Jobs and Vacancies 

**new** Church on the Heath - Full-time Associate Minister

Church on the Heath, a Local Ecumenical Partnership of the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, is seeking a Full-time Associate Minister to work with the Minister and staff team in taking forward a growing evangelical church with a single integrated congregation serving the development of Elvetham Heath in Fleet, Hampshire.

Planted 25 years ago, the Church on the Heath is in an exciting time of growth and wants to expand its staff team. With a passion for intergenerational worship, we long to live out more fully our vision to be ‘a community where everyone can encounter the transforming love of Jesus’.

Closing date: noon on Wednesday 9 July 2025
Interviews: Saturday 19 July 2025

For an application pack (including role description, church profile & details of how to apply), please see our website or contact: office@churchontheheath.org.uk

Candidates should be ordained and accredited by one of the partner churches. Stipend and benefits in line with equivalent role in a candidate’s parent denomination. Appointment will be subject to Enhanced DBS checks.

Please visit the church website at: www.churchontheheath.org.uk

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**new** Bookham Baptist Church - multiple vacancies

Youth Ministry Lead  

We are seeking an individual to lead Youth@BBC, focusing on vision, shaping and nurturing the volunteer team, building relationships, discipling and pastoring young people, developing outreach opportunities, and expanding our existing relationships with The Howard and other partners.  Click HERE for full Job Description and Person Specification To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter stating why you feel you’d be a suitable candidate for the role to our ops manager by midday 27th June at: opsmanager@bookhambaptist.org

Children’s Ministry Lead  

We are offering an exciting role to oversee our current Kids@BBC programme and to develop stronger connections between our existing community projects focusing on children and families and our worshipping community.  Click HERE for full Job Description and Person Specification To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter stating why you feel you’d be a suitable candidate for the role to our ops manager by midday 27th June at: opsmanager@bookhambaptist.org

Community Administrator  

This is an exciting new role to suit someone who has a spare 4 hours per week, to support our various community-facing teams in key areas of communication and governance.   Click HERE for full Job Description and Person Specification To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter stating why you feel you’d be a suitable candidate for the role to our ops manager by midday 27th June at: opsmanager@bookhambaptist.org

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Children & Family Worker - The Hub, Beeding

The Hub, Beeding is seeking a Children & Family Worker to continue and expand the community ministry at The Hub.

It's a fixed term (12 month), part-time (60% FTE) contract with the possibility of expanding to a permanent, full-time job in due course.

For more information, check out their website thehubbeeding.org/children-family-worker/ 

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Chaplains (voluntary - South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB)

There are chaplaincy vacancies in the following operating units:

• Tangmere
• Chertsey
• Paddock Wood
• Hastings
• Crawley EOC
• Brighton

Chaplaincy volunteers play an important role within our ambulance support network and provide pastoral support and care of staff, assisting them through any life problems or difficulties, making (agreed) referrals to other parties where appropriate. Our chaplaincy volunteers are drawn from all faiths, denominations and all walks of life and need to be a member of good standing within their own faith community or philosophical tradition. Volunteers must be willing to work in a multi-cultural setting, supporting without judgement those who may wish to explore their own concerns, beliefs, and values. This role suits volunteers who enjoy meeting people, building rapport and have the maturity to listen to people who may be in distress.

For more information, check out https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9278-25-0101?searchFormType=main&keyword=chaplains&language=en

Closing date: 24 June 2025

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Trustee of the Pension Board (voluntary) - Baptist Pension Scheme

BPS are looking for an investment expert to join the Trustee Pension Board - this role does not have a fixed term of office.

Commitment required:

• Maintaining a good level of knowledge and understanding of investment options and practice in the DC pensions field
• Attending half-day IC meetings at least twice a year (usually online). There is a significant amount of pre-reading provided to ensure committee members are familiar with the items being covered
• Being available for consultation by email and occasionally telephone when issues arise between meetings
• Participating in additional meetings from time to time (e.g. when selecting a new investment manager).

Further details can be found on the Baptists Together website https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/220498/Jobs.aspx 

Interest should be expressed by 9am 23 June 2025,

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Vacancies to represent SEBA across the area

SEBA have some vacancies on groups that you may be interested in (see list below).

• Two SACRE vacancies - on the panels, who provide input into how Religious Education is taught and collective worship is undertaken in our schools - the vacancies are in LEA areas of Surrey and Medway - click here for the role description - and here for the terms of reference. If you would like more information about the role of a SACRE representative, our current East Sussex SACRE rep, Peter White, is more than happy to have a chat - if you would like his details, please contact Steph Tidy (admin@seba-baptist.org.uk) 
• up to two Trustee vacancies for the Kent Workplace Mission - the KWM work in Kent, Medway, Bromley & Bexley supporting people of faith, at work; developing chaplaincy ministries in workplaces and helping local Christian communities to actively engage with their local economic community.  For more information, go to their website kentworkplacemission.org

If you are interested in being involved in this way, please email Steph steph@seba-baptist.org.uk 

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If you would like to add a church-based or Christian charity vacancy to the monthly email please let me know steph@seba-baptist.org.uk

Please note, we cannot post vacancies for Church Minister positions, as these should go through your Regional Minister and the Settlement system.

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