The Diocese of Leeds is seeking to appoint a Director of Communications to lead and shape our communications strategy at a pivotal time in our journey.

Our vision is to nurture confident Christians who live out their faith boldly and authentically. Communications are central to this mission, building understanding, fostering collaboration, and reaching beyond our church walls to engage with the wider world. We aim to speak with clarity and integrity about who we are and what we do, empowering bishops, clergy, lay leaders, parishes, and schools to do the same.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and delivery of a dynamic diocesan communications strategy
• Promote diocesan themes and initiatives across digital, print, and social media platforms
• Support senior leaders in engaging effectively with diverse audiences
• Oversee content creation and distribution, ensuring consistency and impact
• Provide expert PR support, including media relations and crisis communications

About You:

You will be a strategic thinker with a passion for storytelling and a deep understanding of the power of communication in shaping culture and community. You’ll bring experience in media, public relations, or communications leadership, and be confident working with senior stakeholders in a complex organisation.

Why Join Us?

The Diocese of Leeds serves a vibrant and diverse region, encompassing over 600 churches and 240 schools across urban centres and rural communities. You’ll be supported by a skilled communications team and work closely with senior leaders to make a lasting difference in the life of the Church and its communities.

We look forward to discovering how your experience and gifts can help us advance our shared vision of confident Christians, transforming lives throughout Yorkshire and the Dales.

We’re committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. That’s why all our vacancies are shortlisted anonymously, removing personal details from applications to ensure every candidate is assessed purely on their skills and experience.

The package includes a competitive salary, flexi-time scheme, an 8% non-contributory pension with an additional 5% matched contributions, hybrid working (50%), Cycle to work scheme, EV salary sacrifice scheme and30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and four customary days a year (between Christmas and New Year).

Closing date: 1 December 2025

Interview date: 8 December 2025

For an informal conversation about this role please contact Jonathan Wood (Diocesan Secretary) Jonathan.wood@leeds.anglican.org

Our Values

• Love God, the world and one another.
• Live in the world as it is, but, drawn by a vision of something better, we want to help individuals and communities flourish,
• Learn when we get things wrong, by listening and growing together.

The Diocese of Leeds is proud to be a Living Wage Employer.

Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance (The Board) is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and the workplace and in avoiding unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, the Board will ensure that recruitment and selection, training and development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, class or caste, religious belief or lack of religious belief (unless this is an occupational requirement), disability, trade union membership or non-membership, gender or sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, responsibility for dependents or being a part-time or fixed-term worker. The Board’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.

The Diocese of Leeds is currently unable to sponsor candidates without Right to Work in the UK. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK to take up this role.

To download a copy of our policy for the recruitment of ex-offenders from the diocesan website, please click on the below link:

https://www.leeds.anglican.org/vacancies