Faith in the City: Countering Hate, Cultivating Hope is a three-year programme (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029) responding to rising community tensions and the risk of people being drawn towards divisive narratives and behaviour's, rooted in the legacy of Faith in the City and aligned with the Church of England’s Vision & Strategy and From Lament to Action.
The programme has two strands:
* Speaking Out: equipping clergy and lay leaders with training, resources and theological reflection to challenge divisive narratives, strengthen inter-faith and civic relationships, and support public voice.
* Working with communities: working in high-deprivation contexts to listen well, support basic needs, and co-design practical pathways into inclusion, opportunity and wellbeing.
Key outputs are a transferable national model, including a digital impact assessment tool, annual impact/funder reporting, a scalable toolkit/resource, and a summative learning conference.
Together Liverpool partners with the Diocese of Liverpool who support us, for example, in providing payroll services, providing office space etc. with the worked being directed by Together Liverpool and overseen by trustees
Role purpose:
To lead delivery of Faith in the City: Countering Hate, Cultivating Hope on behalf of Together Liverpool as the central hub, ensuring strong programme oversight, timely delivery against the agreed plan, robust monitoring and learning (including a digital impact assessment tool), and high-quality reporting to funders and stakeholders.
You will be an organised, steady programme leader who can hold multiple partners and workstreams together with clarity and pace. You will be confident working in a sensitive context, exercise good judgement, and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders (including the Chair, CEO and Trustees). You will be strong on practical delivery—planning, follow-through and reporting—and comfortable coordinating specialist support (, evaluation and digital development) without needing to be the technical expert. This is a central oversight role, not a frontline delivery role.
A significant part of this project is supporting clergy and lay leaders through training and theological reflection. It is essential that the postholder can credibly handle faith language, church culture and understands the context for project delivery.
Key responsibilities
1) Programme leadership and delivery
* Lead the central programme plan, ensuring milestones and outputs are delivered to time and achieved desired outcomes.
* Maintain an integrated programme workplan that coordinates activity across partners and keeps delivery aligned to agreed objectives
* Ensure central “hub” responsibilities are delivered, including:
1. Oversight: maintain the master programme plan, track progress against milestones/outputs, and keep a clear view of dependencies across partners.
2. Learning exchange: design and facilitate structures that help partners share practice and learning (, regular learning sessions, peer sharing, and capturing what is transferable).
3. Evaluation coordination: coordinate data collection and evaluation activity, including agreeing what evidence is needed, when, and from whom, and ensuring partners can contribute consistently.
4. Reporting: compile partner updates into coherent reports for funders and key stakeholders (narrative, progress, outcomes, risks, and learning), and maintain an evidence trail to support claims.
5. Project support and issue resolution: identify delivery blockers early (capacity gaps, unclear processes, delays, data issues, stakeholder friction) and coordinate practical fixes—clarifying responsibilities, improving systems, brokering support, and escalating where necessary.
* Develop strategic approach to communications within the project and ensure delivery.
2) Programme oversight and Board
* Establish and run effective programme governance, including agreeing board meeting agendas with the Chair, producing papers, tracking actions, and ensuring decisions are recorded and implemented.
* Coordinate the programme board rhythm
* Maintain appropriate oversight and accountability across partners, ensuring risks, progress and learning are transparent.
3) Impact assessment, learning and evaluation
* Lead the development and implementation of the programme’s digital impact tool: agree the brief, deliver tend, ensure it is contextualised for the programme, and support partner adoption.
* Ensure impact reporting is produced as described (impact reports and funder reports), using learning to refine delivery and strengthen the transferable model.
* Commission/manage independent evaluation activity where required by the programme plan, and ensure learning is shared appropriately.
4) Resource development and transferability
* Coordinate the development of programme resources into a coherent, transferable model for wider use (principles, guides, training materials, digital tools), ensuring outputs are fit for national sharing.
* Oversee the pipeline of written theological reflections and case studies (produced with partners) so learning is captured and shared at key moments.
5) Events and convening
* Oversee central planning and coordination of programme-wide convening (, learning exchanges and the summative conference), working with partners to ensure logistics, content and audiences align with programme purpose.
6) Reporting, stakeholder management and finance oversight
* Produce high-quality narrative reports for funder(s) and key stakeholders, aligned to the programme’s objectives and outputs.
* Coordinate financial reporting across partners for the programme (working with Together Liverpool finance function), ensuring timely and accurate information for funder reporting and internal oversight.
* Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders (diocesan partners, delivery partners, and relevant national bodies as appropriate to delivery).
7) Risk, safeguarding and sensitivity management
* Lead active risk management for a sensitive programme area, escalating appropriately to CEO/Trustees and ensuring partners are supported to manage community tension/backlash risk in line with the programme approach.
* Ensure appropriate links and advice routes are maintained with safeguarding and relevant civic structures referenced in the programme, without drifting into direct local delivery.
8) Line management and internal coordination
* Line-manage the Project Coordinator post, ensuring clear priorities, good workload management and strong internal processes.
* Work closely with Together Liverpool colleagues contributing to communications. storytelling support referenced in the programme
Person specification
Experience:
Essential
* Proven programme/project leadership in a partnership setting (planning, delivery tracking, risk management, and accountability).
* Experience producing high-quality reports for funders and senior stakeholders.
* Experience coordinating governance groups (boards/steering groups), including papers, minutes, and action tracking.
* Experience developing communications approach for sensitive subjects.
Desirable
* Experience of evaluation and/or impact measurement, including working with external evaluators or tool suppliers.
* Experience developing practical resources/toolkits intended for replication beyond one local context.
Skills:
Essential
* Excellent planning and prioritisation; able to manage multiple workstreams and dependencies across organisations.
* Strong written communication (clear, accurate reporting; resource drafting/editing).
* Confident relationship management with senior stakeholders (including Chairs/boards).
Desirable
* Ability to work with digital tools for monitoring/impact reporting (requirements gathering, implementation support).
Knowledge and understanding:
Essential
* Understanding of the faith/charity context and the practical realities of partnership delivery (including reputational sensitivity).
* Understanding of racial justice, social cohesion and the dynamics that shape vulnerability to extremist narratives (in a UK context).
* Understanding and experience of working with Christian Churches, preferably Anglican.
* A deep personal commitment to the aims of the project.
Personal attributes:
Essential
* High levels of discretion, judgement and calm leadership in sensitive contexts.
* Values alignment with Together Liverpool.