Chief Operating Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Westminster Theological Centre (WTC) as Chief Operating Officer (COO). WTC is at an exciting phase of its development as a fast-growing, innovative, theological college. The COO will join the Senior Executive Team as a key person contributing across all areas of operations and leadership. They will be entrepreneurial and strategic as well as having very strong people skills, and will be a key support both to the Principal and the Board of Trustees. This strategic position demands leadership of staff and regular engagement with external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Principal, the COO will oversee all operational aspects of WTC in support of the college’s primary objective of making life-giving theological study available to students from around the UK who study around their life, work and mission commitments. This includes oversight of Hub partnerships, finance, fundraising, HR, IT (including data protection and security), communications, events, and partnerships within the overall framework of the Strategic Plan 2022-27, and in line with WTC’s core vision, mission and values. Ideally they will have a network of contacts with church networks and leaders across the UK. 

The role includes managing a number of direct reports and engaging regularly with the whole staff and Hub/Programme Director teams, students, Hub Church Leaders, donors, Faculty, and other partners. WTC has applied for registration with the Office for Students, and if – as we hope – this is confirmed this year, the role will also involve ensuring the college meets OfS and related reporting deadlines and requirements across different areas of college life, as well as overseeing WTC’s relationship with the Student Loan Company.   

WTC (wtctheology.org.uk) is a pioneering theological college with a vision to integrate the best of scholarship with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit to transform, heal, and release God’s people into His purposes for them. We deliver life-giving theological education within prophetic, worshipping, and learning communities throughout the UK, in partnership with local churches. 

The successful applicant will need to be in full agreement with WTC’s values and mission. As such, it is a genuine occupational requirement for the COO to be a practising and mature Christian. The successful candidate will have strong people, project management and communication skills, the ability to get the best out of their team in line with WTC values, and be strategic and solution oriented. The WTC staff team is small and hard working, with a strong and positive team culture.

This is a full time, permanent position (37.5 hours/week FTE) on completion of a satisfactory probationary period of 3 months. The position attracts a salary of between £50-55K FTE per year, depending on experience and qualifications, as well as access to a pension scheme. Annual holiday allowance is 25 days per calendar (FTE) year plus bank holidays. 

The WTC office is in Cheltenham. This role requires a substantial and regular presence in the office with the staff team weekly, but there is the opportunity for flexible working arrangements. Travel to some WTC events, including the two annual residential, intensive teaching weeks (currently at Nottingham University) is also required.

Access a detailed job and person specification HERE.

To apply:

To apply, please email an up to date Curriculum Vitae, together with a covering letter highlighting how your qualifications and experience make you the person we are looking for, to the Principal, ben.blackwell@wtctheology.org.uk

Closing date for applications:

Midnight Sunday 6th April 2025.

Interviews:

Short listed candidates will be interviewed in person at the WTC offices during the week beginning 14th April. The successful candidate will be available to start in early July for a handover period with the present COO, who is retiring at the end of July.