CMD Adviser

Lambeth Palace Library; Kidlington, Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - GBP 46,000; Part time

Job summary

A church organization in Kidlington is seeking an experienced minister to join their Continuing Ministerial Development team. The role includes managing the CMD programme for licensed, ordained, and lay ministers, reviewing CMD participation, and overseeing grants schemes. Candidates should have a background in Christian learning and training administration, and should be a communicant member of the Anglican Church or similar. This is a permanent part-time position with an annual salary of £45,378.55 pro rata.

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating and delivering training events.
• Administrative ability to manage training programmes and support schemes.
• Familiarity with multimedia environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage the CMD programme delivery across the Diocese.
• Review CMD taken by ministers within and outside diocesan provision.
• Manage diocesan sabbatical and grants schemes.

Skills

Passion for Christian development

High-quality administrative work

Confident communication skills

Organisational abilities

Job description

Overview

If you have a passion for helping the whole people of God grow in their discipleship and their ministries throughout their lives, then this might be the role for you!

An opportunity has arisen to join the Diocese of Oxford in our vibrant Mission and Ministry Department. We are looking to recruit an experienced minister with experience in coordinating and delivering high-quality training events, to play a key role in our Continuing Ministerial Development (CMD) team.

Annual Salary: £45,378.55 pro rata

Salary Band: J

Hours: 22.2 hours a week (0.6)

Contract: Permanent

Location: Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington

Closing date: Sunday 8 March 2026

Interview Date: 18 March 2026 in person at Church House, Oxford

The Role

You will share in the development and delivery of a wide, deep, agile, and imaginative programme of continuing ministerial training and development which resources and enables licensed, ordained, and lay ministers across the Diocese to thrive. The three key elements to the role are:

• to manage the delivery of the CMD programme across the Diocese for licensed ordained and lay ministers;
• to review the CMD taken by licensed ordained and lay ministers both through and outside the diocesan provision;
• to manage the diocesan sabbatical and grants schemes, and to hold communications around all other grants schemes related to the CMD of licensed ordained and lay ministers.

About You

You have a passion for seeing people grow in Christ and in ministry. You have sufficient experience of Christian learning and growing people in ministry to contribute substantially to the review and development of our continuing ministerial development provision. You have the administrative ability to manage and develop a suite of training programmes and support schemes. You have the flair and imagination to communicate our training provision attractively and accurately. You have proven experience in timely and high-quality administrative work, comfort in a multimedia environment, confident communication skills, and excellent organisational abilities, with a person-centred, can-do approach.

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a baptised Christian, woman or man, lay or ordained, who is a communicant member in good standing with the Anglican Church or in another Church which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

How to apply

To apply, please visit our website: CMD Adviser - Diocese of Oxford

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us, your application has not been successful.

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.