Working hours: 28 hours per week including Sunday mornings
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Salary: 14.92 to 16.50 per hour depending on experience
We are looking to recruit a Children & Family Mission Developer to deliver the children and family focused spiritual programmes based at Liverpool Stoneycroft and Childwall Valley Salvation Army. This will be focusing on local community to bring children and the family into a living faith in Jesus. You will be responsible for the existing children & families discipleship programme at Stoneycroft & the development and running of a new programme based in Childwall & future opportunities within the project.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will oversee and develop existing children and family ministry to include Christian input, including leading Christian worship in the context of children and family ministry for example family services, kids Church and holiday clubs as well as future planned projects like baby/toddler groups and a project supporting families with neurodiverse children. We are in an area with a high level of English as a second language, so skills supporting people learning English would be helpful. You will create a welcoming and supportive environment and contribute into the planning and review processes for the programmes and activities. You will also maintain close links to the community and any relevant external agencies to help identify new ways to deliver mission.
The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:
1. Commitment to Christianity and are a practising Christian with a willingness and ability to bring ministry to the community
2. Experience of organising community activities for a range of different programme participants
3. Ability to prioritise, organise and manage your own workload to meet objectives
4. Good communication skills and can develop effective working relationships
5. A good level of English - both spoken and written - and numeracy at GCSE level or equivalent.
This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian and will be in sympathy with the doctrines of, and supportive of, the purposes and the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.