This role will lead and deliver two projects, the Net Zero Carbon (NZC) Young Adult Voices Project, and the General Synod Young Voices project, across which it will engage with a wide variety of young people.
The Net Zero Carbon Young Adult Voices project recognises that action to tackle climate change, as part of the wider environmental crisis, is important for young people, and responds to the fact that the NZC programme is not currently strategically engaging with these groups.
This project will involve:
- gathering the voices of young adults (18-30) to enable them to influence the direction of the programme and the Church's wider Environment Programme, ensuring their voice is heard at all levels of the Programme, and informs decision-making.
- communicating what the NZC programme is doing, to raise awareness amongst young people of the CofE's commitment to being a NZC church with these audiences, and to enable pathways for them to become involved in decarbonisation and other environmental projects at the local level.
- work with diocesan colleagues to enable the voices of young people to exercise leadership influence on NZC at a Diocesan level, as appropriate.
Important to the success of this role will be engaging with departments and stakeholders across the Church of England, to ensure this work sits within the broader context of the priority to be a church which is younger and more diverse.
As this is a new project and a new role, the postholder will help to shape the role. The initial focus will be to develop a NZC Young Adult Voices Strategy and Plan for sign-off by the NZC Programme Board, and then to work through delivery of this. This will need to consider the theology, mission and action that will engage and connect with young people - particularly exploring how we root this work in the spirituality and theology that is relevant for a younger audience.
The General Synod Young Voices project follows two motions passed at General Synod (in July 2024 and February 2025) committing General Synod to listening and responding to the voices of children, young people and young adults in every subsequent session. This project involves gathering the voices through schools, churches and Dioceses and enabling children and young people to speak and present each session at General Synod. In addition, it involves working with a group of young adults drawn from every diocese to run a programme of faith and leadership development that enables them to speak into General Synod at a national level, and exercise leadership influence at a Diocesan level as appropriate.
This is a fixed-term role until December 2028, with potential to extend, dependent on 29-31 Triennium Funding.
Responsibilities
Leading the General Synod Young Voices project
Developing robust processes and strategies for gathering the voices of children, young people and young adults
Overseeing the engagement of children, young people and young adults at forthcoming General Synod sessions, supporting them to contribute regularly and effectively in a range of agenda items
Raising up the voice of Children and Young People from all under-represented groups, making a significant contribution to the Church of England's vision to become more diverse.
Working with the Head of Younger Leaders, Executive Director of Education and the General Synod Business Committee to ensure that engagement is well planned and implemented
Create mechanisms for young adults from across every Diocese, to contribute to and experience General Synod
Equipping, supporting and enabling co-opted young adult members of General Synod
Edit video and audio content for effective dissemination through wider networks
Leading the NZC Young Adult Voices Project
Develop and deliver NZC Young Adult Voices Strategy and Plan which includes:
Developing robust processes and strategies for gathering the voices of young adults and making sure they are heard internally within the Church and also in the public square.
Overseeing the engagement of young adults with NZC Programme board meetings, supporting them to contribute regularly and effectively in a range of agenda items.
Raising up the voice of young adults from all under-represented groups making a significant contribution to the Church of England's vision to become more diverse.
Create mechanisms to report back the work of the NZC programme to young adults, including developing an effective communications and engagement approach which responds to their needs, with the NZC Comms Lead.
Equipping, supporting and enabling young adults to engage with, develop, or lead environmental action in their churches and diocese
Work with the NZC Programme Director, NZC Programme Manager and the National Environmental Policy Officer to progress this project, and more broadly with the NZC Programme Workstream leads across the NCIs
Support the NZC Programme Team in its communications and reporting work to General Synod and other key bodies from time to time (e.g. Archbishops' Council, Church Commissioners Board of Trustees)
Working effectively with environment programme networks in dioceses
Work with the NZC Comms Lead to effectively disseminate case studies, resources and tools through wider networks and social media
Both:
- Modelling and implementing the highest standards of safeguarding in every aspect of the work, working with other safeguarding leads with NSE, National Safeguarding Team and external stakeholders' safeguarding provision
- Encouraging leaders in dioceses to adopt similar strategies for prioritising the voices of Children and Young People, through liaison with children and youth advisors and DBE teams
- Working effectively across teams within the NCIs
- Collaboration with the Growing Faith Voice Specialist
About You
Essential
Knowledge/Experience
- Successful leadership experience within either church or school settings
- Experience of using effective strategies to enable the voice of children, young people and young adults to be heard
- Experience of enabling the agency and the voice of children and young people
- Experience of enabling children, young people and young adults to effect institutional change
- Experience in establishing good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience in developing a strategic approach to engaging and working with young people
- Good understanding of the current church landscape
- Good understanding of environmental issues, and the climate and nature crises, ideally within a Christian context
- Personally committed to and passionate about changing the culture of the Church of England
Skills & Abilities:
- Understand the safeguarding requirements around listening and responding to Children and Young People
- Understand the importance of data protection
- Passionate about the potential for children, young people and young adults to shape the direction of the Church
- Ability to engage and communicate well with a wide range of stakeholders, including writing and presentations online and in person
- Ability to evaluate, analyse and reflect on a range of data sources
- Firm commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Great team player
- Self-starter, able to use own initiative and be proactive
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and complex deadlines
- Engaging presentation and facilitation skills with large and small groups, both virtually and face-to-face
- Innovative, creative and responsive to feedback
- Competent in Microsoft Office packages, video and audio editing software (e.g. Clipchamp and Audacity etc.) and Zoom
Desirable
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience managing regional/national level projects with significant numbers of stakeholders
- High competence in public speaking to larger audiences
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