
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We are looking to appoint two full-time stipendiary clergy to lead these four parishes: St James with St Matthews, St John’s Ravenhead, St Luke’s Eccleston and St Mark’s North Road.
St James with St Matthew’s, St John’s and St Luke’s are the Eccleston team and have a good history of closer collaboration: St Mark’s is new to the grouping but we envisage it working effectively as part of the team. All four churches are broadly evangelical in character, but with different characters and senses of identity, and serving different communities in the north and east of the town of St Helens.
One of you will be Team Rector of the Eccleston Team and Priest-in-Charge of St Mark’s, with overall responsibility for the team, and one will be Team Vicar in the Eccleston Team and Associate Priest of St Mark’s. We hope that you will minister closely together as colleagues, as well as each offering focal ministry in two of the parishes.
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Team Vicar, Parish of Wigan North West
We invite you to consider joining the Church Wigan team as the senior leader of Wigan North West, a large parish hub of three churches serving the diverse communities of Pemberton, Norley Hall, Kitt Green, Marsh Green and Orrell. These range from town centre and urban estate to semi-rural village.
We seek an ordained relational leader who can:
- draw alongside parishioners, connect with them, and lead them into a hopeful future in Christ.
- build on a foundation of emerging unity in a diverse parish.
- encourage the promising green shoots of deepening discipleship and community mission.
This is a full-time stipendiary appointment as Team Vicar in the Wigan Team Ministry, with housing provided in St John’s Vicarage, 2a Shelley Drive WN5 8HW
Interview Date: TBC
For more information please contact:
Ven Simon Fisher, Archdeacon of St Helens & Warrington
mob: 07525617067 or email: simon.fisher@liverpool.anglican.org.uk
or Canon Neil Cook, Team Rector
mob: 07733296850 or email neil.cook@churchwigan.org
We are continuing our work to actively increase the diversity of those working in the diocese and in pursuit of that we are using anonymous shortlisting.
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The Lowton & Golborne Team is a team of three parishes between Warrington and Wigan and on the edge of the metropolitan borough of Wigan within Greater Manchester. The parishes are a mixture of urban and industrial settlement with a mining heritage and semi-rural settlement, within a deanery that is one of the more rural in the Diocese of Liverpool. The population of the parishes is growing.
The three churches are largely central in tradition, with a slightly more evangelical flavour at St Mary’s and a slightly more catholic flavour at St Thomas’. The churches are all well-embedded and used by their communities, but the church people of the team are used to collaborating with one another and would like to do more.
The ministry of the three parishes is busy, with a significant baptism ministry and other occasional offices, and extensive work in church and non-church schools as well as the activities of the different churches.
The Lowton & Golborne parishes are within the deanery of Winwick which is just beginning the diocesan Fit for Mission programme. This is an opt-in programme and currently St Mary’s and St Luke’s have indicated that they wish to take part in this programme, St Thomas’ have indicated they do not wish to take part in this programme.
Interview Date: TBC
For more information please contact: Ven Simon Fisher Archdeacon of St Helens & Warrington
Mob: 07525617067 or email: simon.fisher@liverpool.anglican.org
We are continuing our work to actively increase the diversity of those working in the diocese and in pursuit of that we are using anonymous shortlisting.
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Roles at the Diocese of Liverpool
Job Summary:
The Cleaning Supervisor plays a key role in ensuring Liverpool Cathedral is maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness and presentation.
Working closely with the Operations Manager and leading the cleaning team, the Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily cleaning operations across the Cathedral, including offices, food outlets, retail areas, and event spaces.
This role combines hands-on cleaning duties with team leadership, scheduling, and quality control. Helping to ensure as part of a team that the Cathedral is presented in the best possible way and cleaned to a very high standard
Key Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Coordination
- Supervise and support the cleaning team, ensuring all tasks are completed to a high standard and in a timely manner.
- Allocate daily duties and manage rotas to ensure adequate coverage across all areas.
- Provide training and guidance to new and existing cleaning staff on procedures, equipment use, and health & safety.
- Monitor performance and provide feedback to team members, escalating concerns to the Operations Manager as needed.
Operational Duties
- Oversee the cleaning of all Cathedral and diocesan buildings, ensuring consistency and quality.
- Ensure all glazed areas, toilet facilities, and public spaces are cleaned and maintained daily.
- Coordinate the laundering, drying, and ironing of liturgical linens and vestments.
- Operate and supervise the use of mechanical cleaning equipment such as buffing machines and floor scrubbers.
- Ensure waste bins are emptied and rubbish is removed to designated collection points.
Event Support
- Plan and manage cleaning operations before and after events, concerts, and other activities to ensure the Cathedral is presented at its best.
- Liaise with other departments to understand event schedules and cleaning requirements.
Other Duties
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as reasonably required by the Operations Manager or Cathedral leadership.
Health and Safety
- Being vigilant in ensuring that all areas of the Cathedral accessible to staff, visitors and contractors are maintained in a safe and secure manner and that any hazards, defects or security issues are reported to the Operations manager or Team Leader
- Being aware of their own health and safety and that of others
- Following all safety procedures
The post holder must be in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the Church of England and to fully support the Mission and Values of Liverpool Cathedral.
Role Summary
The Diocese of Liverpool’s strategy is rooted in the Church of England’s vocation to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ afresh in each generation and to be a Christian presence in every community. Our refreshed diocesan strategy is making a step change in missional ambition which, with its clear focus on growth and sustainability of worshipping communities in every context, requires and takes a ‘whole system’ approach to change and alignment.
A key part of achieving our strategy is to make a step change in how we develop leaders – both lay and ordained. Recent investment by the National Church enables us to create and implement a comprehensive strategy for developing lay and ordained ministry leaders with the skills they need to grow and sustain worshipping communities that reach and serve all communities and in particular, develop a church that is younger and more diverse. It is a very exciting opportunity to be part of supporting and enabling leaders in a way that has previously not been possible.
This new role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the introduction and development of a new online learning platform within the Diocese of Liverpool to develop and manage online, hybrid and in-person training to enable our developing learning and development strategy.
You will be part of the Vocations Team and will be at the forefront of the development, delivery and maintenance of the diocesan online learning platform. Liaising with the Ministry Learning & Development Lead and Vocations Director and supported by the National Online Learning Team, you will create content and input information onto the learning platform, support users, give technical support and provide regular analysis of data.
Duties and key responsibilities:
- To work with the Ministry Learning & Development Lead and members of the Vocations Team to develop, curate, manage, develop and maintain the diocesan learning platform.
- To assist the Ministry Learning & Development Lead as key liaison between staff and our external IT providers and to work collaboratively with the National Online Learning Team.
- To liaise with learning platform users and analyse feedback.
- Promoting and enabling use of the learning platform across the diocese (a dispersed network of volunteers, staff and officers).
- Supporting and advising diocesan staff in developing and launching their own specialist content, within the learning framework.
- You will be responsible for overseeing the development of the system and ensuring correct user pathways and permissions are in place via our Contact Management System. You will deliver excellent system administration, including the provision of technical support for initial setup, development and ongoing support for users of the learning platform throughout the diocese.
- Performing the role of technical system administrator, managing the learning platform to help shape the way the learning platform is used to best serve the needs of users.
- To oversee and work with National Online Learning Team to ensure the development, functionality, maintenance, and upgrades of the diocesan learning platform, ensuring it meets the needs of learners and educators.
- Working with people in the diocesan office and ministries around the diocese to source and create new content for the platform.
- To act alongside and support the Vocations Team, as a key point of contact and liaison with our learning platform providers.
- To attend regular team meetings as required.
- To ensure compliance and security by implementing and maintaining security protocols for the learning platform and other associated platforms and ensuring that digital learning activities adhere to relevant policies and standards.
- To provide data analysis and report to the Vocations Team, including generating reports on learner activity, engagement, and performance within the learning platform to inform future development and improvements.
- To liaise closely with the Communications Team in developing a strategy for engaging target users with the system and content, and to ensure diocesan branding is maintained.
- Producing new online content and to assess and adapt resources shared by the National Online Learning Team, e.g. video media, short courses in dialogue with key people to provide better learning support to our parishes, clergy and volunteers.
- To act as a liaison and conduit for all members of staff and external contacts in relation to our digital platform, communicating clearly and in a language different audiences can understand.
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School Vacancies
This job description reflects the Headteachers’ Standards 2020. These standards are built upon the Teaching Standards 2011 which apply to all teachers, including Headteachers.
The appointment is subject to the current conditions of employment of Headteachers, contained in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and other current educational and employment legislation, including that of the Department for Education. In carrying out his/her duties, the Headteacher shall consult, where appropriate, with the Local Authority, the Diocese, the governing body, the staff of the school, its pupils and the parents of its pupils.
HEADTEACHERS’ STANDARDS (Statutory)
Part one: Teaching
The Headteacher will:
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
- Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment
- Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
- Fulfil wider professional responsibilities
Part two: Personal and Professional Conduct
A Headteacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct. The following statements define the behaviour and attitudes which set the required standard for conduct throughout a teacher’s career.
The Headteacher/teacher will uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by:
- Treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position
- Having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ wellbeing, in accordance with statutory provisions
- Showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others
- Not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rules of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
- Ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils’ vulnerability or might lead them to break the law
- Having proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they teach, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality
- Having an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
HEADTEACHERS STANDARDS 2020 (for Church of England Schools whether VA or VC)
These standards are categorised into three identified domains, all underpinned by governance and accountability. They outline the broad and holistic nature of the Headteacher role:
Culture and ethos
- school culture
- behaviour
- professional development
Curriculum and teaching
- teaching
- curriculum and assessment
- additional and special educational needs
Organisational effectiveness
- organisational management
- school improvement
- working in partnership
The Headteacher will ensure that the school reflects the Church of England Vision for Education by ensuring it promotes:
- Educating for Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills
- Educating for Hope and Aspiration
- Educating for Community and Living Well Together
- Educating for Dignity and Respect
Closing date: 12/06/26
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This is an exciting opportunity for an existing headteacher or deputy headteacher looking for the next step in their career. We are looking for an inspirational, pupil-focused individual who will lead St Anne (Stanley) Church of England Primary & Nursery School in the next stage of its development. The new headteacher will be at the heart of this work and will work closely with the school leadership team, wider colleagues, families, the Governing Body and of course the pupils to achieve our vision of excellent and equitable opportunities.
St Anne (Stanley) CofE Primary & Nursery School is a vibrant and exciting place to learn and work, situated at the heart of the community of Old Swan. It is rightly proud of its foundations within the Church of England and enjoys strong links with the local church of St Anne Stanley and the Diocese of Liverpool. Excitingly we are in the process of a new school build, with plans drawn and monies secured. Building should begin in the autumn of this year with an expectation of moving into our new building in the Spring of 2028.
We can offer the following benefits to becoming part of our team:
– The opportunity to work with our amazing pupils in a fantastic local community.
– A commitment to the professional development of every colleague
– Access to a personal development appraisal process with the single objective of every colleague being able to ‘flourish in their role’
– A realistic and compassionate understanding that all our colleagues are balancing home and professional lives.
Closing date: 07/09/26
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