New Parish Project Officer - Ormskirk

Introduction

Can you help us find new ways for the local church to flourish?

In the Diocese of Liverpool, we are working to be Fit for Mission, fit for the future. We successfully secured funding from the Church Commissioners and are two years into an exciting six-year step change programme. This challenging programme involves meaningful change, changing culture, bringing diversity, growing leaders and rationalising admin.

We need you and your project management and administration skills to make this happen successfully.

So, if you think you can help support the creation of the conditions for the church to grow into a sustainable future, this is the exciting role for you.

Job Summary:     

In this exciting 18 month role, you will provide efficient project management and administration support to the Ormskirk Fit for Mission Change Lead, Change Facilitator, and Navigation Team who co-ordinate this local project. Exceling at implementing change decisions and actively supporting the delivery of Fit for Mission you will play a key part in ensuring the project delivers to an agreed timeline.  You will enact and oversee the delivery of the decisions of the Navigation Team to ensure the success of Fit for Mission.  To do this you will create new systems and champion clear communication, you will be responsible for the collection, development and handling of data, as well as overseeing the co-ordination of events and meetings. Familiar with traditional and modern communication strategies, you are a confident, flexible and professional project manager and administrator with an eye for detail.

 Key responsibilities include:

Providing effective Project Management and administrative support to the Change Lead, Change Facilitator and the Navigation team, you will be integral to the successful programme delivery.  Some tasks included in your role are:

• Project management of the Ormskirk Fit for Mission pathway, implementing the decisions of the Navigation Team.
• Tracking and monitoring the progress of the Ormskirk Fit for Mission programme. 
• Developing and implementing effective systems to ensure the timely delivery of Fit for Mission including problem solving to enable the delivery of Fit for Mission.   
• Ensure change teams and ministry portfolio teams meet regularly and that their leads regularly attend the navigation team for progress and coordination purposes. 
• Communicating to church leaders, PCCs, change teams and church members in relation to Fit for Mission; this includes a new website and social media pages, events and meetings
• Scheduling meetings & producing agendas and minutes with a quick turn-around; creating and collating the required documentation
• Helping to establish the future Support Services function
• Liaising with a range of Change Team leads to feedback and keep the project on track
• Preparing documents and reports, proof reading and editing documents written by others
• Collecting and inputting measurement data and maintaining spreadsheets.
• Liaising with Finance, HR and other departments
• Initiating and maintaining a digital filing system (SharePoint)
• Managing data in compliance with GDPR 
• Other tasks that are required to supporting the navigation team lead, portfolio leads, and change facilitator to achieve a successful and timely transition

 There will be a requirement to occasionally attend meetings in other locations of the Diocese.

 What we can offer you:

1. A varied role with support to learn and to put your broad range of communication skills in to practice
2. You will be a part of a fun and friendly team with a shared sense of purpose
3. A supportive culture that values work-life balance including flexible working around core hours in a 35-hour week
4. Employee discount in Cathedral shop and bistro

 Please find job description and person specification attached or for more information please contact richard.gedge@liverpool.anglican.org