Worship Leader – City Church Manchester

City Church was planted in September 2014 with the aim of reaching those who live, work or study in Manchester with the good news of Jesus. We are a growing church that trains and generously gives labourers to resource and plant churches in Manchester, the Northwest and beyond. By God’s grace, we have grown from a launch team of 27 adults and 5 children to more than 460 adults and 80 children from 47 different nationalities today. It is our prayer (set out in our 10 year vision document) that we will grow to 500-750 adults by 2027 in order to be a hub church that trains and resources ministry throughout the city and our region.

City Church meets at Elliot House on Deansgate in the city centre. We have our offices at Methodist Central Hall also in the city centre. We have 14 members of staff who work out of the City Church offices. We are a close knit team who meet regularly for training, discussion, reflection, and prayer.

The Role

The Worship Leader role is a part-time salaried post. The Worship Leader will oversee our corporate worship ministry (currently four bands), train and disciple the members of our music teams, while also giving leadership to our initiatives to produce music for the church and from the church. The Worship Leader will be supervised by one of our senior pastors and will receive mentorship from an experienced Pastor for Worship Arts in Seattle, WA, and can expect to travel to Seattle from time-to-time as part of this training. They will also participate in Artefact – a ministry we helped launch to develop Christian creatives in the city.

There is an Occupational requirement that the post holder is a committed evangelical Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Acts 2010.

The Person

Essential

• Godly character consistent with 1 Timothy 3:1-13
• Excellence in musical performance including vocals
• Experience of leading bands in corporate worship
• Contagious love for Jesus
• A team player who is self-aware and able to harness others
• Ability to provide careful, kind and precise constructive feedback to others
• Full agreement with the FIEC Doctrinal Basis and Statement on Marriage
• Willingness to submit to City Church Manchester’s Doctrinal Distinctives
• Experience in pastoral care

Desirable

• Experience of working in paid employment outside of the church
• Song writing experience
• Continuing experience of producing and performing music outside the church
• A pioneering spirit who thrives on new opportunities and is not afraid of change
• Competency in building sustainable, scalable and agile structures and programmes
• Preference for tension over balance
• Instinct to innovate

An offer will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Remuneration package

The Worship Leader will be employed on a part-time (0.5) basis on a salary of £24,224. We understand that they may need additional Sundays of leave to accommodate their musical performances elsewhere and would be willing to include additional Sunday leave if requested prior to appointment. They will receive an 8% employer contribution to their pension.

Closing Date

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 20 June 2025. Interviews will take place on either 6-7 July or 11-13 July. If you are not available on either of these dates, please let us know in your application. The role will start on 1 August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

If you have any questions please contact Ralph Cunnington at ralph@citychurchmanchester.org