Working hours: 35 hours per week with regular evening and weekends
Interview Date: 12 August, 2024
We are looking to recruit a committed Christian with a passion to develop and deliver Ministry with Youth & Students - a key mission area of The Salvation Army.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a practitioner in the local context, engaging youth through initiatives to meet need and ensure positive outcomes, as well as part of a team across the West Cynefin* within the Wales Division, where you will invest in collaborative relationships with Divisional and local leaders to encourage and capitalise on existing Youth & Student ministry and to speak into new & emerging mission opportunities.
*The West Cynefin is the South & Mid-West Region of Wales currently containing expressions of the Salvation Army in Aberystwyth, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Gorseinon, Llanelli, Morriston, Neath, Swansea and Tenby. The Salvation Army ministers to physical and social as well as spiritual need and this role will work to encourage full participation of Youth & Students in the life of The Salvation Army with the goal to build communities of faith.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Work with the other expressions of The Salvation Army within the West Cynefin* to lead the development of local youth & student outreach work aimed at significantly increasing the provision of youth & students work within the community.
2. Design and deliver a range of innovative youth and student-centred community outreach, engagement and discipleship activities.
3. Work co-operatively with schools, colleges, universities, youth statutory services and other community based and voluntary services, such as ecumenical networks.
4. Communicate with and coordinate the partnering of corps leadership and divisional teams regarding the project’s development including recruiting and supporting local people to become volunteers and active leaders in the project.
The successful candidate(s) will have:
1. A nationally recognised qualification in youth work** or working towards it and/or good experience of working with youth in areas of discipleship and leadership. [Applicants with transferable/relevant skills will be considered]
2. Experience of mentoring & supporting young people & youth leaders.
3. Practical experience of developing community youth &/or student outreach projects, e.g. youth clubs, school based mentoring programmes, student chaplaincy and of developing and harnessing external partnership opportunities and relationships.
4. Awareness of and ability to work within Safeguarding and Health & Safety policies.
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.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Barred List check of the Child Workforce.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
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