Community Development Worker

Growing generous church engagement and bringing hope, confidence and vigour to church and community

Do you enjoy developing leaders, inspiring groups and individuals, enabling people to discover their gifts and talents? Leading a Christian church to engage with its community?

Could you develop and build on existing work as well as initiate new things alongside community partners?

Are you a good team worker who is self-motivated?

Do you have the experience and energy to see potential in people to recruit, manage and support volunteers?

Are you open to the challenge and excitement of a developing role?

If so, this could be the job for you!

Jesmond United Reformed Church, Newcastle upon Tyne is looking to appoint a part-time Community Development Worker. This is an exciting opportunity to develop work in the communities of Jesmond and Shieldfield in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary: £32,000 FTE plus pension contribution, training grant, and holidays

Hours: 24 hours a week, flexible, with regular Sunday worship attendance, weekends, and evenings as required.

This is a two year fixed-term contract in the first instance

Closing date for applications: Monday 3 November at 4pm

Interviews will be held on: 11^th November 2025

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Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8JJ

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Are you a good team worker who is self-motivated?

Do you have the experience and energy to see potential in people to recruit, manage and support volunteers?

Are you open to the challenge and excitement of a developing role?

Jesmond United Reformed Church, Newcastle upon Tyne is looking to appoint a part-time Community Development Worker. This is an exciting opportunity to develop work in the communities of Jesmond and Shieldfield in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Growing generous church engagement and bringing hope, confidence and vigour to church and community

Do you enjoy developing leaders, inspiring groups and individuals, enabling people to discover their gifts and talents? Leading a Christian church to engage with its community?

Could you develop and build on existing work as well as initiate new things alongside community partners?, Salary: £32,000 FTE plus pension contribution, training grant, and holidays

Hours: 24 hours a week, flexible, with regular Sunday worship attendance, weekends, and evenings as required.

This is a two year fixed-term contract in the first instance

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