Is God calling you to be one of our new Mission Apprentices in Bradford?
Are you keen to explore more of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and grow as a leader of mission in a local church?
Are you ready for a two-year journey that will equip you for life, work, mission and leadership and broaden your experience of serving the Kingdom of God?

The Anglican Diocese of Leeds is offering an amazing opportunity to join its two-year Bradford Mission Apprentice scheme from September 2025. Supported by national Church of England funding, we have 17 part-time Mission Apprentice vacancies to help drive and expand the church’s missional work in the Bradford Episcopal Area.

It's a two-year long adventure giving you an experience of leadership and service, learning alongside a community of other Mission Apprentices. Your main focus will be working for one of the Bradford placement churches that are part of this programme, where you will have the opportunity to get involved in many different activities and be supported by great teams. You will be paid £13,100 a year, plus a pension contribution of 8%, for this 20 hours a week role and become part of a Mission Apprentice Learning Community, which includes free weekly teaching, support and annual residentials.

“The Mission Apprentice role is great because it gives you the opportunity to experience lots of different aspects and roles involved in working for the church. You get to meet and work with some amazing people and grow as a person and closer to God whilst doing so.” Lucinda, Mission Apprentice

We are currently looking for Mission Apprentices in the following places:

- Fountains Church Bradford, our City Centre Resource Church, linked with Frizinghall, Shelf with Buttershaw and Fairweather Green– 6 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- BD7 Churches - St John’s Great Horton, St Wilfrid's Lidget Green & St Columba's Horton Grange – 2 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- North East Bradford - opportunities across the five parishes of Idle (Holy Trinity Idle), Greengates (St John's Greengates), Wrose (St Cuthbert's, Wrose), Thorpe Edge and Eccleshill - 4 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- St John’s Clayton and St Peter's Allerton – 2 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- Girlington, Heaton & Manningham  – 3 Mission Apprentice vacancies

“The Mission Apprentices scheme is a key way in which we are seeking to develop new leaders, especially those from and for disadvantaged, challenging communities. Building on lessons from our first two groups of Mission Apprentices, with increased funding from the national church, we’re recruiting our largest group yet, and expect to see growth in each individual as well as in their placement churches.” Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford

For more information about the different church placements, finance, support and expectations, please read our Bradford MA 2025-27 brochure, the Code of Conduct, Role Description and Person Specification before you apply.

The Diocese of Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.

For an informal chat, please contact the Ven Dr Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford by email at Andy.Jolley@leeds.anglican.org or on 07973 458403.

Visas – we are really sorry but at this point in time we are unable to provide a certificate of sponsorship for those who do not have permission to reside in the UK.

To apply, please email carmel.dylak@leeds.anglican.org for an application form. You can also find the application form on our Diocese of Leeds Vacancies webpage here.

The application deadline is Thursday 8th May 2025 (5pm). Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd May (daytime).