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Jobs Available
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Last Updated: 17/06/09 Eden Team Leader
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader for our new Eden project in Buttershaw, Bradford.- Hours:
- Full time
- Pay:
- £19,100 incl benefits package
- Applications closing date:
- 30 June 2009
As Eden Team Leader you will spearhead the implementation of Eden focusing on the following areas:
Team Leadership: Providing direction, management and support for a team of up to 20 Eden volunteers all living in the local area.
Project Development: Identifying the needs of the community and working alongside The Beacon leadership team to develop programmes of engagement to meet those needs.
Networking: Developing good relationships with local youth and community agencies as well as maintaining contact with the wider Eden Network recieving training and support.
Management: Budgeting, seeking funding and producing regular management reports.Successful applicants will oversee the implementation of the Eden vision and must have a proven gift of leading people and a passion for bringiing transformation to young people's lives.
For information on the Buttershaw project click here to view the Eden website, and for an application pack including application forms and a full job description please drop us an email.- Contact email:
- eden@message.org.uk
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Last Updated: 07/01/09 Administrator
The post-holder will work within The Message Central Support to assist the Central Support Manager.- Hours:
- Full-time
- Pay:
- £15,307
- Reporting to:
- Central Support Manager
- Applications closing date:
- 17 July 2009
The post-holder will work within The Message Central Support to assist the Central Support Manager in ensuring the efficient running of the office
Main duties :
- General office duties such as reception cover /welcoming duties, replying to emails, typing, sending faxes, photocopying, opening and logging incoming mail, franking post, stationary ordering, data entry, running errands, taking minutes.
- Working together with the Central Support Manager to ensure smooth running of all mail outs.
- Providing administrative support for the Genetik Team Leader and Course.
- Supporting the Merchandise Department for half a day a week.
- Providing administrative support for Message events.
- Providing administrative support to other ministries within The Message as deemed appropriate.
- Working in liaison with the wider admin and accounts team of The Message Trust.
- Any other duties appropriate to this level of post as requested by the appropriate manager.
- Identify personal funding sources and seek contributions to the ministry.
- Enter fully into The Message Trust team life, including morning prayers, monthly prayer days and evening prayer meetings.- Contact email:
- gaila@message.org.uk
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Last Updated: 07/01/09 Project Assistant
To provide administrative and organisational support to the Mission Department.- Hours:
- Full-time
- Pay:
- £15,307 depending on experience
- Reporting to:
- Mission Development Co-ordinator
- Applications closing date:
- 17 July 2009
To provide administrative and organisational support to the Mission Department, with responsibility for the support of the Eden Network, the Eden Bus project and the Genetik and Praxis Training Programs.
Main duties :
- To administratively support the Eden Bus Manager, Genetik & Praxis Course Leader and the Eden Network; including phone calls, typing, email, photocopying, spreadsheet work, website amends, filing and minute-taking.
- To act as the first point of contact for external enquiries relating to Genetik, Praxis and the Eden Bus project; including managing bookings for the Eden Bus and liaising with church leaders seeking to initiate partnerships. Responding to Eden enquiries as instructed by the Mission Development Co-ordinator.
- To be the Administrative contact for the Open College Network, our accrediting body, in relation to the Genetik and Praxis training courses.
Administration of the Breathe Mentoring program.
- To manage the database of volunteers for both the Eden Network and Eden Bus, keeping it updated and communicating with volunteers directly when necessary.
- Day to day communication with Manchester Eden Team Leaders, and liaison with internal departments including Accounts (monthly petty cash claims).
- Organization of Mission department events including Praxis sessions, the Genetik Commissioning and both national and regional Eden Network events (e.g. Monthly Formation training).
- Assisting with marketing strategies including booking advertising, developing copy, liaising with the Communications Department and representing The Message Trust at events.
- Any other duties appropriate to this level of post as requested by the appropriate manager.
Identify potential funding sources and seek contributions to the ministry.
- The post-holder will be expected to enter fully into The Message Trust team life, including morning prayers, monthly prayer days and evening prayer meetings.- Contact email:
- gaila@message.org.uk
Internships
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Last Updated: 01/07/09 Staff Writer
Looking for a break as a writer? Look no further.- Hours:
- Full Time
- Pay:
- Allowance
- Reporting to:
- Head of Fundraising and PR
- Applications closing date:
- July 17, 2009
If you've got a heart for God, a nose for a story and a way with words you might be just what we're looking for.
The Message, a dynamic and fast-moving mission organisation focussed on improving the lives of Manchester's hardest-to-reach young people, is looking to recruit a talented and hard-working young writer to help develop our new website and a suite of publications for our supporters and the general public.
You will be worked hard, given tough assignments and left to your own initiative to tell the stories we believe our supporters want to hear.
But you will be developed through one-on-one mentoring with our Head of Fundraising and PR and honed in character and gifting.
With this role we are specifically aiming to give a young writer a break. Please do not apply for this role as a 'filler'. But if you want to write and you know you've got what it takes, we really want to hear from you.
Please send your best piece of writing along with a few details about yourself to alistair.metcalfe@message.org.uk.
We have extended the deadline until July 17. Interviews will take place shortly after this date.
- Contact email:
- alistair.metcalfe@message.org.uk
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Last Updated: 17/06/09 Fundraising and PR Intern (One Year)
Get the experience you need for a career in fundraising and PR in the context of an inspiring and fast-moving mission organisation.- Hours:
- Full-time
- Pay:
- Allowance (£100pw)
- Reporting to:
- Head of Fundraising and PR
- Applications closing date:
- 30 July 2009
The Message Trust is offering a unique opportunity for a one-year full-time internship working with the team responsible for The Message’s fundraising, public relations and communications at their headquarters in Manchester.
The successful applicant will work for up to twelve months alongside the staff team, supporting each of the disciplines: including supporter care, trust fundraising, event management, and public relations, online and offline.This internship will give a rounded introduction to the practice of charity communications and fundraising in the context of an inspiring and fast-moving mission organisation, giving you the skills and confidence to enter a job in the profession.
It would particularly suit a graduate with journalism, marketing or communications qualifications.
The internship is not salaried, however we pay a weekly allowance of £100 and may be able to provide additional support.
The internship will begin during or after the summer of 2009.
Person Specification
For this role, we are seeking a confident, outgoing young person with a passion for God and a desire to enter the fundraising or public relations profession. Because of the culture at The Message and the multi-faceted nature of the role, it will be demanding, requiring diligence, careful attention to detail and good time management.
It is likely that you are a graduate, having studied to degree level, but we will also consider a young person who already has workplace experience, or in exceptional cases, a highly motivated school leaver.
In line with the culture of the Fundraising and PR team, this person will also be a positive, proactive team-player motivated by a desire to serve God and others generously.
Additionally, this person will need:
• Good people skills, with the ability to deal well with all kinds of people
• An excellent telephone manner
• Strong IT skills and experience of using business systems, ideally databases
• The ability to manage own workload against competing priorities
• A commitment to the vision of The Message Trust- Contact email:
- info@message.org.uk
- Contact phone:
- 0161 946 2300
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Last Updated: 14/11/07 Reflex Year Out Volunteers
Drama & Music volunteers needed for Reflex- Hours:
- Full Time
- Pay:
- Reporting to:
- Reflex Manager
Locdown has a unique opportunity for talented urban musicians to be part of a touring team. Spend a year performing and delivering urban music workshops in every young offenders prison in the UK Gain an NVQ qualification and priceless experience working hands-on in true hardcore mission ground!
InsideOut:
InsideOut has a unique opportunity for talented actors to be part of a touring team. Spend a full year performing and delivering drama workshops in every young offenders prison in the UK. Gain an NVQ qualification and priceless experience working hands-on in true hardcore mission ground.
Reflex in a partnership between The Message & YFC
Application forms and further details are available from Youth for Christ, PO Box 5254, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3DG.- Contact email:
- chris.nightingale@yfc.co.uk
- Contact phone:
- 0121 550 8055
