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A warm welcome to the Church of Scotland Ministries Council recruitment website. test

The Ministries Council is responsible for the recruitment, training, deployment and ongoing support of a range of ministries: Ministers (full-time), Auxiliary Ministers (non-stipendiary), Deacons, Parish Assistants, Pastoral Assistants as well as Youth Workers and Community Workers.

This site is dedicated to recruiting the right people to work in a variety of posts alongside Parish Ministers. Many of these po…

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Ongoing support and development

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The Council is responsible for ensuring the ongoing personal and professional development of all employees. Appraisals form an important part of this and new staff and line managers receive the necessary training before appraisals are undertaken.

The Council endeavours to ensure that any training needs or requests that arise as a result of appraisal are met. When new teams are formed they will have the opportunity to attend New Team Training days; these events provide a great opportunity to exp…

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Follow a path of fulfilment.

This is the opportunity to explore your deep-rooted Christian faith and use your special gifts and skills in ways that you haven’t before. Putting your faith into action and using your energy for God, you’ll have the chance to achieve a new level of fulfilment and give something back to the wider community.

Location plays a major role in personal development, with a change of scenery offering scope for re-focusing skills in new and innovative ways. A move to the remote parts of the country …

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John Craw - Parish Assistant (retired), Caithness

For the last six plus years my Pauline and I have been living and working in Caithness, prior to this we were in the mighty and busy city of Inverness. Originally we came from Dundee and Bellshill near Glasgow (nae difference).

Life in Caithness is different; it passes by at a pace that you can at times choose yourself, at other times the people and the activities going on around you dictate the pace.

Perhaps an explanation is required, well you know, when you visit people they stop what the…

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Application

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Thank you for your interest in working with the Church of Scotland Ministries Council.

To apply for any of the roles please return completed application form and equal opportunities form in an envelope marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to The Human Resources Department, 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN. Alternatively these can be emailed to recruitment@cofscotland.org.uk

Download the Application Form - Word doc

Download the Application Form - PDF

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Staff benefits:

Childcare

  • - Childcare Voucher Scheme

Health and Leisure

  • - Crieff Hydro Hotel
  • - Eyecare Scheme
  • - FirstAssist Family Counselling Service
  • - Murraypark Hotel

Giving

  • - Payroll Giving

House and Travel

  • - Car Leasing
  • - Bicycle Purchase Scheme

Shopping

  • - Macintyres of Edinburgh

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Locations

All of the locations that are available are listed in the drop down to the right, so to find where a role is based simply select the location from the drop down menu and the location will be shown on the google map.



Please note that the following map offers a guide to our presbyteries only and is not intended as an ordinance survey facility.

Here is a list of Presbyteries to get started.

Presbytery Name:      

Aberdeen      

Abernethy     

Angus 

Annandale & Eskdale   

Ardross…

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Role search

To search for roles we have included this handy search tool.

Type in the location, category and or area you are looking to work in and the roles matching your criteria will be returned. Here you can browse and search again if you would like to see roles for a different area.

To help with your searches here are our categories and all of our presbytery names can be found on the locations page.

Categories:

  • Associate Minister
  • Chaplain
  • Children and Youth
  • Community Development
  • Community Mi…

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