Bishops’ Adviser for Women’s Ministry
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Role Description
The principal duties of the Bishops’ Adviser for Women’s Ministry (BAWM) will include:
- Promoting and championing licensed women’s ministries in the Diocese
- To be an advocate for the full inclusion, flourishing and equality of ordained women in every part of church life
- To enable and help women to be all that they can be (this is in the light of all kinds of expectations as to who women in ministry should be)
- Reviewing our Diocesan policies so that they demonstrate best practice around issues which particularly affect licensed lay and ordained women and would include family friendly policies such as maternity/parental leave and a menopause policy
- To be a listening ear to and a voice for women who experience the effects of both conscious and unconscious bias in the church with a particular concern to bring to light those aspects of bias which are often hidden
- Appointing 2 other voluntary advisers to work in the Archdeaconries where the postholder is not based
- To work with others for a Diocese in which women flourish especially with the Archbishop’s Adviser for Pastoral Care
- To advise the Bishops of the Diocese and their ministry officers as to the best practice for women engaged in vocational discernment, formation and deployment for all ministries in the Church
- Being a link between the national church and the Diocese of York via NADAWM
- Encouraging formal and informal networking and mentoring opportunities
- Signposting individuals in need to sources of pastoral support
- Link with the comms team for website material (events and good practice)
- Specialist training events like Hilda’s heirs
- Manage a small budget for travel and resources