SOMA UK: Operations Officer
We are looking for a person of prayer with a spiritual gift of administration to work systematically in order to make our God-given vision into reality. The role will ensure the smooth, efficient running of day to day operations which underpin SOMA activities.
We are a small Christian mission agency with a powerful story of serving the Global Anglican World in times and places of spiritual battle and of leaving a lasting legacy of transformed lives.
You are a self-starter, keen to grow and learn in your gifting and able to motivate others to get things done so you don’t have to do it all yourself. You may have specifics strengths in administration, communications, marketing, financial processes or production but on our small team you will be willing to work across all areas of Operations, supporting our National Director and leadership team and enabling the development of our ministry as a community of prayer in accordance with the direction set by the trustees
28 hours a week, pro rata of £31,000. Hybrid and flexible working across at least 4 days, with a usual pattern of at least one day a week in person at our offices in Chiswick, London.
Application pack including details of job description from somauk.org/opportunities
Deadline: 22:00 on 14 October. Interviews on 18 and 21 October.
Start Date: 6 January 2025
SOMA UK
SOMA UK is a Christian faith mission working to empower, encourage, equip, enable and envision ordained and lay leaders in the church, primarily abroad, for their own mission and ministry. It is a key member of SOMA International, a global family of SOMAs. SOMA stands for Sharing of Ministry Abroad, but, more significantly is the Greek word for ‘body’ reflecting our original calling to ‘Join the Holy Spirit tending to the nervous system of the Body of Christ’.
SOMA UK works for the transformation of individuals and churches and the healing of communities and their lands through the renewing power of the Holy Spirit. This is through intercession and sending and receiving short-term mission teams across the Anglican World, bringing change and transformation to the West as well as the Global South.
Typically, a cross cultural team of five or six volunteers travels to an overseas Diocese to facilitate retreat conferences in one or two locations for clergy, women’s leaders, youth leaders, congregational leaders, evangelists, catechists and readers, addressing issues identified by the inviting Bishop, whom SOMA UK serves, that are within SOMA UK's call & ministry.
Our current strategy is to develop ‘learning cohorts’ - teams who are invested in as a group before and after their mission opportunity. This builds on the success of our META Youth project for 16-19s which we expect to expand considerably in the coming years. The roll-out of learning cohorts and communities of prayer as well as the expansion of META Youth will be key features of this role in the first 1-3 years.
Prayer is foundational to all we do, and crucial for our ongoing operations and ministry.
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