Marriage Care Volunteers needed Several roles available at the centre in Birmingham Expand Marriage Care Volunteers needed: Could it be you?‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few’ Broken relationships are extremely painful, especially among family and friends. Marriage Care is a Catholic organisation providing marriage preparation and ongoing relationship support for couples across England and Wales. Our centre in Birmingham is in urgent need of Marriage Preparation Facilitators, a Head of Centre and a Chaperone/Receptionist, as well as admin-support volunteers. If you want to be part of a friendly team making a real difference in your community please enquire. For more information you can visit us at: www.marriagecare.org.uk or email [email protected]
Voluntary Chaplains at West Midlands Police Could you be a part of the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Team? Expand Click here for Job Description Email Rev John Butcher: [email protected]
Anti Slavery Envoy for the Medaille Trust Exciting new opportunity with the Medaille Trust, which works to combat modern slavery. Home-based. Expand The Archdiocese of Birmingham has recently joined forces with the Medaille Trust to launch a six-year awareness campaign called 'Look Up'. To find out more click here Click here for Job Pack. Recruiting throughout the year.
SVP Council Secretary and Council Treasurer (voluntary) Could your organising and financial skills help the SVP? Expand The Society of St Vincent de Paul Birmingham Central Council covering the Birmingham Archdiocese has two vacancies – for a Council Secretary and Council Treasurer. Both roles are voluntary. You do not need to be a member of the SVP to apply. The SVP is well known as a parish based practical service for those in need. Success depends on the huge team of volunteers on the front line but supporting them requires administrative and financial support in the background. These roles provide essential support to the Central Council President. The Council Secretary is responsible to for all the administrative affairs of the Council – preparing and circulating agendas, keeping minutes of meetings, dealing with correspondence and maintaining non-financial records. The Council Treasurer is responsible for the financial affairs of the Council -- this involves preparing budgets, keeping accounts, receiving, recording and banking income, paying properly authorised members’ expenses and bills, reporting regularly to the Central Council and the Society’s National Office. Both the secretary and the treasurer would need to attend the Central Council meetings which take place in Birmingham on a Wednesday evening every two months. If you would like to find out more about these excellent volunteering opportunities then please contact Birmingham Central Council President Clare O’Brien at [email protected] “Christ has no body now on earth but yours. No hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the hands by which he is to bless us now.” St Teresa of Avilla. Turn your concern into action
Executive Director - Bishops' Conference London. An opportunity to work with the General Secretary to further develop the Bishops’ Conference Secretariat as a centre of knowledge and capability in support of the bishops of England and Wales. Expand An opportunity to work with the General Secretary to further develop the Bishops’ Conference Secretariat as a centre of knowledge and capability in support of the bishops of England and Wales. It is an opportunity which would suit someone with broad and deep knowledge and experience of working with the Catholic Church and able to demonstrate a sustained track record of representing the Church across a diverse range of people and organisations, including legislators and influencers in England and Wales. Reporting to the General Secretary, the role will be based in the office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, a short walk from Victoria Station in Central London. Key Accountabilities will include To work with colleagues to develop professional excellence across all disciplines in support of the Bishops and their mission; To develop individual, team and organisational knowledge and capability, and translate into compelling policy and practice consistent with proclaiming the Kingdom of God across England and Wales; To support the work of the Secretariat in continuously improving knowledge of Church teaching across England and Wales, including for sacramental preparation; To develop understanding of the Catholic heritage and culture of England and Wales as core to evangelisation; To provide Bishops with knowledge and insight, enabling them to respond to emerging issues of national and international importance to the Church. To communicate the Gospel message in the context of the lived experience of the people of England and Wales and develop and implement mechanisms for translating Church teaching into pastoral practice. Salary: Subject to experience Closing date for applications: 23rd August 2019 Interviews: Interviews will be held on 18th September 2019 at 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX. Second interviews will be arranged on a mutually convenient date. For a job description and for further information please contact: [email protected] or visit www.cbcew.org.uk Applicants must confirm their right to work in the UK and forward a full CV and covering letter demonstrating the skills, motivation and experience that equips them for this role to: [email protected] or by post to: Head of HR, 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX PDF version of advert