Senior Pastoral Worker & Administrator- Lighthouse West Yorkshire
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Hours: Full time, 35.00hrs

Contract: Permanent

Starting salary: £26,390

Closing date for applications: 3rd November 2026

Interview date: 23rd November 2026

This role combines pastoral care with administration. We’re looking for someone with experience of supporting adults with complex needs, who can also help manage the systems and organisations that often surround people’s lives.

Personal Specification
Essentials:

  • Commitment to their own discipleship and spiritual growth
  • Calling and heart to serve some of the most vulnerable and marginalised in society
  • Experience of working pastorally with adults with complex needs
  • Ability to navigate systems and organisations that often surround people's lives
  • Ability to cope with and manage boundaries in complex pastoral situations
  • Good organisational and administrative skills
  • Confidence in managing and developing systems and procedures
  • Team player who can demonstrate resilience, integrity, adaptability and compassion
  • Comfortable working ecumenically and in an Anglican context, alongside those with a charismatic evangelical spirituality
  • Ability to work as part of the wider Lighthouse team and community

Desirable:

  • Experience of working within a church or charity setting
  • Experience of working with adults with multiple and complex needs
  • Experience in project management
  • Some theological, pastoral and/or biblical training

35 hours per week
Salary: £26,390 per annum (pro rata, based on a full-time equivalent of £30,160)

About Lighthouse
We are a Christ-centred church and charity in Leeds, walking alongside those battered and bruised by the storms of life. We work six days a week across six locations, offering pastoral care, practical support, worship and community to adults experiencing multiple and complex needs.

If you love Jesus and feel called to serve those on the margins, we’d love to hear from you. Whether you already have experience in pastoral ministry or are looking for an opportunity to learn, grow and develop, we’d love you to find out more about joining the Lighthouse team.

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