[Hiring] Events Coordinator @National Church Institutions

Role Description

A large focus of the work will be delivering ‘Clergy Generosity Retreats’. Run over 24 hours, these retreats will provide clergy with the space to engage more deeply with the subject of generosity and resource them to build culture change around giving and generosity in their churches. The Events Coordinator will provide event management of these retreats ensuring they reflect our ethos of welcome and hospitality.

The Clergy Training Events Coordinator will also be an active member of the Learning & Development team in the Giving Directorate. This team seeks to inspire, support, train and equip ordained and lay leaders to grow cultures of generosity and giving in their church contexts and encourage the wider network of Diocesan Giving Advisors.

Interviews will take place on 08 December 2026.

Responsibilities

• Key Relationships
  • Senior Project Manager (Clergy Training)
  • Deputy Director of Giving: Learning & Development
  • National Giving Directorate
  • Diocesan employees (clergy, Giving Advisors, Diocesan Senior Leadership, Diocesan Mission and Ministry teams)
  • NCI colleagues in various teams
• Event Management of Clergy Generosity Retreats
  • Secure inspiring venues and hospitality that support leadership reflection.
  • Ensure the ‘welcome’ and smooth running of the 24-hour clergy retreats as they happen.
  • Manage event logistics including catering, accessibility requirements, dietary requirements, room layout and equipment, facilities requirements, onsite delivery and contracting.
  • Ensure that all equipment, materials, resources and room layouts required for each event are prepared and in place ahead of time.
  • Conduct pre-event venue checks to ensure the quality of accommodation facilitates the ethos and learning outcomes of the retreat.
  • Manage a pipeline of retreats to ensure events are organised according to appropriate timelines, with plenty of lead in time.
  • Support the coordination of external speakers and facilitators.
  • Provide excellent administration around clergy recruitment, delegate communications, registration, attendance tracking and follow up communications.
  • Provide timely and consistent responses to stakeholder queries.
  • Monitor retreat spending so training is delivered within the project budget.
  • Assist with onboarding dioceses or stakeholders into project frameworks or pilots.
  • Coordinate project activities, timelines, communications, and documentation to ensure smooth delivery.
• Wider Clergy Training
  • Provide excellent administration support to the wider clergy training programme, including setting up webinars, managing registrations, supporting recruitment and providing follow up support.
  • Provide timely and consistent responses to clergy queries.
• Impact Reporting and Evaluation
  • Support impact reporting of the clergy generosity retreats and training through the collection of qualitative and quantitative data.
  • Contribute to training evaluations.
  • Maintain accurate project records relating to stakeholder engagement and project outputs to ensure data integrity.
  • Monitor project data (use, engagement, performance indicators) and work closely with analysts to inform evaluation cycles.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Build strong, positive working relationships with diocesan staff and national colleagues.
  • Provide administration and project management support to the Clergy Training Project Board.
  • Coordinate meeting logistics, agendas, and well-structured minutes.
  • Support with the production of newsletters, training materials and web content.
• Wider Directorate Project Support
  • Contribute to emerging or innovative projects designed to enhance generosity or improve parish engagement.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Learning and Development team and wider Giving Directorate.
  • Support development of data-led insights to inform diocesan and national decision-making.
  • Participate in creative, user-centred approaches to addressing generosity-related challenges.
• General Project Administration
  • Maintain project documentation and version control.
  • Track actions, risks, and issues.
  • Support monitoring and evaluation cycles.
  • Ensure compliance with NCI project management standards.
  • Contribute to a collaborative working culture across the directorate.

Your job description is intended to reflect your main tasks and areas of work but is not exhaustive. Changes may occur over time, and you will be expected to agree any reasonable changes to your job description that are commensurate with your banding and in line with the general nature of your post. You will be consulted about any changes to your job description before these are implemented.

This is a fixed-term role till 31 December 2028 with a possibility of extension, funding dependent.

Qualifications

• The Church of England is for everyone, and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country.
• We particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.
• Essential Knowledge/Experience
  • Significant experience of planning and delivering hospitality events, conferences, retreats, training programmes or fundraising events.
  • Experience coordinating multiple events simultaneously while meeting challenging deadlines.
  • Experience managing logistics, suppliers, venues and participant communications.
  • Experience providing project support within a multi-stakeholder or complex environment.
  • Experience building effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
  • Confident user of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
  • Ability to interpret basic numerical or engagement-related data.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Skills & Abilities:
  • Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple deadlines.
  • Analytical and structured approach to problem-solving.
  • Ability to write clear, accessible content for diverse audiences.
  • Confident working in an innovative, evolving environment.
  • Good Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, charts).
  • A self-starter, able to work effectively in a remote working environment.
• Desirable
  • Understanding of parish ministry, diocesan structures, or church governance.
  • Experience in giving, fundraising, stewardship, or church finance (paid or voluntary).
  • Experience of running training programmes.
  • Visual design or multimedia content skills.
  • Experience working with grant-funded programmes.
  • A qualification relevant to event management, project management, education or theology.

Success in the role demands good understanding of the devolved nature of the Church of England, and the ability to work effectively across it. The post-holder will be expected to develop material and presentations that are consistent with Christian principles and theology, and as such, should be a member of the Church of England, or in sympathy with the mission and ethos of the Church.

The role requires travel throughout the UK. The role is based within a remote team and not based at Church House, but you will need to attend some meetings and training at Church House, and so must be willing to travel to London 1-2 times per month. In addition, you will be required to travel across England to support clergy training events 1-2 times per month.

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Benefits

• Highly competitive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing and long-term financial security.
• Annual leave starting at 25 days' plus bank holidays and three additional NCI days.
• Family friendly policies.
• Wellbeing cashback scheme.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Defined benefit pension with employer contributions of up to 18%.
• Generous life assurance cover.

Company Description

The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

• We Include. You Belong.
• Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute.
• Living out our values in all that we do, we strive for excellence, show compassion, respect others, collaborate, and act with integrity.
• We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward.
• The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life.
• We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith.
• We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values.