Chaplaincy Assistants
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We are looking for three full-time Chaplaincy Assistants for the academic year 2026-2027.
If you think this might be you, please read the Job Description (pdf, 123 KB) and submit an Application Form (Word doc, 39 KB) by midnight on Sunday 22 March 2026 to The Revd Dr Jenny Morgans - 020 7848 0044. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with Jenny if you have any questions or if you would like an informal conversation about the post.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Chaplaincy Assistants are usually considering a vocation to ordained ministry and spend a year with us as part of the discernment process. They work alongside the Chaplains and are responsible for many of the day to day practical tasks in the Chaplaincies across all of the King's campuses, and can be contacted by email.
The Chaplaincy Assistants for 2025-26 are:
Laura Connies-Laing
Laura is from London and read History at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 2023. She then worked in Cambridge for a year, while also studying part time at a theological college.
Most recently, she served as a Pastoral Assistant at a busy parish church in the Diocese of London, supported by additional work at the London Jesuit Centre.
She enjoys reading, journalling, experimental cooking and monastic retreats. Her eclectic interests range from exercise science to Victorian cemeteries.
Holly Douthwaite
Holly was born and raised in County Durham. She recently graduated from the University of York, where she studied English and History and was an active member of the Chaplaincy. Alongside this, she spent the last year as an intern in her local church, during which she ran a book study focused on the role of women in the Bible.
New to London, she is looking forward to embracing the culture shock and exploring all the city has to offer. In her spare time, she enjoys knitting, going to the cinema and collecting as many trinkets as possible.
Benjamin Norris
Benjamin grew up in Sussex and studied English at King's with a focus on Christian evangelism in Victorian children's literature.
He has worked in a variety of faith-based environments with considerable denominational range; as an archivist within a 12th Century Medieval priory, a Bible-duster in a Strict Particular Baptist bookshop, and a pump-organist in one of the smallest chapels in the country - on one occasion during an enthusiastic hymn rendition, he fell backwards off his stool and broke the communion rail.
Benjamin enjoys recreating 18th Century recipes (minus the arsenic), collects Victorian oil lamps, and has a penchant for the Brontë novels and gravestone epitaphs.