Growing Younger Communications Officer

Derby, England, United Kingdom

12/16/2024

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About The Role

The Growing Younger Communications Officer will play a pivotal role in supporting our diocesan vision by focusing on communication and resource development for children, young people, and families (CYF).

This part-time role is based at Church House, Derby. Hybrid working is available. This role will ensure that our mission to grow a younger church is effectively communicated and supported across the diocese. The role will work alongside the Growing Younger Strategic Lead in supporting and encouraging children’s, youth and families’ ministries across the diocese.

Responsibilities (Please See Full Details In Role Description Attached)

• Prepare and distribute mailings to church youth and children's leaders, both paid and volunteer, clergy and other key stakeholders within the diocese
• Ensure communications are engaging, informative, and aligned with our diocesan vision and strategy.
• Share resources, ideas, stories, children’s and youth ministry vacancies and training opportunities in a concise and effective manner.
• Collaborate with the diocesan communications team and the head of communications to deliver the most effective and engaging materials across various means including social media, diocesan and church websites and e-mailings.
• Collate and curate youth and children's ministry resources from across the country and the world, including those produced by other dioceses, parachurch organisations, individual churches, etc
• Develop and maintain the online resource hub on the diocesan website for schools, youth, children’s and family’s ministry resources.
• Work with colleagues to identify and communicate good news stories from across the diocese and the wider Church of England.
• Create content that positive CYF ministry initiatives where lives are being transformed, church-grown and communities built.
• Collaborate with the communications department to regularly produce videos and articles of good news stories from across the diocese.
• Work closely with the Mission, Evangelism, and Parish revitalisation team.
• Contribute to team discussions and strategies and work with colleagues to enable collaboration between our various Mission Partnership Initiatives and our CYF ministries.
• Attend weekly meetings at Church House in Derby and monthly joint meetings with the People and Ministry Development department, and quarterly whole DBF gatherings.
• Serve as the first point of contact for parishes seeking support in developing their ministry with children, young people, and families
• Provide a signpost to resources, and encouragement to help parishes achieve their CYF ministry goals.
• Collaborate with the Growing Younger Strategic Lead and deanery growing younger champions to organise training events tailored to the needs of specific areas.
  
  
  

Closing date for applications

12 January 2025

Interviews will be held on

23 January 2025

For full details, please see the attached application pack and application form.