Children and Families Music Facilitator
St. Mary’s Church, Fishponds, Bristol
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Substantial part time working would be considered (0.75 FTE minimum)
Contract: Fixed term to 31 December 2028
Salary: £27,000 to £30,000 (depending on qualifications or experience).
Do you have a passion to use music to build and grow relationships with children and families?
Do you share our vision & enthusiasm for children and families to meet Jesus through music and faith?
Are you a people-person, a well-organised self-starter who has experience of using music in children’s ministry?
Yes? Then we would love to hear from you!
St Mary’s, Fishponds has a vision to create a parish where 0-18s have the opportunity to experience the transformational power of music, predominantly in the choral tradition with a focus on the primary age group of 5-11s, and to enhance and encourage their experience of God in the local parish church and within their community, so that they can reach their potential as musical faith citizens.
This post is funded via the Priority Communities Network (PCN) until 31 December 2028.
Applications must be made using the application form (no CVs accepted) and should be submitted to jobs@bristoldiocese.org by the deadline below.
For an informal conversation regarding this post, please contact: Revd Lizzie Kesteven, lizzie.kesteven@live.co.uk
Application deadline: 9:00am on Monday, 22nd September 2025
Interviews will take place: Thursday, 2nd October 2025
This post is subject to the applicant having the right to work in the UK, satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS disclosure. This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the postholder be a practising Christian under part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note that we are unable to accept international applications where a visa will be required.
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