National Director

Interserve’s purpose is to make Jesus Christ known through wholistic ministry, in partnership with the global Church, amongst the neediest peoples of Asia and the Arab World. Our vision is to see lives and communities transformed through encounter with Jesus Christ.

Interserve Great Britain & Ireland (GBI) works in fellowship with Interserve International, placing and supporting Partners overseas to serve peoples of Asia and the Arab world. The GBI Country Team also enables work among people of Asia and the Arab world living here in Great Britain and Ireland. This is an increasingly diverse team, which includes Partners sent from Interserve’s offices around the world, to form a vibrant and dynamic international community.

The GBI Office is based at our National Mission Hub in the West Midlands. The centre provides an administrative base for Interserve GBI, offers a meeting place and retreats for those across Interserve and beyond, and enables cross-cultural work within the local community, embodying a significant expression of Interserve GBI’s intercultural heartbeat.

We are seeking a spiritual leader with strong strategic and organisational gifts. The National Director will lead ISGBI to bring wholistic, Christ -centred ministry to the peoples of Asia and the Arab world, wherever they may be in the world.

You will:

• Be a motivated and inspirational leader, with significant experience of people management within the Christian or charity sector;

• Support and contribute to the Christian ethos of Interserve GBI;

• Be an effective communicator with strong networking skills;

• Be able to work cross-culturally;

• Be able to provide strategic and organisational leadership;

• Be able to nurture and support team development;

• Be financially literate.

There is an Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to be a committed Christian, as you will be expected to provide spiritual leadership to the Interserve GBI community and be in alignment with the vision and values of Interserve International.

This is a full-time role, which comes with a salary of £58,860, a contributory pension scheme and 29 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays.

The role can be worked as a hybrid from our National Office in Birmingham and remotely from home, in line with the requirements of the role.

For further details and to request a recruitment pack, please contact Dawn Macaulay (People Care Manager).  Follow the link on our website

Upon receiving the recruitment pack, if you would like to apply formally for the role please submit your completed application form, CV and a covering letter (outlining your reason for application and suitability for the role in no more than 1,000 words) We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date for applications is midnight 12th January 2025. The first round of interviews will be held on 30th and 31st January and the follow-up second round of interviews will be on 28th February and 1st March 2025.

Interserve is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all within the Interserve community to share this commitment. DBS checks will be required for all employees