Women are assuming leadership roles in the administrative headquarters of many of the dioceses of England and Wales and at the Bishops’ Conference offices in London. The Church is benefiting from their experience in careers such as accounting, human resources, communications, education, and the important area of safeguarding. Along with this expertise, they bring a keen sense of vocation.
Research by The Tablet has found that many professional women working in the Church enjoy high levels of job satisfaction. They say they have good working relationships with their line managers – usually priests. Several add that priests are particularly understanding of their family responsibilities and allow them to work flexibly to take account of these.