FLOURISH Coordinator
Job Title: FLOURISH Coordinator
Reports to: Youth & Children’s Hub Lead
Salary: £10,038 pa annualised (Full Time Equivalent - £ 30,000 pa)
Hours: 14 hrs per week, Term-Time Only over 38 weeks
Contract: Fixed Term Contract (September 2026 to August 2028)
Location: The Parish of Warrington and Halewood in South Liverpool
What is FLOURISH?
FLOURISH is a vibrant network of intergenerational worshipping communities in schools across the country. It was created as part of the Church of England’s exciting plan to double the number of children and young people who are active disciples. Supported by the Archbishops’ Council and delivered through the National Society for Education, FLOURISH has already made great progress. Following an initial pilot 2024-26, we are delighted to join the second FLOURISH pilot project. Building on learning from the first pilot, we will explore creating new FLOURISH worshipping communities in five Church of England primary schools within the Diocese of Liverpool, inspiring more young people to grow in faith and community.
FLOURISH worshipping communities aim to work by five core principles:
- Young people’s voices are at the centre of all leadership decision-making and implementation
- A clearly articulated and shared purpose to grow a younger and more diverse community of Christian disciples
- A strategic leadership partnership between the school and a church community (with appropriate long-term governance and resource commitment)
- Intergenerational faith development experiences involving children and their families of all ages
- Worship fully integrated into the regular rhythms, practices, structures and resources of the school’s vision for the flourishing of children and adults
FLOURISH and the Diocese of Liverpool
The Diocese of Liverpool is keen to enable the co-creation of spaces where children, young people, and their families can experience genuine worship, encounter Jesus, grow as disciples, and be part of a church community. The Growing Faith research shows that young people's faith truly flourishes at the intersection of home, school, and church.
Through FLOURISH, we have received funding to explore different ways of developing intergenerational worshipping communities in five school locations across the diocese: In Warrington: St Margaret's CE Primary, St Andrew's CE Primary, St Philip's Westbrook CE Primary, Cinnamon Brow CE Primary, and Halewood CE Primary in South Liverpool.
Six Children & Youth Ministry students from Emmanuel College will use their work placements to support church volunteers and school pupils in dreaming, designing, developing, and delivering a new intergenerational worship community in each school. The FLOURISH Coordinator role is essential to the smooth running of the pilot within each school by building strong local relationships, maintaining good communication, and ensuring focus on the core FLOURISH principles mentioned above. The coordinator will also be responsible for ensuring monitoring and reporting processes are well established and for fostering vibrant learning communities across different locations.
Duties and Key Responsibilities
The FLOURISH Coordinator will be responsible for the local operation of the pilot project across the four schools in the Parish of Warrington and Halewood by:
- Initially establishing effective relationships and appropriate communication channels among stakeholders for each school - between the local worship community team, the oversight team, the governing body, the church, the local leadership team and the Larger Single Parish (LSP) PCC.
- Helping develop meaningful metrics and engaging qualitative reports that reflect the impact of the pilot and are accessible to young people, enabling them to contribute their insights effectively.
- Making sure that safeguarding policies and procedures are thoroughly put into practice with our scholarship students and church volunteers to create a safe and supportive environment for everyone.
- Supporting the scholarship students across all locations. This involves ensuring they have access to the resources needed to develop young leaders and cultivate an intergenerational worshipping community that focuses on the co-creation of spaces where children and their families can experience worship, encounter Jesus and grow as disciples as part of a church community. It's also about regularly checking in on students’ progress and wellbeing. It’s about creating a nurturing and responsive environment that helps scholarship students thrive.
- Alongside the scholarship students, coordinating access to training for young leaders and adult volunteers, and assisting with the logistics of the national gathering of young leaders, held online twice a year and in person once a year.
- Working with the Lead for School-based worship communities, the Youth Hub, the Diocesan 0-18 Team, and the local church to help the five locations (school/church) embody the five core FLOURISH principles.
- Once the worshipping communities are established, arrange learning communities across the pilot locations and ensure that learning is captured, fed back and acted on where appropriate, with support from the Lead for School-based worshipping communities and Cultivate Team
Key relationships
Scholarship Students
Youth and Children’s Hub Lead
School leaders and school staff, worship community leaders (adult volunteers and children) and clergy
Local Larger Single Parish Central Services team
Parish Safeguarding Officer
The Governing Bodies and Local Leadership teams and Larger Single Parish PCC
Diocesan Lead for School-Based Worshipping communities
Diocese 0-18 Team inc. Diocesan Children’s and Families’ Lead
Diocesan Safeguarding teams
The FLOURISH Coordinator will be line-managed by the Youth and Children’s Hub Lead with support from the Diocesan Lead for School-Based Worshipping Communities.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Personal Qualities:
- Integrity, sound judgement, very approachable and adaptable
- Confidence, independence, organised and proactive
- Passionate about the flourishing of young people, families, churches and schools
- Ability to envision and an enthusiasm for exploring the co-creating of ideas, from conception to implementation, with an intergenerational team.
- A deep commitment to the Christian faith, practised in your personal life and lived out in your interactions with others
Qualifications & Training
- Ideally but not essential, a relevant education or youth work qualification, or ministerial experience in a youth/education setting
Experience
- Track record of making things happen through teamwork
- Demonstrable experience of building relationships with leaders (including senior leaders) in church and/or school contexts
- Ideally some prior experience of a leadership role in a church or school contexy
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to manage a team and its workload, alongside managing a range of stakeholders
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead a project by developing strong relationships, planning well, assessing impact, reviewing results, learning from experience, and adapting as needed.
General
- Must satisfy relevant pre-employment checks (this post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and subject to an Enhanced DBS check).
- Committed to the safeguarding of all, with full adherence to Safeguarding policy and procedures in each context and completion of safeguarding training on commencing the role.
- There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a member of the Church of England or part of a Christian church community.
OUTLINE TERMS & CONDITIONS
Contract Type: Fixed term contract Sept 2026 – August 2028
Salary: £10,038 actual salary (annualised) [Equivalent to £16.84 per hour and FTE £30,000pa]
Pension: Contributory pension
Hours: 14 hours per week term time only (38 weeks)
Holidays: 77 hrs equivalent to 11 days paid holidays. To be taken during the school holidays, except by exception [FTE 33days inc Bank Holidays]
Location: Parish office. The role will include regular travel to the five school locations
Probation Period: 3 months
DBS Requirement: An enhanced DBS check is required and compliance with the Diocese of Liverpool safeguarding policy.
Employer: The Parish of Warrington
Occupational Requirement: This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under the provisions made in the Equality Act 2010 that the post holder has an active faith in Jesus. The successful candidate must be in agreement with the vision and values of the Church of England and the Diocese of Liverpool.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Apply by submitting a CV and covering letter to [email protected] outlining why you're interested in the role and why you're the ideal candidate. Make sure to clarify any gaps in your employment or education history.
Deadline: Sunday, 29th June 2026
Interview date: Friday, 3rd July TBC in person or online
For further information or any questions, please contact:
[email protected]
Offers of employment are made subject to:
· Evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK
· An enhanced DBS check
· Two satisfactory references, including one faith based and one employment
· Successful completion of a probationary period
References are usually requested only after an offer has been made. We will ask for your permission before seeking any references.
Pay: £16.84 per hour
Work Location: In person
