National Church Institutions
The Fund has three priorities: signposting to statutory agencies, local
resources and relevant charities; grant for therapeutic support; and grant for
basic needs.
The Fund will be easy to access, and aspects of the design of the Fund were
co-produced with victims and survivors. Based on findings from consultation and
co-production, the Archbishops’ Council approved a Terms of Reference that set
out the criteria and parameters of the Fund. Panel decisions will be regularly
reviewed to ensure fairness and equity in all applications.
Panels are held as often as needed – it is anticipated that this will be
fortnightly. With a pool of panel members, frequency of meetings will vary on
volume of applications, and it is anticipated panel members will attend a
meeting every one to two months. The Panel meetings will be conducted online via
Microsoft Teams.
Decision Panel meetings are expected to last up to about an hour and a half,
depending on the number and complexity of discussions required. Panel members
are required to read the panel papers before the meetings.
Independent chairs and Panel members will be supported by the two Panel
Secretaries to the Fund (staff members of the National Safeguarding Team).
Independent chairs and Panel members can come from backgrounds of different
faiths or no faith.
Remuneration
Independent chairs will be recruited as consultants at a rate of £250 per panel
meeting, including preparation, meeting time and any correspondence after
meetings. The contract will be for three years.
Independent chairs will invoice the Archbishops’ Council on a monthly basis and
be responsible for their own tax arrangements.
A note on data protection
As an organisation, we have to comply with data protection law. Under such laws
you will be a data processor on behalf of the Archbishops’ Council, and we will
be sharing sensitive and confidential data with you as independent chair.
The role of data processor comes with responsibilities and obligations which you
must accept if you wish to act as independent chair. For example, you cannot
use, share or alter information shared with you for the purpose other than your
role as an independent chair of the Fund. This is to protect independent chairs,
panel members as well as the applicants who come to the Fund. We will provide
mandatory training to ensure independent chairs and panel members understand
their responsibilities.
Before you take on the role
Independent chairs and Panel members will be required to complete a Basic DBS
check and provide two references. These processes must be completed ahead of
their first panel.
Independent chairs and Panel members will also be required to undertake
mandatory training, including:
* Church of England National Safeguarding Basic Awareness training (1 hour and
15 minutes)
* GDPR(UK) training (40 minutes), and
* an online training day to meet other panel members, to familiarise themselves
with the Terms of Reference and other important matters, on Thursday, 10
September (10am to 4pm).
Conversations and interviews
If you would like to have a conversation with the Panel Secretaries, please get
in touch by writing to ssf@churchofengland.org [ssf@churchofengland.org].
If you would like to apply for this role, please apply through the recruitment
website/ application system and not through the email address above. In the
application process, you will be asked to provide a CV and covering letter that
addresses the skills and knowledge required for the role.
The deadline for application is 11.59pm, Sunday, 9 August. Shortlisting will be
done shortly after and shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as
possible.
Interviews for this position will take place on Monday, 24 August, Tuesday 25
August or Thursday 27 August. They will take place online.
Please note that you will not be able to view the role description after the
closing date. We suggest that you save a copy of this page before you submit
your application.
About the NCIs
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions
and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England
in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation – a
church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church
Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are
and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways
towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their
background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
* Strive for Excellence
* Show Compassion
* Respect others
* Collaborate
* Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and
drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all
backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths
and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of
people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for
us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would
like to hear from you.
Use of AI in your application
We appreciate that you may want to use AI tools to help you with your
application. We’re happy for you to use AI to come up with ideas and help
structure your thoughts, but you shouldn’t use AI to fabricate information or
write your whole application for you. One of our values is integrity, and
although we want you to demonstrate your best self, we don’t want an
AI-generated persona. If you simply copy and paste AI-generated content into
your application, this will reduce your chances of success.
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