Senior Leadership Consultant (Bishops, Deans and Archdeacons)

Summary

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

• Drive the approach and continual evolution for the Leadership Programmes ensuring the design, development and implementation of a high- quality L&D curriculum for the learning community.
• Shape, plan, schedule, implement and evaluate each element of the learning design including residential modules, mentoring, action-learning, senior leadership experiences and learning projects.
• Act as the lead facilitator on each module to provide 'sign-posting' throughout the agenda plus expert input where relevant.
• Ensure high quality input through the identification, commissioning, briefing, supervision and review of internal and external experts as faculty and facilitators in the modules, or in the provision of mentoring, or learning experiences.
• Engagement and supervision of external coaches to provide transition coaching to deans and bishops.
• Induction of newly appointed deans and bishops through the design and delivery of critical knowledge and skills training, along with mentoring and coaching support.
• Support the Ministerial Development Review (MDR) process for deans and bishops by supplementing diocesan MDR schemes with tools to enable effective reviews (e.g. 360 feedback processes, the provision of independent reviewers where required and supporting any development needs arising from the MDR).
• Collate trends and data from the evaluations and participants to inform future design, and to demonstrate the impact of the programme.
• Present at governance meetings and any other relevant project boards, to consult with and influence senior leaders across the Church.
• Manage administrative support which is provided by a Project Co-Ordinator.
• Responsibility for Measurement and Evaluation of your contribution to the whole L&D team's work - assessing the contribution of the various learning interventions in building strategic capacity across the Church.
• Developing the use of fresh tools (e.g. psychometric tools) to support senior clergy in their development planning and to provide psychometric support to selection processes as required.
• Contributing to the development and facilitation of bespoke learning interventions for various groups as needs emerge e.g. action-learning groups, development for BAME clergy and Church Traditions, or the design of cross learning community events.
• Helping to build and maintain a high-quality pool of external coaches and teaching faculty.
• Embedding learning from the various leadership modules through enabling team effectiveness programmes for bishops' senior teams and cathedral chapters.
• Coach senior leaders from any of the leadership programmes as the opportunities arise.
• Contributing to writing reports for key bodies when required, including the House of Bishops, the College of Bishops and General Synod if required.
• Deputising for the Head of Senior Leadership Development in internal and external meetings.
• Serving on discernment panels for the Strategic Leadership Development Programme.
• Contributing to the 'knowledge capital 'on leadership in the Church and to the organisational learning that arises from the programmes.
• Any other duties as required and commensurate with the post.

• Integration of the riches of the Christian tradition with the best of wider leadership development thinking and practice.
• Ongoing development of the new 'Learning Practicum' virtual learning system.
• Developing partnerships with theologians, TEIs, business schools and other leadership development providers and coaches.
• Playing a full part within the Ministry Development Team and wider Church.
• Wise investment of the available budget and good financial controls.
• Sharing good practice and learning with/from other parts of the Church and other partners.

• A salary of £66,186 plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary.
• 30 days annual leave plus 8 Bank holidays and 3 NCI days.
• Flexible working hours and location, with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in our office in Westminster
• Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies