Evangelism Project Officer

Evangelism Project Officer

The Vacancy

Location: this post has the option of being London-based, with an average minimum of 2-3 days in our London office, or entirely home-based.

Salary for London-based: £44,000-48,000 dependent on experience

Salary for home-based: £41,000-45,000 dependent on experience

The Methodist Church has an ambitious plan for the future. In every church, circuit, and district we want to be communities of growth, confident in our faith sharing, bold in our justice seeking, and radical in our inclusion. Will you join us on the journey?

Are you passionate about the Gospel and helping others to find creative and relevant ways to share it? Do you believe we can find ways of doing evangelism that are relational, inclusive, and good news, for all involved? Are you motivated by the idea of coming alongside Christians as they grow in confidence and enthusiasm for sharing their faith? Do you thrive on working collaboratively in order to drive projects towards completion?

We’re looking for somebody for the role of Evangelism Project Officer to be part of a motivated team delivering the Methodist Church’s strategy for Evangelism and Growth, God for All, working collaboratively with many other teams, groups, and networks across and beyond the Methodist Church in Britain.

In this post, the successful candidate will have responsibility for the following core priorities:

• Developing and delivering training and resources for evangelism for all Methodists
• Working with other teams to embed evangelistic priorities in shared work
• Developing new resources for evangelism, as laid out in the God for All strategy
• Supporting the wider work of the team, including with evangelism at festivals

This post involves significant work outside of usual office hours, especially evenings and weekends, and travel widely in Britain.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Involved in and passionate about mission amongst people unaffiliated with church
• A gifted public communicator, facilitator and trainer
• A strategic and natural networker
• An experienced project manager
• Used to working effectively amongst church leaders of diverse theologies or traditions
• Able to motivate and lead teams and inspire others into action

This post carries an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a Christian (in accordance with the Equality Act 2010).

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

This post is not open to clergy persons.

Closing date: Friday 4 April, 12 noon 

Interview date: Wednesday 30th April at Methodist Church House London