Rector

Anglican Parish of All Saints
**Location**:South Hobart, Tasmania
**Date advertised**: 2nd May 2023

**Job Type**:Full time
**Closing Date**:16 June 2023

**About Hobart**

Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania, is a city that blends natural beauty and urban convenience. It lies at the base of kunanyi (Mount Wellington) and is surrounded by the bays and estuaries that lead out into the Southern Ocean.

It has a vibrant arts community, and is home to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Hobart has a number of annual and biennial festivals, including Mona Foma, the Wooden Boat festival, Dark Mofo and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Surrounded by orchards, vineyards and lush pastures, Hobart is well known for its wonderful local food. South Hobart is an inner city suburb, bounded by the City, West Hobart and Fern Tree. Fern Tree lies at the base of Mount Wellington, and due to its elevation often has winter snow.

**About the Parish**

We are a vibrant Eucharistically centred community in the catholic tradition. Our worship centres around the Eucharist, celebrated with dignity, with a committed choir and serving team, and as a pastoral space, in which people can come before God, encouraging one another in our discipleship, and drawing God’s people together.

Three services are held each Sunday at All Saints and one service at St Raphael’s. A number of services are held during the week at All Saints and at St Anne’s aged care facility, St John’s Hospital, The Rivulet and The Lodge retirement and aged care facilities. The rector and a pastoral visitor visit a number of hospitals and aged care facilities each week.

All Saints has a significant place in the community of South Hobart. The Church is bordered by the local South Hobart shopping precinct and an extensive retirement village/aged-care facility. The Church is open daily, and it, with the beautiful Church gardens, provides locals with a place of reflection and quiet. The Parish has a church shop, and also conducts a hugely popular monthly market, which supports local artisans, and attracts customers from across the city.

Read the Parish Profile.

**About You**

We seek a Rector who is an Anglican priest committed to the Anglo Catholic tradition, and who places high importance on the sacraments of the church. A person who is prayerful, demonstrating a life founded in a deep relationship with Christ.

A person who will provide leadership with love, humility and enthusiasm, and who will lead and build the pastoral ministry team. Our parish has a strong musical tradition, and we seek someone who will support and encourage the rich musical life of the parish.

Essential Criteria:

- Is an Orthodox Anglican priest committed to the Anglo-Catholic tradition
- Will provide leadership with love, humility and enthusiasm
- Is prayerful, demonstrating a life founded in a deep relationship with Christ
- Places high importance on the Sacraments of the Church
- Values highly Biblical teaching and preaching
- Exercises discernment and wisdom in listening, and interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and across a wide age spectrum
- Encourages people to share in leadership roles
- Is consultative and collaborative
- Will support and encourage the rich musical life of the parish
- Will facilitate new pathways for engagement with the wider community
- Will enable and encourage volunteers
- Will lead and build the pastoral ministry team
- Will grow our ministry to young families and children
- Will encourage growth in the parish through outreach and evangelism

**About the Diocese**

Bishop Richard Condie, the current Bishop, wants making disciples of Jesus to be at the core of everything we do. He also highly values training and support for church leaders - this includes each ministry leader in the Diocese having a Professional Supervisor, being in a cohort with others at the same life/ministry stage, and money and time given from the parish for professional development each year.

The current group of clergy/ministry leaders (about 80 in total) meet together twice a year and are highly supportive of each other in gospel partnership.

Find out more at the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania website.

**Conditions**
- Information about stipends and allowances in the Diocese is found here
- Housing or a housing allowance will be provided

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