We are looking for a Lead Diocesan Director of Ordinands to join our newly forming senior leadership team (SLT) in the Department of Mission and Ministry. You will take specific responsibility for leading the experienced team of two full-time Area DDOs, one full-time Administrator, and seven part-time volunteer assistant DDOs, who serve the considerable number of people who already come forward for licensed lay and ordained ministry across the Diocese. With the SLT, you will also play a key part in shaping a wider discipleship and vocations strategy to release the huge potential we see for many others to discover their callings, especially among under-represented groups.

Are you a visionary leader with a heart for vocation and a calling to shape the future of ordained ministry? Could you inspire and guide others in discerning their path, while strategically leading a team committed to growing diverse and faithful leadership across our diocese? You will have a great heart to grow and send leaders in God's Church, and you will relish the particular opportunities for this in our diocese. You will be comfortable being part of a senior team and in leading a team. You will have the specific experience and skills required to oversee our extensive work with candidates for ordination and to take them through the Shared Discernment Process. You will also have the strategic mindset and gifts to help shape effective responses to wider vocation needs and opportunities as part of an overall strategy for discipleship.

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. This post is subject to an enhanced plus barred lists DBS check. All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check and completion of the Church of England Confidential Declaration Form. This role attracts a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for the appointed person to be an ordained member of the Church of England under Part 1, 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
• Hybrid working
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% which includes a 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