The Diocese of Leeds is offering an amazing opportunity to join its two-year Bradford Mission Apprentice scheme from September 2025.
Supported by national Church of England funding, we are recruiting part-time Mission Apprentices to help drive and expand the church’s missional work in the Bradford Episcopal Area.
It's a two-year long adventure giving you an experience of leadership and service, learning alongside a community of other Mission Apprentices. You will be able to explore more of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and grow as a leader of mission in one of our local churches. You will be given the skills to equip you for life, work, mission and leadership, and the opportunity to use and develop these in a local church setting. And you'll be paid £13,100 a year for this 20 hours a week role.
“The Mission Apprentice role is great because it gives you the opportunity to experience lots of different aspects and roles involved in working for the church. You get to meet and work with some amazing people and grow as a person and closer to God whilst doing so.” Lucinda, current Mission Apprentice
The Mission Apprentice’s main focus will be working for one of the following placement churches:
- Fountains Church Bradford, our City Centre Resource Church, linked with Frizinghall, Shelf with Buttershaw and Fairweather Green – 6 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- BD7 Churches - St John’s Great Horton, St Wilfrid's Lidget Green & St Columba's Horton Grange – 2 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- North East Bradford - opportunities across the five parishes of Idle (Holy Trinity Idle), Greengates (St John's Greengates), Wrose (St Cuthbert's, Wrose), Thorpe Edge and Eccleshill - 4 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- St John’s Clayton and St Peter's Allerton – 2 Mission Apprentice vacancies
- Girlington, Heaton & Manningham – 3 Mission Apprentice vacancies
The Mission Apprentice Learning Community includes free weekly learning as part of the Mission Apprentice Learning Hub, residentials and support.
“The Mission Apprentices scheme is a key way in which we are seeking to develop new leaders, and especially those from and for disadvantaged, challenging communities. Building on lessons from our first two groups of Mission Apprentices, with increased funding from the national church, we’re recruiting our largest group yet, and expect to see growth in each individual as well as in their placement churches.”
Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford
For more information about the different church placements, finance, support and expectations please read our brochure, Code of Conduct and the Mission Apprentice Role Description and Person Specification.
The Diocese of Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.
For an informal chat about these roles please contact Archdeacon Andy Jolley on 07973 458403 or email andy.jolley@leeds.anglican.org.
To apply, please complete the application form and email this to carmel.dylak@leeds.anglican.org by the deadline of Thursday 8th May 5pm. Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd May in Bingley.