Worship Renewal Engagement Officer (Music)
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Job Summary
Full Time - 35 hours
Homebased
Are you passionate about high quality music in Methodist worship and a gifted musician and facilitator If so an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ministries and Learning Team of The Methodist Church.
Methodist worship renewal: God for All 2025-32 the role
The renewal of Methodist worship is highlighted in God for All 2025-32 as a significant commitment.
This exciting and varied role offers the opportunity to facilitate the music aspects of Methodist worship renewal across The Connexion. High-quality music is central to Methodist worship and this role will combine a significant amount of resource development hands-on training and delivery online and in local circuits and Districts.
In this role you will also have particular responsible for growing fostering nurturing and developing the community of church musicians being responsible for networks communication and all aspects of training and development. Additionally you will play a leading role in working to develop the music aspects of The Resource Hub (formerly Singing the Faith ). Finally you will work with congregations and circuits where there are no church musicians to support high quality music within worship in those contexts.
About you
We are seeking to appoint someone with a strong sense of what musical excellence in worship looks like. Alongside this you will believe deeply in the importance of wide congregational participation in worship. You will have an ability to translate the best of Methodist tradition for a contemporary setting. The role will require someone who is a natural communicator and skilled facilitator able to work across the broad range of worshipping and musical traditions within The Methodist Church and a gifted musician. You will enjoy resourcing developing and delivering high-quality training for congregations musicians and those who lead worship both online and in person.
This role is open to lay candidates only.
The team
The Ministries: Vocation and Worship Team (part of the wider Ministries and Learning Team) in which this role sits is friendly supportive vibrant and passionate. The team is led by The Director of Ministry Development. You will be line-managed by The Connexional Worship Renewal Team Leader and work closely with other teams such as The Learning Team and Evangelism and Growth and across The Connexion.
This post carries an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a Christian (in accordance with the Equality Act 2010).
Our Culture Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year) TOIL flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Advisor service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
If you have questions about the vacancy or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at:
Closing date: 28 November 2025
Interview date: 12 December 2025
The Methodist Church
For further information about The Methodist Church please visit our website Our Calling
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of Gods love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
The Church exists to:
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Increase the awareness of Gods presence and celebrate Gods love (Worship).
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Help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care (Learning and Caring).
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Be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice (Service).
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Make more followers of Jesus Christ (Evangelism).
Our Benefits
Pension scheme
Living Wage
Season ticket loan
Removal leave
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Business Development
- Employee Orientation
- Public Health
- Account Management
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- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Team Management
- Customer relationship management
- Human Resources
- Public Speaking
