Salary: Approximately £75,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Location: Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington, OX5 1GF
Hours: Full-time
Start date: On or around 1 September 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 27 April 2025 at midnight
Interview Date: Interviews will take place on Monday, 12 May 2025, with a prior online meeting with the Diocesan Secretary, ideally on Friday 9 May 2025, and a confirmatory meeting for the recommended candidate with the Bishop of Oxford.
About the role:
This is a role in which you can make a major difference to the smooth running of the diocese of Oxford, which serves the whole of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance has assets of over £500 million (mainly clergy housing), annual expenditure of over £30 million, and around 100 staff.
In leading a department within Church House, which largely comprises our church buildings team and governance functions, you will be blessed with a highly skilled group of people. You will have the opportunity to lead and guide them and to make a significant contribution to the life of the diocese through being part of the Bishop’s senior team and heads of department group, and deputising as required for the Diocesan Secretary. The main areas of work are:
o Organisational leadership
o External grant-funding
o Oversight of our highly regarded Development Fund
o Governance and compliance, including elections, data protection, and risk.
About you:
You will have well-honed skills in leadership and governance, and ideally also project management. You will have very strong communication and interpersonal skills, with high attention to detail, and will have operated at a senior level in a complex organisation. You will be self-motivated and have a real interest in the very diverse work of the diocese as it seeks to support over 800 church communities and to carry out strategic work as determined through our governance structures.
There is a genuine occupational requirement that the appointee must be a communicant member of the Church of England or of a church in full communion with it, in accordance with schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
Benefits and Rewards:
• 25 days holiday per annum, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days
• In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5%, which includes death in service benefit (5% Employee Contribution)
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous sick pay provision
• Access to low-interest financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union, including loans
• An attractive modern working environment
How to apply:
To apply, please email your completed application form and recruitment monitoring form and confidential declaration form to: recruitment@oxford.anglican.org The forms are accessible via the links below:
Job Description | Application Form | Recruitment Monitoring Form | Confidential Declaration Form | Confidential Declaration Form Privacy Notice
We want the Church of England’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority heritage and disabled candidates, who are currently underrepresented.
The Church of England is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our church community. In the Diocese of Oxford, we follow and are committed to the Church of England's House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policies and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance "Working together" to ensure the welfare of children and young people is paramount.