Anglican Chaplain

Serco - HMP Fosse Way, LE18 4WS

Permanent, Full Time (40 hrs p/w)

£30,000 - £32,000 per annum + Corporate Benefits Package

Opportunities for Part Time / Flexible Working can be discussed. Working pattern to cover minimum 2 Sundays per month.

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Anglican Chaplain in our Justice and Immigration team, you’ll provide faith and pastoral care to people in custody, helping them access worship, spiritual guidance, and meaningful support during challenging periods in their lives.

You’ll be part of our multi‑faith chaplaincy team, using your expertise to offer Anglican ministry while also supporting individuals of all faiths and none. Your work helps nurture wellbeing, supports rehabilitation, and contributes to safer, more compassionate prison communities.

What You’ll Do As An Anglican Chaplain

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Provide Anglican faith and pastoral care to prisoners, colleagues, and where appropriate, their families.
• Plan, lead, and facilitate worship, prayer, study groups, and other faith‑based activities that support spiritual development.

Contribute to crisis support, pastoral care, and mentoring for those navigating difficult personal circumstances.

Work collaboratively with the Managing Chaplain and the wider multi‑faith team to ensure accessible chaplaincy provision at all times.

Engage with Anglican communities outside the prison to support resettlement and ongoing pastoral pathways.

Support training initiatives, including Faith Awareness Training for colleagues.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…

• Ordination within the Anglican Communion (or a Porvoo Agreement church) OR are a licensed Reader, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist, or equivalent within Anglican tradition.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Anglican theology, liturgy, and pastoral practice.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with diverse individuals and communities.
• The confidence to offer pastoral care in crisis situations and support those experiencing vulnerability.
• Good IT literacy and the ability to work collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary team.
  
  

Vetting and checks

This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Also requires, Endorsement by Chaplaincy HQ Faith Advisor for Church of England (Anglican)

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We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What We Offer

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility a

nd flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.