Thank you for your interest in becoming the new Diocesan Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Diocese in Europe.
Europe is the Church of England’s biggest and most diverse diocese. It is given legal form by our Diocesan Board of Finance. The Diocesan Secretary and COO is at the heart of all we do as the senior lay person leading our staff, giving direction to our strategy and having oversight of the finance and governance. You will work closely with me and with the rest of the senior team co-ordinating the DBF’s efforts and hence enabling the mission and ministry of this growing diocese.
The Diocese’s chaplaincies are spread from Madeira to Moscow and from Casablanca to the Arctic Circle. The Diocesan Secretary will gain insights into all this work. The tasks vary hugely from one day to the next and I hope we will find someone flexible and versatile enough who will relish dealing with challenges from finance to safeguarding, strategy and communications and who will build good relationships with clergy and lay people across the continent. I look forward to meeting candidates who feel motivated by these challenges and are inspired to work in a faith context across Europe.
Do get in touch if you think this might be for you.
Bishop Robert Innes
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
