Associate Vicar, Cromer in Norwich

Cromer Church is a large Anglican evangelical church on the beautiful North Norfolk coast. We are a single parish, comprising one church family meeting across two worship venues. We are four Sunday congregations with an average Sunday attendance of over 300 adults and children. We take the Bible seriously as God's word and are increasingly open to the work of the Holy Spirit in worship and ministry. We are committed to worshipping God together and growing in Jesus and long to see our town and county transformed by the good news of Jesus.

We are looking to appoint an Associate Vicar with a heart for sharing the gospel with our town and helping us grow in numbers and maturity. Alongside the incumbent, they will provide strategic leadership of the church, nurture and extend our existing work with children and families and oversee and grow the congregations at St Martin's Suffield Park.

Main Responsibilities

• Sharing in the strategic leadership for the ongoing growth of the church;
• Sharing oversight of a busy parish church, including deputising for the incumbent in his absence;
• Leading weekly worship and Bible ministry in a wide range of settings and styles;
• Being involved in all aspects of ministry within the benefice, including pastoral work and occasional offices, with specific responsibility for the communities of Suffield Park;
• Being part of the core staff team consisting of the Vicar, Curate and Church Secretary.

Specific

• To develop our outreach and discipleship among families, especially within the context of social need and seasonal opportunities.
• To take an active role within the three schools in our parish, including taking assemblies and school services as required.
• To oversee our Youth and Children's work volunteers.
• To lead the congregations at St Martin's Suffield Park under the authority of the incumbent.
• To explore new patterns of worship that connect with contemporary culture.

It is expected that this role will evolve in discussion with the incumbent and PCC to reflect the gifts of the individual appointed, and the current staffing structures and church needs. The Associate Vicar will be based in the Cromer benefice with a usual expectation of two Sundays a month at St Martin's, and an additional two days in the week. The post is a permanent appointment.

The Ideal Candidate

• A mature disciple of Jesus Christ, committed to continually growing in your relationship with Him through prayer and scripture and a dependence on the Holy Spirit.
• An ordained Anglican minister who has successfully completed IME 4-7/Phase 2.
• Committed to the authority of God's word in all matters of belief and behaviour, including being able to uphold a traditional Christian position regarding marriage and sexuality as expressed in the Church of England Evangelical Council's Basis of Faith.
• Thoroughly committed to an evangelical understanding of mission and ministry.
• Comfortable working within a parish church, whose congregations encompass a breadth of Anglican evangelicalism.
• Passionate about seeing lives and our community transformed by the good news of Jesus as we reach out in word and deed.
• Convinced of the central role of the local church in achieving God's purposes.

If you would like an informal conversation about this post, please contact the Vicar, the Revd Will Warren or the Archdeacon of Lynn, the Ven. Catherine Dobson on 01362 709200 or email archdeacon.lynn@dioceseofnorwich.org.

Please submit your Application and Confidential Declaration Form by 9.00am on Wednesday 18th February 2026 to Mrs Ann Whittet (PA to the Bishop of Lynn and Archdeacon of Lynn) by email to ann.whittet@dioceseofnorwich.org with a hard copy in the post to: The Bishop's Office, Commercial Road, Dereham NR19 1AE.