Christian Jobs

Salary: £25,721 per annum

Hours per week: 37.5

Contract Term: permanent, subject to satisfactory references, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Check and a 6 month probationary period

Location: Frontier Centre, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

We have an exciting opportunity for a Centre Team Supervisor who will lead the Centre Team, ensuring the provision of excellent customer care and outstanding hospitality with a first-class end-to-end guest experience.  Motivated by their Christian faith, he or she will be able to clearly and sensitively communicate Rock UK’s Christian aims and ethos to staff and guests of all faiths and none. 

The successful applicant will need to have experience of leading and motivating a staff team, strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to think logically and creatively to meet outcomes. A valid driving licence is a requirement for the role and the post holder will also need to on the weekend duty rota around once every 6 weeks (with time off in lieu to compensate).

This role is subject to an Occupational Requirement (OR) that the successful applicant is a Christian who is committed to the values, beliefs and behaviours set out in our ethos statement.

Closing date for applications is Friday 29th November 2024

Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to give struggling children hope and a future. Building on the huge success of TLG Early Intervention Coaching, TLG Therapeutic Support will be a new way for TLG, with partner churches, to provide support in school for the increasing number of pupils struggling to cope due to their emotional, relational, and mental health experiences.

In this role we are looking for an individual that thrives working with children and young people in a school context and is passionate about supporting pupils and their families struggling with emotional, relational, and mental health challenges. The ideal candidate will be a qualified counsellor with an aptitude for creativity whether this is music and drama, sport and outdoor recreation or other fields of kinaesthetic development. The TLG Therapeutic Counsellor will be present each week in the school, providing specialist trauma aware care for these children, whilst supporting staff and parents too, so we're looking for an individual who can build and foster strong relationships.

TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

Closing Date: Rolling Applications
Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies. The date of interviews is to be confirmed.

About the role

Compassion UK is poised at a significant moment, and we need to achieve ambitious and urgent targets of growth in the number of children released from poverty. We need to develop more and deeper, mutually beneficial, relationships with multi-denominational UK Church leaders, significant event leaders and philanthropists. This will enable us to grow revenue which will increase the impact of Compassion’s child development programmes in the years to come.
 

As a Strategic Partnerships Manager, you’ll work within the Church Partnerships Team and play a key role to build on existing significant relationships. In addition, develop new larger Key Church Partner Relationships and be actively involved with our strategy to selected Church denominations, networks and events. You’ll be required to speak extensively within church and event settings with a call to action, asking people to consider supporting the work of Compassion. To maximise the opportunities from these partnerships and to achieve sponsorship objectives. Ideally, the successful candidate would be based in London (within the M25).

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of the Partnerships Team strategy.
• Work collaboratively across Compassion UK to effectively meet objectives.
• Actively maintain and promote Compassion UK’s Christian ethos and values. 

The successful candidate will be:

• Experienced Networker – You have a proven ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships within the Church and Christian events space, with a solid track record to show for it.
• Insight into Church Leadership – You understand and empathize with church leaders, with a genuine appreciation for their challenges and responsibilities.
• Confident Public Speaker – You’re a capable and compelling speaker with experience preaching in churches, comfortable delivering messages that resonate and inspire.
• Sales/Fundraising Expertise – You’ve successfully managed the full cycle of sales or fundraising efforts, from lead generation to closing deals, and have consistently met your targets.
• Weekend Availability – You’re flexible and willing to attend church services or events on weekends (up to 24 activities annually) as part of growing and sustaining partnerships.
• Self-Starter – You work well independently, managing your time and workload effectively while working remotely.
• Strong Administrative Skills – You’re proficient in English, both written and verbal, with solid numerical skills. You’re familiar with essential office tools like Microsoft Office.

Additional Skills That Would Be Beneficial:

• Familiarity with CRM systems or similar platforms.
• Experience in managing or supporting volunteers.

Key Requirements:

• Willingness to Travel – Regular travel across the UK is required, with some overseas trips as agreed upon with the Head of Church Partnerships.
• Full Driving License – You must have a full driving license and access to a car for work (mileage expenses will be reimbursed).
• Location – Ideally, you’re based in London or within M25 commuter belt.

Compassion UK’s Cultural Alignment:

• Commitment to the Christian Faith – As part of our team, you’ll need to be a practicing Christian, passionate about promoting our faith-driven mission. (For more information, see our Policy on Posts to be Held by Christians.)
• Passionate About Our Cause – You share our commitment to supporting children suffering from the injustices of poverty, and you’ll prioritize child protection in everything you do.
• Aligned with Our Culture – Compassion UK values passion, collaboration, innovation, effectiveness, and grace. We’ll expect you to demonstrate and grow in these attributes, with one interview focusing on your active personal commitment to the Christian faith.

Location, hours and benefits:

Home-based
*Ideally, the successful candidate is based in London or within the M25 commuter belt.
 
Hours
35 hours per week  | Over a flexible working pattern with an estimated 24 weekend activities per annum.

In return, you will get

• Flexible and sociable working environment
• Free parking at the office in Fleet
• Access to Compassion House gym with shower facilities
• Time in Lieu offered
• Pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
• Income Protection & Group Life cover
• Private Medical & Dental cover
• Celebrating life milestones such as birthdays, newcomers, weddings, babies, etc.
• Weekly team prayers and devotionals
• Compassion updates and worship events

Apply by
10am on 29 November 2024
Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 9 December
 

Assessment Tasks
As part of our recruitment process, candidates are required to complete an assessment task. Should you progress to the interview stage, we will provide further details to help you prepare.

Summary

• Supervising, checking, authorising and peer reviewing the work of Pension Administrators and other Senior Administrators.
• Dealing with enquiries/calculations of a non-routine or complicated nature, with guidance from the Team Leader(s).
• Assisting with the general running of the Department and carrying out other duties as may be required.
• Providing cover for the pensions helpline and pensions and contribution mailboxes, dealing with member and employer queries that arise.
• Calculating benefits on leaving, retirement, death and transfer out/divorce
• Producing statements of contributions and annual benefit statements for scheme members.
• Carrying out the day to day administration of the voluntary contribution arrangements and transfers between AVC schemes.
• Line management of Pension Administrators, including training, development and performance reviews.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the day to day running of the first Night Shelter in the London Borough of Sutton since 2020.

You will lead the project managing an assistant and also overseeing venue leaders and a team of volunteers.

You will be first point of contact for guests and be main point of referral for external partners.

Our vision is to see people move on into more settled accommodation so you will coordinate the involvement of external partners and signpost accordingly.

As a Christian organisation faith is a key driver in all we do. The coordinator will have pastoral responsibility for venue leaders and volunteer and the shelter assistant. The coordinator will lead by example in prayer and Christian conduct.

It is an occupational requirement for the postholder to be a Christian

The Boaz Trust is a Manchester-based charity that started 20 years ago as an outworking of the founder's Christian faith. Last year we provided trauma-informed and person-centred housing and support for more than 200 people facing homelessness after seeking safety in the UK through our floating support and 17 properties that we manage.

This new role is a key part of our strategy to increase our capacity to provide accommodation for more people in the Greater Manchester area working in partnership with GMCA and a range of local and national stakeholders. You will report directly to the CEO and Board and be part of the Senior Leadership Team building on our unique experience of providing both housing-focused and floating support for people who have recently been granted refugee status, as well as those who have been refused asylum and who are facing homelessness.

In the current climate, this work is needed more than ever. We are therefore looking for an experienced and dynamic leader to develop our accommodation services. The ideal candidate will have experience / knowledge of;

• procuring and managing accommodation services (including shared housing)
• social housing standards, regulations and other relevant housing legislation
• project, contract or budgetary management
• managing a team of staff and contractors 
• building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, to increase impact and sustainability. 

We are looking for someone with ambition and drive to build on our experience and reputation as well as getting involved in the day-to-day delivery of housing management in a small team.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to use their experience to make a big difference to the lives of hundreds of people and to shape the future direction and strategy of the organisation.

The successful candidate will need to be supportive of the Christian ethos and values of the charity. However, diversity, equity and inclusion are also important to us at Boaz Trust so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

For a full Job Description and Person Specification as well as more details about the role and the organisation download our 'recruitment pack'. 

House of Prayer Impact Lead

To ensure delivery of all operational requirements of the House of Prayer activities at Waverley Abbey, to see the house full of believers welcomed and re-ignited for the kingdom.

To ensure that Encounter with God is central to the heartbeat of the staff, student and guest experience.

Prioritise our mission to the Millennial generation and Gen Z driving significant increase in numbers of guests from this target market.

Work closely with the Waverley Abbey House of Prayer Community Leader who has full responsibility for: 
 
Regular Rhythms of prayer, 121 Spiritual direction, the larger HOP Community, outfacing to 24-7 Prayer and core writing for EDWJ

And Spiritual Oversight of: 

The residential Community and HOP team, retreats content, spiritual input and delivery, internship and worship. 

This role holds a Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to be a practising Christian who assents to Waverley Abbey’s Statement of Faith. 

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver Encounter at the heart of the whole Waverley Abbey organisation 
• New Generation vision delivery into action 
• Excellent Prayer Spaces across the site and digitally 
• A world class, oversubscribed Retreats calendar 
• Internship oversight and Lectio Live management 
• For further detail on key responsibilities and person spec, please see the attached Job Description. 

If you’d like to apply, please provide your CV, and a cover letter that directly addresses the requirements of the job description, including why you are interested in the role.

Applications will close on 1st December 2024; we reserve the right to close applications early.

Please note, an appointment will be subject to:

• Evidence of Right to Work in the UK 
• Satisfactory references 
• Meeting the Occupational Requirement criteria 
• Satisfactory completion of a probationary period 

REF-217 969 

Salary: £18,862.07 per annum

Hours per week: 27.5 hours per week (ideally 5.5 hours per day)

Contract Term: permanent, subject to satisfactory references, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Check and a 6 month probationary period

Location: Frontier Centre, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

We have an exciting opportunity for a Hospitality Team Supervisor who will lead and train the Hospitality Team, ensuring the provision of excellent customer care and outstanding hospitality for our guests in the dining room and around the Centre. He or she will liaise with other centre teams regarding recruitment, managing rotas and provide pastoral care for overseas team members.  Motivated by their Christian faith, he or she will be able to clearly and sensitively communicate Rock UK’s Christian aims and ethos to staff and guests of all faiths and none.  A valid driving licence is a requirement for the role and the post holder will also need to on the weekend duty rota around once every 6 weeks (with time off in lieu to compensate).

This role is subject to an Occupational Requirement (OR) that the successful applicant is a Christian who is committed to the values, beliefs and behaviours set out in our ethos statement.

Closing date for applications is Friday 29th November 2024 

Summary

About us:
The Centre for Cultural Witness and its digital publishing platform, Seen & Unseen, aim to thoughtfully engage and deepen the Christian voice in public life. We’re seeking a Creative Marketing Strategist to play a crucial role in developing and driving our digital marketing and communications strategy, fostering impactful engagement with audiences and maximising the potential of our creative resources. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, creative, and proactive individual to make a significant contribution to our mission.

Role summary:
The Creative Marketing Strategist will lead the implementation and optimisation of Seen & Unseen’s digital marketing and communications strategy, driving our social media paid and organic efforts, managing agency relationships, and collaborating with internal teams. This role will balance creative vision with data-driven insights, ensuring that content is aligned with strategic objectives and effectively reaches our target audience.

Key responsibilities:

• Project management: Oversee and manage the implementation of Seen & Unseen’s digital marketing and communications strategy, working in close collaboration with our marketing agency and senior leadership team to ensure alignment with CCW’s overarching objectives.
• Strategic marketing input: Provide expert guidance on channel selection, content creation, and paid and organic social media strategies to effectively meet Seen & Unseen’s marketing goals, optimising content across platforms.
• Agency management: Act as the primary contact for our marketing agency, ensuring high-quality, cohesive output. Prepare clear, strategic briefs for creative concepts, media planning, content production, and graphic design that align with strategic goals.
• Performance measurement & KPIs: In collaboration with senior leadership, define key performance indicators (KPIs), track campaign performance, and provide actionable insights. Utilise data and analytics to refine strategies, improve future campaigns, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Creative ideation & content creation: Identify opportunities and develop innovative creative concepts that align with Seen & Unseen’s objectives. Create engaging, high-quality digital content for social media as and when required.
• Content optimisation: Analyse and evaluate content reach and engagement, leveraging insights to inform the editorial direction and content strategy.
• Audience insights: Deepen understanding of our audience through qualitative and quantitative insights, making informed recommendations to enhance audience connection and engagement with Seen & Unseen’s objectives.

Person specification:

• Creativity & strategic vision: A creative, strategic thinker who can balance big-picture planning with attention to detail, optimising resource use for maximum impact.
• Proactive & collaborative: A self-starter and project manager who drives initiatives forward with enthusiasm, while also being a strong collaborator across teams and with external partners.
• Content & marketing expertise: A solid understanding of best practices for different platforms, an understanding of the marketing landscape and a strong grasp of effective content strategies for audience engagement.
• Content creation: Proven ability to create short-form videos and craft compelling copy, and a hands-on approach to delivering high-quality content when needed.
• Analytical acumen: Skilled in interpreting marketing data and insights, with the ability to translate metrics into meaningful recommendations for content and campaign improvements.
• Paid advertising proficiency: In-depth knowledge of paid advertising, with experience managing campaigns and optimising ad spend to achieve strategic objectives.
• Communication skills: Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, capable of conveying ideas clearly and inspiring others to align with strategic goals.

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in digital marketing, content strategy and creation, and project management.
• Strong understanding of analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics. Meta Business Suite) and experience in data-driven marketing.

Desirable

• Experience working in media publishing, e.g. opinion or magazine sites is desirable.
• Experience working in or with marketing agencies is desirable.
• Subject matter interest in cultural commentary, theology, philosophy and current affairs.

Working for the Centre for Cultural Witness
This post gives an excellent opportunity to be involved in the early stages of a new initiative. The CCW staff work as a small and close-knit team and support each other during busy periods with flexibility and good humour. We offer a generous annual leave and staff benefits package.

Additional information
The full-time equivalent salary for this role is £38,000–£42,000, which is pro-rated to £22,800–£25,200 based on the part-time hours of 3 days per week (0.6 FTE) - subject to funding.

Please submit your CV and complete the application questions detailing your experience and interest in the role via the online application. Applications will be accepted until 12th December. Interviews will take place on Monday 16th December.  

The Early Intervention Administrator role requires an individual who is relational, hard-working, pro-active, and can use their initiative on a day-today basis. The role is central to TLG sustaining and achieving positive impact through TLG’s volunteer programmes and church partner network. Passionate about supporting vulnerable children and their families, the church and TLG’s vision, the post-holder will lead up, across and down within the organisation, so to ensure that key outcomes are achieved within stated deadlines

The successful candidate will be well-organised, collaborative and flexible in their approach to work. With strong customer-focus, he/she will support church partners and staff team members effectively, with an eye for detail and a personable approach. To support the ongoing growth in our church partnerships network, the post-holder will collaborate with team members to lead in the development and maintenance of the online platforms and processes surrounding the Early Intervention programme, and our CRM system. With a creative approach to work and a hunger for personal and professional development, this is a role for an ambitious administrator who thrives in a fast-paced working environment that requires creative problem-solving, focused on constantly improving ways to serve our partner churches and the children and families they support.

TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

Initial Interview Date (Online): 9th December 2024

Final Interview Date (In Person): 12th December 2024

Closing Date: 4th December 

Summary

• Project management/support, ensuring smooth project delivery and implementing new processes where required.
• Management of the digital giving support desk, ensuring queries are responded to effectively and in a timely manner.
• Monitoring the volume and type of queries coming into the support desk in order to produce reports.
• Improving and maintaining the digital giving pages on the Church of England website.
• Maintaining up-to-date and accurate digital giving support materials and templates, creating new resources as required.

• Good practical understanding of information systems and applications
• Experience of creating training resources and delivering training
• Proven use of Microsoft Word, Teams, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint and Canva
• Excellent project administration skills, with proven experience of delivering project support
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate to large groups and key stakeholders clearly, both verbally and in writing
• Flexible and organised approach to work

• A salary of £38,918 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary.
• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus three additional days.

• Flexible working hours and location, with an expectation of just 1 day per month in our office in Westminster
• Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

Mission Care provides distinctively Christian care for the ageing and elderly. Over the last 120 years our work has expanded, and today we care for nearly 300 residents in five homes spread across South East London. Our quality of care is consistently high and we are ambitious to grow our provision in the near future.

A high-calibre Chief Operating Officer will be critical to successfully achieving this hope. He or she will have an array of gifts in team leadership and oversight, collaboration, strategic thinking and implementation as well as other areas, all of which can be brought to bear in a highly varied role on our SMT at the heart of our planning for the future. All of this must be underpinned by a clear Christian faith.

Carnelian are handling initial discussions and interviews for the post. Please get in touch with your CV.

We are partnering with Tearfund on this new role, which will co-lead the Church and Supporter Engagement team.  This role, the Head of Church and Supporter Engagement (Churches), will focus on developing relationships with churches to maximise income and engagement.

Tearfund is a Christian organisation who work with local churches and organisations in over 50 countries to tackle the complex challenges of poverty and support the lives of those in greatest economic need, through sustainable development, and by responding to disasters and challenging injustice. Their vision is to see people freed from poverty, living transformed lives and reaching their God-given potential.

You will be responsible for growing the number of churches giving and engaging with Tearfund, growing the number of individuals engaged through churches and events, retaining and building loyalty among existing supporting churches, and growing income and engagement with new church networks.

Your responsibilities include achieving challenging annual fundraising targets, both cash income and regular giving, aligned with the UK fundraising strategy. You will work to ensure that all fundraising activity is aligned with Tearfund’s wider vision, mission, and brand identity. As part of this, you will manage agency partners for fundraising campaigns and will be responsible for a large, complex budget. You will lead a team of approximately 25 people across the UK

Your leadership will be vital in shaping a team culture of growth, ambition, and spiritual leadership. You’re someone who sees fundraising as more than just a numbers game - you see it as a ministry, building a network of supporters who share a heart for Tearfund’s mission.

For more information, please contact Adam Stacey, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion*, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

*In accordance with the equality act 2010 it is a genuine occupational requirement that the postholder is a practicing evangelical Christian and in agreement with the Tearfund statement of faith.

Closing date: 6 January 2025
Interviews with Charisma: Must be completed by 13 January 2025
First-stage interviews with Tearfund: w/c 20 January (online)
Final-stage interviews with Tearfund: 3 February (in-person)