Job Description

Please note this is a fixed term position for 18 months

Working hours:

35 hours per week

Interview Date:

23rd January 2026


Herne Bay Salvation Army is a growing corps with a thriving community programme, centred on our vision to grow in faith, grow our friendships, and grow the family. All our work aims to create space for people to discover Jesus, experience his love, and find fullness of life in him.


This role is central to enabling missional growth, supporting the delivery of our five mission priorities, and ensuring our programmes, people, and resources flourish.

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development and delivery of the corps' mission objectives, helping ensure programmes, resources and activities support the flourishing of people and the wider community. Facilitate Christian discipleship, worship and pastoral support, including leading prayer, supporting group worship, and modelling a consistent Christian lifestyle. Build strong relationships within the local community, representing the corps among local authorities, charities, faith groups and programme participants to meet community needs and strengthen mission impact. Manage an effective volunteer programme, ensuring volunteers are appropriately recruited, trained, supported and supervised, and that all safeguarding and Health & Safety requirements are met to the highest standard.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

A strong, vibrant Christian faith Experience in community-based work Knowledge of Safeguarding and Health & Safety requirements Strong communication and interpersonal skills Experience leading and supporting volunteers Good organisational skills Competent use of IT

This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian and will be in sympathy with the doctrines of, and supportive of, the purposes and the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK, Enhanced DBS for the Adult Workforce and an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check for the Child Workforce

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click

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and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.