Partnerships and Development Lead (Vocational Courses)

Partnerships and Development Lead (Vocational Courses)

Waverley Abbey College is one of the largest providers of Counselling and Chaplaincy training for Christians in the UK. All of Waverley Abbey College’s courses are designed to bring transformation and change to the nation. Waverley Abbey’s vision, mission and values focus on enabling a new generation to be encouraged, excited and equipped for the great commission. We also seek to offer courses relevant to individuals and professionals at all life stages.

The purpose of this job is for the post holder to develop partnerships suited to Waverley Abbey College and stakeholder’s requirements for chaplaincy and vocational courses. It is primarily focused on student recruitment, with a significant part of the role requiring the identification of potential new partnerships with organisations seeking to train people for mission, as well as vocational ministry in their networks. This requires someone who has a track record and experience in networking and partnership development.

A key part of this role will be to facilitate and lead Waverley Abbey’s missional goal of placing a Christian chaplain in every Secondary school in the UK (there are 4,300 Secondary schools). This will require overseeing a schools round table think tank project, which is made up of key players in the field of ministry/ chaplaincy in schools.

Alongside this primary focus, the post holder will also oversee our Association of Waverley Abbey Ministers network (AWAM), and vocational courses, and have some input into the development of new vocational courses, as well as some teaching on our chaplaincy/ vocational courses.

Vital to this role is that the postholder needs be a networker, experienced in partnership development and able to recruit students for our training courses. They will also need have entrepreneurial mindset.

This role holds a Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to be a practising Christian who assents to Waverley Abbey’s Statement of Faith.

For further information on key responsibilities and person specification please see the Job pack.

If you’d like to apply, please provide your CV, and a cover letter that directly addresses the requirements of the job description, including why you are interested in the role.

Applications will close on Sunday 10th November 2024; we reserve the right to close applications early.

Please note, an appointment will be subject to:

• Evidence of Right to Work in the UK
• Satisfactory references
• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure
• Meeting the Occupational Requirement criteria
• Satisfactory completion of a probationary period

Sound interesting? Apply now!

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