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Marketing and Communications Manager (Maternity Cover)

Southwark Cathedral are looking for an experienced, proactive, and talented Marketing & Communications professional to help the Cathedral achieve its vision and calling. The postholder will help design, deliver and monitor effective marketing communications using a wide range of media to support income generation, give a high quality visitor experience, maintain a positive public profile for the Cathedral, lead internal communications with our staff and Cathedral community, and take a lead role in developing and delivering engaging digital content and social media campaigns.

This is for a fixed term to cover the maternity leave of the current postholder, anticipated to be for 9 – 12 months.

Start Date | January 2026

Salary | £35,000

Hours of Work | 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Due to the nature of the role, attendance at evening and weekend events may be required.

How to apply | Please complete the application form on the Church of England Pathways website: Church Of England Vacancies - Marketing and Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) by 11.59pm on Thursday 27 November 2025.

Marketing and Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) Applicant Information Pack 

Interviews | Monday 8 December 2025

Head of Engagement 

The Chapter of Southwark Cathedral wishes to appoint a Head of Engagement to help deliver the Making Space for Love vision and engage with and grow a range of external audiences.

The Head of Engagement has a key role in growing and developing new and existing audiences.  It is about helping to programme and deliver engaging events, reflecting our vision and values, which will help us build loyal audiences. It is also about developing mechanisms to understand and engage with these audiences more effectively.

In addition, the postholder needs to develop and maintain a world class welcome, motivating the team to encourage a growing level of visitor donations income.

Start Date | ASAP

Salary | £42,000

Hours of work | 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Due to the nature of the role, attendance at evening and weekend events may be required. 

How to apply | Please complete the application form on the Church of England Pathways website: Church Of England Vacancies - Head of Engagement by 11.59pm on Thursday 27 November 2025.

Head of Engagement Applicant information pack

Interviews | Friday 12 December 2025

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