Youth Development Worker | Brightons Parish Church

  • Hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
  • Salary: Between £28,815.00 and £32,575.00 pa - Salary is based on the MDS scale of £28,815 - £32,575 per annum. This is the full-time salary scale.
  • Location: Falkirk
  • Closing date: Friday 2 August 2024
  • Interviews: Saturday 17 August 2024

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

Brightons Parish Church has a broad and well-established youth work in the local area and there is a great desire in the congregation to see this work developed and broadened. We are looking for an experience and enthusiastic youth worker to facilitate this and engage with a generation’s spiritual search and help young people grow a faith in Jesus. You would be supported and encouraged by the committed, capable and substantial volunteer team.

It is an essential requirement of this role that the post-holder is a committed Christian with a live Church connection which is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010.

How to apply 

Please visit our website: brightonschurch.org.uk for further information.

Informal enquiries can be made to Rev Scott Burton, Tel: 07739838754, Email: scott.burton@churchofscotland.org.uk or Mr Jason Glass (chair of interview panel), Tel: 07519140780, Email: jasonglass@talktalk.net

Applications should be sent by email to recruitment@churchofscotland.org.uk and must be received by 12 noon on the closing date, which is Friday 2 August 2024.

Applications should comprise:

  • A personal statement, outlining how your skills, experiences and personal qualities match the requirements of the role outlined in the job description. Please provide reference contact details for your last two periods of employment (this would normally be your direct line manager/supervisor). If you have had more than two employers in the last three years, please provide referee contact details for that period. References will not be contacted until later in the process.
  • A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications alongside a full employment history showing positions held, responsibilities and relevant achievements.
  • A personal information form, to be downloaded and attached.

Applications without a CV, personal statement and personal information form will not be taken forward in the process. Each document should be a maximum of two sides of A4.