With the changes in the global landscape and new challenges and opportunities emerging for the establishment and support of ventures in Christian Mission, we are looking to engage an General Secretary for Mission (GSM). The GSM will drive the strategic vision of the Mission Board and oversee its operational activities. This will include guiding the development of new Christian ventures, and supporting existing work especially in India, Nepal, East Africa, UK & Ireland.
The Moravian Church
The Moravian Church is a worldwide, welcoming, witnessing, evangelical church, with a strong heritage of ecumenical engagement. Established in 1457, the communion has pioneered education and development ventures in the twenty-four provinces in Europe, USA, Caribbean, Central Africa and Central America, as well as emerging Provinces in South American and Asia.
The British Province
The Moravian Church in the British Province is one of the oldest Provinces of the Moravian Unity. Its work is represented through activities in 30 local congregations, organized in 6 districts in England and Northern Ireland, schools that educate children and young people from Early Years to Year 13, an Archive and an extensive property portfolio, which include settlements at Fulneck, Gomersal, Gracehill, Ockbrook and Wellhouse, In addition, the Province oversees the work of the Moravian Church in India, Nepal, and support the Moravian Church in Western Tanzania on behalf of the world wide Moravian Unity
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Organisation: Lively Minds. UK Registered charity 1125512
Position: Country Director, Ghana
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Operator
Based: Tamale, Ghana (with frequent travel to Accra)
Hours: Full time
ABOUT US
Lively Minds is an award-winning NGO working to get preschoolers in rural Ghana & Uganda school-ready.Over 250 million children under 5 years globally do not get the early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) they need, leading to poor health, poor education, lost life opportunities and poverty. We believe that one of the main barriers to ECCE is that parents in remote resource-poor villages lack the information, education and aspiration to provide basic and affordable opportunities for their children. We have developed an innovative behavior-change programme that empowers marginalized, poorly educated Mothers to run educational Play Schemes for preschoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources. Not only does this result in positive outcomes for child development, but also has positive impacts for the Mothers too.
These are exciting times for Lively Minds. In Ghana we have recently received results from a Randomised Control Trial conducted by independent evaluators Institute for Fiscal Studies and Innovations for Poverty Action which demonstrate the programme has a positive impact on a wide range of child and mother outcomes. We are now finalising a partnership agreement with Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to integrate the programme in to the national kindergarten system and scale across 60 rural districts in the northern regions of the country, reaching approximately 4000 kindergartens and 1.1million children. During this period, Lively Minds will act as technical consultants ensuring the programme is embedded into and sustained at district, regional and national government levels.
Elsewhere, our programme in Uganda is in a test and position for scale stage with the long-term aim of national roll- out. Our long-term goal is for the programme to be adopted in several countries in the global south so that it can have a large impact in tackling the global early childhood development crisis.
The Ghana Country Director will lead our Ghana team as we grow our organisation, scale up the programme and manage the partnership with government. The Country Director will initially have 4 direct reports – Deputy Director, Learning and Quality Manager, IT Manager and Policy Associate. They will be in charge of recruiting and on-boarding a Financial/Administrative Manager and HR Manager who will report directly to them. They will also be in charge of setting up new offices in addition to our 2 current offices in Tamale and Bolga. The Country Director will be based in the Ghana HQ in Tamale. The Country Director will be part of the multi-disciplinary Lively Minds global senior management team and report directly to the COO and have a secondary line of report to the CEO.
Key responsibilities for the Country Director include strategic and operational planning & implementation, staff management, financial accountability and developing and maintaining strong relations with government, funders, and stakeholders at national level.
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Direct Marketing & Supporter Services Manager – maternity cover
The closing date deadline is now extended to Monday, 19th October ‘2020 - shortlisting and interviews will happen on a rolling basis while this recruitment is open – but please note that the closing date may be brought forward”
Salary: £35,000 per annum pro rata (initial 9 month contract – with possible extension)
Based: Please note that in response to COVID-19, All We Can staff are currently working from home until the end of the year and a return to the office (Baker Street, London) in 2021 will be subject to review and assessment nearer the time. Our homeworking has proved to be very successful and we are continuing to look at flexible healthy working options for staff as we move forward.
All We Can is looking for an experienced direct marketing professional to lead our individual giving and direct marketing programme as a key manager within our Public Engagement team. You will help build on the success of recent years, including our Regular Giving Programme, as part of our individual giving programme. Our Methodist donor base has been our key supporter constituency over the years and one we seek to maintain and develop while also introducing new supporters, from new markets.
This person will be highly motivated, passionate about the impact of great fundraising, and committed to the vision, mission and values of All We Can.
With proven abilities drawn from a number of years direct marketing fundraising experience, you will have demonstrable skills in increasing fundraising results and engagement with supporters through direct marketing channels, combined with a strong understanding of best practice in back office processing, data management and supporter care. This is a perfect role for an experienced direct marketing fundraiser looking for an opportunity to lead a team and take overall responsibility for a direct marketing function within a charity. It would also suit an experienced direct marketing manager looking to break into fundraising within the international development and relief sector.
All We Can is an international development, relief and advocacy organisation. It helps people in some of the world’s poorest communities to become all that they can. Its approach of investing in partnerships with local organisations has improved the quality of life and created positive, long-term change for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families.
With a 70 year history, All We Can is a faith based organisation with its vision, priorities and values grounded in Christian principles and its roots in the Methodist Church. You will be joining a growing and friendly team at an exciting time in the organisation’s development.
The maternity cover would ideally start Tuesday 1 December 2020 to allow for some handover, with cover expected to continue until early September 2021. All We Can strongly encourages those with relevant and applicable experience to apply.
All We Can values people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances. We are committed to building a culturally diverse team and therefore encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates to help us reflect our world and the communities we work alongside
To find out more and apply, please download the application pack from our website or get in touch for further information.
Closing Date: Midday Monday 19th October 2020
Please note that the closing date deadline is now extended to Monday, 19th October ‘2020 and that shortlisting and interviews will happen on a rolling basis while this recruitment is open – but please note that the closing date may be brought forward”.
Interviews will take place on: Wed 21st October 2020
All We Can is the operating name of the Methodist Relief and Development Fund, a charity registered in England and Wales, number 291691.
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