Employment Consents

The London District’s Employment Consents Group provides approval and guidance to churches and circuits across London in their recruitment processes by overseeing role descriptions and the supporting documentation to ensure compliancy and good practice.

All salaried roles within the District at either church or circuit level must be approved by the Employment Consents Group via the form below.

The Group aim to respond within 10 working days of the submission being received with all relevant supporting documentation. To ensure that your role is more likely to be approved, please take some time to gather, prepare and/or review the following areas:

Job Description

Job description which clearly sets the duties expected of the role holder and outlines the basics terms and conditions of employment (e.g. salary, hours, location of work, contract type etc.).

A template for job descriptions can be found here or examples of job descriptions and person specifications can be found here.

Budget Forecast

The budget forecast for the role, including annual uplifts and additional employer costs.

See here for examples of budgetary considerations.

Person Specification

Person specification (which may be part of same document as the job description) which will identify what experiences, skills and/or qualifications are required to fulfil the duties and responsibilities as outlined in the job description.

A template for person specifications can be found here or examples of job descriptions and person specifications can be found here.

Supervision

Does the post holder need to be in Supervision.

See further information on Supervision here. Whether this role requires supervision can be found in the FAQs.

If in doubt, please check with the District SIP holder.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Consider whether a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for the role.

See the Safer Recruitment pages for further details.

ACAS

For other general employment advice visit ACAS, a public body helping employers and employees with all employment issues.

Employment Consents Form

The London District's Employment Consent group will review all lay employment job descriptions.

This form provides the first step in providing them with the information they need to know from you.