[ref. v70584118] Faith Guide Coordinator - Milton Keynes
Faith Guide Coordinator
We're looking for an experienced Faith Guide Coordinator to join an important charity helping vulnerable children across the world.
Position: Faith Guide CoordinatorLocation: Milton Keynes
Hours: Part-time - 15 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £12,688 per annum (£30,874 FTE), depending on experience + good range of benefits
Closing date: 1st November 2024
**Please Note: Applications without a CV and cover letter will not be considered.**
About the role:
We are looking for a Faith Guide Coordinatortoprovide direction and energy to the organisation's organisational commitment to 'living out our Christian faith and calling with boldness and humility", creating a vibrant community around our organisational commitment and building strong relationships both internally and with the organisation.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Coordinate and host the organisation's weekly staff devotions.
- Coordinate and support Small Group Leaders and Prayer Ministry Team.
- Oversee the running of regular prayer meetings
- Manage the planning and implementation of the organisation's Day of Prayer in with staff from across WVUK, and UK-based staff at the organisation and Vision Fund International collaboration.
- Engage with theorganisation's Global Centre Faith and Development Leads to ensure that the organisation's approach is in line with the organisation's partnership priorities.
- Maintain the organisation's Faith at Work pages on the staff intranet (SharePoint) keeping content up to date and relevant.
- Support the Head of People & Culture with specific projects including the roll out of the organisation's Mission Immersion Programme to new and existing staff at the organisation.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will need to have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable with regular public speaking as well as setting up and hosting online webinars for large groups of people. You will be able to work collaboratively and have proven experience in building relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
Key skills required for this role:
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Be a passionate advocate and capable communicator.
- Have experience in nurturing Christian communities
- Be someone who is open to and comfortable with different traditions, styles and expression of spirituality, prayer and worship, and has a growing familiarity with and understanding of the Bible.
- Relevant IT skills, especially in Microsoft Office.
- Be self-disciplined, able to organise and prioritise their own workload, and manage multiple projects
About the organisation:
The employer is an international children's charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we've helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years.As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God's unconditional love.
As a child-focused organisation, we are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
We are a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Please note we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client's Christian mission, values, culture, and faith statements.This individual will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.
As a Disability committed employer we encourage qualified individuals with a disability to apply and request a reasonable adjustment if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability.
You may also have experience in areas such as: Spiritual Care Coordinator, Chaplain, Ministry Coordinator, Faith-Based Program Coordinator, Religious Education Director, Spiritual Support Manager, Community Faith Leader, Pastoral Support Officer, Faith Community Liaison, Congregational Care Coordinator, Religious Services Coordinator, Pastoral Team Leader, Mission Coordinator, Spiritual Advisor, Worship Leader Coordinator, Church Administrator, Clergy Support Coordinator, Christian Outreach Coordinator, Lay Ministry Coordinator, Youth Ministry Coordinator.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.