Vacancies
Vacancies with our friends of the Bristol Region.
St Mary’s Stoke Bishop are seeking to recruit a full-time School and Community Chaplain to strengthen and build bridges between Stoke Bishop C.E. Primary School, St Mary’s Church and families within the parish and beyond. The Chaplain’s role would be to lead and support the members of St Mary’s Church in realising our vision of following Jesus and making Him known, particularly in relation to helping families grow in faith at church and home, and helping our local primary school flourish as a worshipping community, in line with the objectives of the Church of England’s Growing Faith Foundation.
Deadline: Friday 17th April 2026
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £32,400 per annum
School and Community Chaplain
Join Encounter Christianity and help bring the Christian faith to life in Bristol’s primary schools.
Encounter Christianity are looking for a warm, creative and dedicated Primary Teacher with experience in delivering high‑quality RE to KS1 and/or KS2 pupils. You’ll play a key role in shaping engaging Christian RE workshops, building on their existing lessons as well as developing fresh, imaginative sessions that inspire curiosity and confidence in young learners. If you’re passionate about education, enjoy connecting with children of all ages, and are excited by the prospect of contributing to a dynamic and collaborative charity team, they’d love to hear from you.
Deadline: Thursday 23rd April 2026
Hours: 2 days/13 hours per week
Salary: £11,867 (£29,667 pro rata)
Primary Teacher
Join Encounter Christianity and help bring the Christian faith to life in Bristol’s secondary schools.
Encounter Christianity are looking for an inspiring, creative and qualified Secondary Teacher with experience of teaching RE to grow their KS5 work and deliver dynamic Christian RE sessions across local schools. If you’re passionate about education, confident in the classroom, and excited about shaping high‑quality workshops that spark curiosity and deepen understanding, we’d love to hear from you.
Deadline: Tuesday 28th April 2026
Hours: 2 days/13 hours per week
Salary: £11,867 (£29,667 pro rata)
Secondary Teacher
The Woodlands Church Family (WCF) is a vibrant, growing family of churches with eight sites located across the city of Bristol.
Each congregation is distinct in their style, but they all share the same vision, mission and values to be communities which are welcoming of everyone, authentic in their faith, empowered by the Holy Spirit and expectant of all that God will do.
Central to their plans to reach this city for Jesus are young people! In Bristol, there are 90,000 young people who don’t have regular contact with church or faith. WCF would love to see this change!
Deadline: Sunday 17th May
Hours: 2.5 days per week
Salary: £26,300 - £27,000 pro rata, depending on experience
Youth Minister
Youth Worker
Christ Church Downend is a growing evangelical Anglican church on the outskirts of Bristol. Our vision is drawn from John 10:10 with its emphasis on life in all it’s fulness, and our current aspirations are to go deeper with God, reach wider into the community and grow younger through intentional investment in our youth, children’s and families’ ministries. We are seeking to employ a part time youth worker (16-20 hours per week) to help grow our youth ministry, further developing the existing provision, and engaging more with unchurched young people through outreach and investment in the local secondary school. This is a key part of Christ Church’s stated aspiration to ‘Grow Younger’.
Hours: 16-20 hours per week
Salary: The Youth Intern salary would start from £12.21 per hour, with a higher rate paid to a more experienced professional.