Chief Executive Candidate pack November 2019

Welcome from Bishop Pete There is no denying it: these are challenging times in the Diocese of Sheffield. But by the same token, these are exciting times for us.

No-one has any doubt that in 2029 the Church of England in South Yorkshire will look very different from the way it is now — but equally no-one is yet very clear about the shape it will take. Will the whole people of God be mobilised for the whole mission of God? What will morale be like, among key lay and ordained leaders? Will attendance figures be in decline or growing? Will there be more stipendiary incumbents or fewer? Will there be more congregations or fewer?

We are looking to appoint a Chief Executive to the Board of Finance who will relish the responsibilities of the role. Obviously, there are certain gifts and skills that will be needed if the appointed candidate is to flourish in this vital role, and these are outlined in the job description and person specification. However, I would love to appoint a person with a strong sense of vocation to this task at this time; a person of faith and hope and love in God; a person who laughs easily and has a zest for life in Christ; a person with a sense of adventure, unafraid of failure and reliant on the grace of the Holy Spirit. If that might be you, we would love to explore with you the possibility that the Lord is calling you to this wonderful Diocese.

The Diocese of Sheffield is, yes, former steel-making communities (not least in Sheffield and Rotherham) and former coal-mining communities (not least in the villages around Doncaster). But it is also far greener than people imagine, with Peak District communities (west and north of Sheffield) and farming communities (north and east of Doncaster). It boasts some of the finest hospitals in the country and an inspiring Advanced Manufacturing Park, a noble tradition of horse racing (the St Leger) and other centres of sporting excellence. There are prosperous suburbs and sprawling housing estates, areas of multi- cultural vitality and of stark socio-economic deprivation.

These are the communities we seek to serve with the Good News of what God has done for the world in the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. If, when you read the role description, you find your pulse is quickening, then please be bold and contact us: we are seeking to be utterly open in this discernment process — at this point there really is no pre-determined outcome.

With every blessing.

The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox Bishop of Sheffield Chief Executive

Candidate pack

November 2019

About Us

The Diocese of Sheffield is one of 42 Church of England dioceses. It covers South Yorkshire and the southern parts of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It comprises parishes, schools, chaplaincies, missional communities and other organisations all united by their common Christian faith. Since the creation of the diocese in 1914, the shape of the villages, towns and cities may have changed but the people are still vibrant, energetic and passionate about serving our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are an Anglican diocese, in the Northern Province of York, made up of a diverse community of mission-focused people who are seeking to transform their lives, and the lives of others, by sharing the Christian faith. We serve a population of approximately 1.25 million people across Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster and the subsidiary towns and villages of those areas, with 92 stipendiary clergy, 183 parishes and 219 churches. We have two bishops, the Bishop of Sheffield is the Diocesan Bishop, and the Bishop of Doncaster is the Suffragan. They work as a team to best serve and lead the diocese. The most recent Bishop of Doncaster, Peter Burrows, retired in September 2019. We expect to welcome a new Bishop by Easter 2020.

In September 2017, Bishop Pete Wilcox, was installed as our new Diocesan Bishop. At this point, the diocese was six years into its strategy, so Bishop Pete undertook a review of what had worked, what hadn't and what the current issues were. After a series of consultations throughout the diocese, it became apparent, that while the vision of the diocese was still exactly the same, some re-focussing was needed on how we get there.

As a diocese we have been called to grow a sustainable network of Christ-like, lively and diverse Christian communities in every place which are effective in making disciples and in seeking to transform our society and God’s world. Every day around the diocese, dedicated, creative and passionate people are working together in the mission of God. Following Bishop Pete’s review, we are now embarking on a radical strategic transformation programme to ensure that the diocese is a sustainable vibrant communion, revitalised and refreshed and able to deliver our vision.

Our Continuing Vision

Our vision statement has informed the strategic direction of the Diocese for a decade:

“The Diocese of Sheffield is called to grow a sustainable network of Christ–like, lively and diverse Christian communities in every place which are effective in making disciples and in seeking to transform our society and God’s world.”

We long to see sustainable Christian communities in every place. We long to see the Body of Christ grow in depth and in numbers. We long to see every disciple, and the whole Church, better serving our local communities and wider society.

Our Challenge

As with many dioceses, our capacity to realise this vision and to minister effectively to our communities requires a creative approach to a number of challenges. How we address these is fundamental to our strategy and we will be looking to our new Chief Executive to work across the diocese to enable us to deliver our mission. Our key challenges are:

• Attendance (2016 data): the Diocese of Sheffield sits in the bottom quartile of Church of England dioceses for per capita attendance and for attendance decline in the past decade. In 1989, over 20,000 adults worshipped routinely in our churches on Sundays; thirty years later, the number is just over 12,000. • Budgets: in 2009 parish share revenues amounted to £4.8m; in 2018, they had fallen to £4.3m. Together with falling fees income, falling revenues from rents and investments and reduced grant income, this represents a serious financial challenge. • Church structures: many of our buildings are not located where we would site them if we were building now nor are they configured as flexibly as we would design them if we were building now. In addition, many will require significant investment to keep the fabric sound. • Demographics (2016 data): on average 1.3% of the population of the Diocese routinely worships in a Church of England church on Sundays, this figure is not uniform for every age- group. It is 3.1% of those aged 66-75 and by contrast, it is just 0.9% of those aged 25-45 and 0.2% of those aged 18-24.

Renewed, Released, Rejuvenated!

To meet this escalating challenge, the senior staff consulted widely with deaneries and other bodies through 2017-18, and in October 2018 launched the new strategy to realise a flourishing and generous Diocese of Sheffield by 2025: renewed, released and rejuvenated!

We seek to be a Diocese renewed in the grace and power of God, by a constant reliance on the Holy Spirit. To this end, we have created a prayer community whose members commit to praying daily for the renewal of the Diocese. The community has 340 members so far: we are seeking to recruit 2025. We have composed a Diocesan Vision Prayer to be said daily and we are heartened by the number of people and congregations making regular use of it.

We seek to be a Diocese released from the constraints which hold us back from mission, and released, as the whole people of God for the whole mission of God. To this end, we have begun a radical assessment of our church buildings to determine which are assets in mission (or have the potential to be). We have been taking part in a learning community for Setting God’s People Free and have a number of initiatives underway to enable all the baptised to realise their calling to be Lights for Christ in the world.

We seek to be a Diocese rejuvenated — partly through a dedicated and sustained programme of outreach to families, children and young people (the Centenary Project and related SDF Children, Young People and Families Project) and partly through the creation of 75 new congregations, including 25 in our church schools. We are encouraged by the number of parishes whose 2019 Mission Action Planning returns include a commitment to establishing a new congregation within the next three years. This process will undoubtedly be greatly helped by our successful SDF bid to establish Resourcing Churches in Rotherham, Goole and Wath — we expect to have 12 such churches across the full geographical and theological breadth of the Diocese by 2025

The Diocese of Sheffield is called to grow a sustainable network of Christ-like, lively and diverse Christian communities in every place which are effective in making disciples and in seeking to transform our society and God’s world.

Job description

Job title: Chief Executive to the Diocesan Board of Finance and Diocesan Secretary. Accountable to: The Diocesan Bishop. The Chief Executive will also act as secretary to the Bishop’s Council and the Diocesan Synod and will work closely with the Chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance.

The Chief Executive is the Senior Executive Officer in the Diocese, advising the Diocesan Bishop as a member of his senior staff, and leading the development and delivery of diocesan strategy and policy as determined by the Diocesan Bishop and the members of his senior staff, the Bishop’s Council or the Diocesan Synod. The Chief Executive leads the central services of the Diocese, mobilising staff and other resources to deliver strategy.

The Chief Executive must be able to work creatively within the unique context of the Diocese of Sheffield in particular. They must build partnerships with parishes and the communities which they serve, and with other institutions and organisations.

Key Responsibilities • Play a leading role in the development of diocesan strategy and of plans to grow a sustainable network of Christian communities in every place. • Drive the implementation of the diocesan strategy and play an active role with the Bishop and his senior staff in embedding the three areas “Renewed, Released, Rejuvenated” across the diocese • Drive the transition set out in the far-reaching pioneer bid to the Diocesan Sustainability Fund • Be a key policy adviser to the Bishop as a member of the Bishop’s senior staff team, especially in relation to policy initiatives and their key financial and strategic implications. • Provide strong and effective leadership to the diocesan central services, including finance, property, human resources, communications and IT, and legal services • Ensure the delivery of high-quality support services to our deaneries, parishes and other worshipping communities. • Build excellent relationships with funders, not least the National Church Institutions, and lead on the development of applications to secure funding for strategic change programmes • Lead by example, ensure that our values are embedded in the culture of the teams based in the diocesan offices. • Be a key member of the Bishop’s senior staff and work closely with the Bishop of Sheffield, the Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster, the Archdeacons of Sheffield and Rotherham and of Doncaster, the Dean of Sheffield, the Director of the Parish Support Team, the Director of

Formation for Ministry/Principal St Peter’s College, the Area Deans and the Registrar — doing everything possible to ensure the success of these colleagues individually and collectively. • Ensure the reputation of the Diocese is effectively managed and promoted both internally and externally. • Be the Company Secretary of the Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance and other charitable companies set up by the DBF. • Be Secretary of the Diocesan Synod, the Board of Finance and the Bishop’s Council (covering agendas, papers and minutes) and, as such, to effect the strategic, structural and governance arrangements of the Diocese in compliance with statutory and constitutional requirements and in accordance with the Diocesan vision and strategic plans. • Be a member of the Diocesan Safeguarding Management Group and take responsibility for reporting Safeguarding Serious Incidents for the Diocese and PCCs to the Charity Commission. • Contribute to regional and national forums of peers, promoting the work of the Diocese of Sheffield to the wider church and learning for the benefit of the Diocese,

To be the Chief Executive Officer of the Diocesan Board of Finance responsible for:

Strategy and policy • Supporting the Bishop of Sheffield and Diocesan Board of Finance in developing strategies for growth across the diocese • Engaging with the life of the diocese, bringing vision, innovation and creativity to transform the life and mission of the Church of England • Ensuring the efficient and effective implementation of agreed strategies and strategic projects through robust plans and management • Monitoring and engaging with national church developments and their implications for the diocese, advising trustees, the Bishop and senior staff accordingly

Finance — aligning resources to Diocesan strategy To exercise oversight and direction co-ordinating the strategic management of diocesan budgets and assets in order to maintain financial viability. This includes

• Working closely with the Chair of the DBF and the Bishop’s senior staff to ensure the financial viability of the Diocese, promote efficiency and effective stewardship of resources. This includes management of assets, administration of funds, payment of clergy stipends and pension contributions and other payments. • Overall strategic responsibility for the management of income, and, in particular Common Fund processes • Preparation and publication of annual income and expenditure and capital budgets and longer-term projections for the management of the financial resources available to the Diocese. • Effective maintenance of Diocesan accounts and the operation and development of the accounting function. • Acting as the focus for communications with parishes on financial and administrative matters.

Operational Delivery • Ensure effective operational delivery of the full range of diocesan services provided by the Sheffield DBF, including but not limited to finance, property, education, safeguarding, HR, IT, communications, the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee, the Diocesan Advisory Committee, subsidiary operations and (working with the Director of the Parish Support Team and the Director of Formation for Ministry/Principal of St Peter’s College) mission and ministry activities. • To lead, manage and inspire the staff and volunteers at Church House and be responsible, directly or indirectly for all staff and volunteers there. • On behalf of the Board of Finance to oversee the development and management of Human Resource matters, reporting annually to the Bishop’s Council • To authorise expenditure (within budgets agreed) and to sign formal contracts on behalf of the Board of Finance including contracts of employment. • To play a part, with the Bishop’s senior staff team in ensuring the effective deployment and support of the clergy. • To act as the designated officer for signature of Statements of Particulars of Office for clergy • To ensure the effective missional use of the property and other resources of the Diocesan Board of Finance

Governance • To act as Chief Executive Officer to: o Diocesan Synod and Board of Finance o Bishop’s Council o Finance and Property Committee o Grants Committee o Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee o The Sheffield West Riding Charitable Society Trust o The Sheffield General Benevolent Trust

• To ensure the effective and efficient management of the Diocesan governance system and manage the implementation of decisions made. Also to monitor and report on status and effectiveness of completed projects, initiatives and decisions. • To act as a source of expert advice on constitutional matters for Bishop’s Council, the Board of Finance and departmental heads, and to be the official point of contact with outside advisors and specialists. • To work with the Diocesan Registrar to ensure legal compliance and best practice. • To identify and manage areas of risk including safeguarding and health and safety issues • To uphold the Diocesan safeguarding policy and philosophy and to support the work of the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser

Key Relationships Those presently reporting directly to the Chief Executive are: • Director of Finance • Communications Manager • Mission Partnership Development Project Manager

• Diocesan Surveyor • Executive Assistant • Human Resources Manager

Other Key Relationships • Church House Administration • Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser • Diocesan Registrar and Solicitors • Diocesan Auditor

Person specification

Genuine Occupational Requirement This is a strategic leadership role in the Diocese of Sheffield and the Diocese supports and promotes the aims of the Church of England. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian with a commitment to mission and ministry. Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this post.

Qualifications • Educated to degree level or equivalent • Management or professional qualification at postgraduate level (desirable)

Experience • Demonstrable track record of successful strategic and operational leadership at a senior management level in a complex organisation • Evidence of leading strategy and ensuring that resources are in place to ensure effective and sustainable delivery • Demonstrable experience of developing and implementing strategies, business plans and culture change in a complex organisation with multiple stakeholders • Demonstrable experience of contributing to policy formulation • Experience of holding senior responsibility for at least one of the following areas: asset or property management, finance, HR, safeguarding, business planning, project management, legal services • Evidence of commanding the confidence and respect of others • Experience of managing people; leading teams; and implementing organisational change • Experience of managing organisational budgets of many millions £ per annum • Experience of charity sector governance as an employee or trustee

Skills and abilities • Able to hold the strategic big picture while also being in command of the relevant detail • Able to set vision and empower others to deliver • Able to lead teams both strategically and operationally • Able to comprehend and respond to complex financial information with a range of stakeholders • Willing to take initiatives and able to respond creatively and imaginatively to new opportunities - within the unique nature of the Church of England, • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to form and maintain strong relationships at all levels, internally and in partnership with others • Highly collaborative, able to foster a sense of team as its leader or a member • Ability to communicate effectively in the written and spoken word alongside the ability to listen, persuade and influence • Able to build excellent working relationships quickly • Proven ability to work with Boards and Committees particularly with non-executive, trustee and volunteer bodies. • Able to ask the right questions and to find solutions to systems problems

Personal qualities • Empowering and adaptive leadership style with the ability to delegate effectively and to develop, assess and support others • A commitment to do everything possible to ensure the success of colleagues across the Diocese • A maturity and ability to watch over yourself in a demanding working environment • A high degree of emotional intelligence with the ability to read culture and people successfully • A clear commitment to the highest standards of personal and professional integrity • Able to handle confidences and sensitive information • Commitment to the mission and ministry of the Church of England • Professional, calm and approachable • Positive attitude showing confidence, grace and humility as appropriate • Willingness to live out the values and spirit of the organisation

Knowledge and understanding • Understanding of the structures and culture of the Church of England at both parish and diocesan level • An appreciation of the voluntary nature of the work of the many people involved in the life of the diocese • Knowledge of IT and how it can be utilised to support the work of the Diocese. • A proven track record in the leadership and management of change in a complex environment • Knowledge of financial management and the principles of governance in the charity sector (desirable) • Understanding of the Church’s legislative framework and its administrative structures (desirable)

Outline of terms and conditions

Responsible to: Bishop of Sheffield

Salary: c£75,000 p.a.

Hours: This is a full-time role based on a 35-hour working week, but the post holder may be required to work additional hours to meet the reasonable requirements of the role. The post holder will be expected to work some evening and weekends (e.g. Bishop’s Council and Diocesan Synod).

Location: The post holder will be based at the Diocese of Sheffield, Church House. 95- 99 Effingham Street, Rotherham S65 1BL. The nature of the role requires regular travel around the diocese, and sometimes beyond.

Pension: Enrolment in Pension Builder 2014 a defined contribution scheme (a non- contributory scheme with a 10.5 % contribution by the employer)

Annual leave: 28 days plus eight public holidays and three additional days to be taken between Christmas and New Year.

Probationary 12 months period:

Notice period: 3 months

Expenses: Normal working costs reimbursed on expenses. Expenses for travel following HMRC guidelines at 45p/mile up to 10,000 miles, 25p thereafter. (30p/mile journeys outside the diocese.)

Contract: The contract of employment will be with the Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance.

Pre-employment This appointment is subject to a satisfactory Basic DBS check and references. checks:

Right to work: The post-holder must have the right to reside and work in the UK

GOR: This is a strategic leadership role in the Diocese of Sheffield and the Diocese supports and promotes the aims of the Church of England. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian with a commitment to mission and ministry. Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this post.

How to Apply To apply for this post, please submit:

• A comprehensive CV. • A supporting statement that addresses the criteria set out in Part One of the person specification (maximum 3 sides of A4) and tells us why you are particularly interested in this role. • Details of two referees who we would be able to contact at shortlist stage. • Please also tell us about any dates provided in this pack on which you would not be available to participate in the selection process. • Please also ensure you have completed and submitted the equal opportunities monitoring form that appears on the GatenbySanderson site as you submit your application. The information you provide will be treated as confidential and used for statistical purposes only. The form will not be treated as part of your application. The closing date for applications is 2nd January 2020 at 10am. The How to Apply section of the website provides clear instructions; if, however, you have any queries in relation to the application process, or you experience difficulties uploading your application, please do not hesitate to telephone the GatenbySanderson team on 020 7426 3961. If you have any queries about any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information or wish to have an informal and confidential discussion then please contact the team: Juliet Brown on 0113 205 6089, Mark Bate on 0113 205 6288 or Matt Malone on 0113 205 6063 who will be pleased to take your call. GatenbySanderson will respect the privacy of any initial approach or expression of interest in this role, whether formal or informal. Recruitment Timetable An indicative recruitment timetable for candidates is provided below. Closing Date Thursday 2nd January 2020 Longlisting Tuesday 7th January 2020 Shortlisting Monday 20th January Referencing and due diligence w/c 20th January 2020 Final Panel w/c 27th January 2020