Job Overview

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Mobilizer of people / Able to lead and motivate teams
• Heart for the lost to know Christ
• Able to teach
• Strong organizational leadership skills
• Creative and risk-taking
• Strong team player and excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated
• Strong time and project management skills
• Resourceful and resilient
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information
• Strong ability to initiate, generate and execute on ideas
• Balance of decisiveness and collaborative
• Effective verbal and listening communication skills
• Strong written and communication skills
• Servant’s heart and humble, honest and trustworthy

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Servant’s heart & humble
• Regularly in the Word and Prayer
• Regularly memorizing the Word
• Honest and trustworthy
• Hospitable
• Respectful
• Possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Demonstrates strong work integrity
• Demonstrates spiritual maturity

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• minimum 5 years church or non-profit experience an asset

Job Description

ROLE

● Local Partnerships

• Increase church engagement and activity with existing partnerships
• Establishing new national gospel partnerships (partnerships will primarily be local with some reaching to other provinces and territories e.g Quebec, Northern Ontario)
• Main contact for non-GCC local church partnership (Oakville, Burlington and Hamilton)

● The Market and Boxes of Hope

• Leading the staff and volunteer teams that serve with The Market and the Boxes of Hope initiative
• Building teams of volunteers and casting a clear vision

● Church Communication and Mobilization

• Developing regular strategic service opportunities for the people of Hope to serve the local community (possibly extending to neighbouring provinces)
• Ensuring clear pathways for the people of Hope (individuals, families, groups, etc) to connect directly with partners to serve
• Overseeing and managing events for the community
• Managing and updating the Missions/Outreach page on the Hope website with current opportunities, events and information related to Compassion and Outreach

● Equipping Others

• Developing leadership teams of volunteers to oversee various initiatives (eg evangelism teams)
• Raising up key volunteer leaders to take hold of important partnerships and events
• Collaborating with the pastoral team to see compassion initiatives running through all ministries of the church (eg. Groups curriculum and Group-based activities)
• From time to time establish and teach classes in partnership with the Hope Institute
• Profiling “Family Go Time” initiatives
• Calling people to pray for missions and compassion efforts

● Benevolent Care

• Establishing a Mercy Ministry to care for the practical needs of the people of Hope and beyond
• Managing the “Care Portal” in service to the practical needs in the community