Charity registered in Scotland SC050644
Reporting Relationship
The Director of Operations reports to the CEO, and attends all Board meetings.
Overall Purpose
The Director of Operations is responsible for governance and operations for Edinburgh City Mission. With specific oversight of finance, fundraising, IT, HR, communications, building management and governance; including Data Protection; Safeguarding and Health & Safety. As such, they lead & line manage the Operations team and will regularly report to the Board on all aspects of their role.
Hours of Employment
35 hours a week, worked flexibly with at least 4 days a week in the office. Hours will vary due to occasional staff meetings, training, events, etc.
Occupational requirement
Edinburgh City Mission is committed to sharing the Christian gospel with the people of Edinburgh. It is essential that every member of the team personally own, communicate and implement the aims and objectives of the Mission, sharing the Mission’s core beliefs and values to the public. Therefore there is a requirement for the post-holder to be an evangelical Christian.
Way of working: you are expected to:
Job Details
Operations, IT and Communications:
Health & safety and building management:
Fundraising & finance:
Governance:
HR
Changes to the above may be made by the Board, with prior notice, in discussion with the post-holder.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The successful post holder will have evidence of these characteristics:
Essential:
Preferred:
Background Information:
We are a dynamic and growing Christian charity working to support people who are experiencing deprivation, isolation and exclusion. Two’s Company Befriending Edinburgh is a befriending scheme run as a partnership between Edinburgh City Mission and Linking Lives UK. We want to stimulate and strengthen local churches by equipping them to engage in befriending relationships with isolated older people in their communities.
We are seeking to appoint a full-time Mission Strengthener to work on our Two’s Company Befriending ministry as a project Co-ordinator. This key position offers an interesting and varied workload, with a strong emphasis on volunteer support and networking with church and ministry leaders.
Main Purpose
Summary of Duties:
This role is office based but requires regular and frequent travel across the city. Please see the job description and person specification for full details.
Background Information:
We are a dynamic and growing Christian charity working to support people who are experiencing deprivation, isolation and exclusion.
We are seeking to appoint a full-time Administrator. This key position offers an interesting and varied administrative workload, with a strong emphasis on financial administration. Supporting the Office Manager, this is a key role within Edinburgh City Mission.
Summary of Duties:
The successful applicant will have demonstrable experience of financial administration as well as general administration.
Please see the job description and person specification for full details.
The role of the Fundraiser is to research grant-makers, develop funding proposals, report back to grant making Trusts and Foundations, and grow a Fundraising team. Edinburgh City Mission’s vision is “to help create a mission movement by stimulating and strengthening the church’s mission in Edinburgh.” The Fundraising Manager will play a key role in furthering this vision by maximizing Trust and Foundation income for Edinburgh City Mission projects.
This position reports to the CEO (or the management team in his absence) who can make changes to the Job Description to fit the requirements of the organisation, in discussion with the post-holder. The position is self-administering and requires an element of flexibility in terms of the shape and direction of the role. It also requires working some evenings and weekends (with time off in lieu).