St Hilda’s College seeks to appoint a Chaplain and Multi-Faith Coordinator from 1 January 2027 (or as soon as possible thereafter).
We are seeking someone who is committed to supporting students of all faiths in their spiritual growth and to developing a programme of activities that represents the multi-faith life of the College.
The Chaplain and Multi-Faith Coordinator will lead and coordinate the faith activities and support the spiritual growth of the students who are members of the faith group to which the Chaplain belongs and will also facilitate and support the activities of students of other faiths.
In collaboration with student faith groups, the Chaplain and Multi-Faith Coordinator will draw up a termly programme of activities that represents the multifaith life of the College and will be responsible for facilitating the practical arrangements for the activities of student faith groups.
Applicants should be ordained as a minister or have similar institutional recognition as a faith leader in any religious tradition and have substantial demonstrable experience of working successfully in a chaplaincy or similar role with students in an educational or higher educational environment.
The Chaplain and Multi-Faith Coordinator is expected to be in College on one day a week during term time (0th week to 9th week).
Please see the full Job Description for further details of the post and benefits provided by the College.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact the Vice Principal, Dr Lorraine Wild, lorraine.wild@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk.
To apply for this post, please send a completed Application Form to the HR manager at recruitment@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 4 November 2026.
Interviews will be held on the morning of Friday 13 November 2026.
Optional: Candidates are also asked to complete a copy of the recruitment monitoring form. This form is used for monitoring purposes only and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel.
Documents
- Employment
- Part time
- Length of contract
- Permanent
- Hours of work
- 7 hours each week during term time: 10 weeks per term. 70 hours per term - 30 weeks per year - 210 hours per year.
- Salary
- £5,220 per annum (including paid annual leave entitlement) Equivalent to University Grade 7, National Spine Point 29 (0.13 FTE).
- Application deadline
- Wednesday 4 November 2026 / 12am