Aims of the role

Wycliffe is well known in some denominations but there are others where it is not yet known and the task of Bible translation has been assumed to have been completed many years ago. We love to introduce churches and individuals to the unfinished task and see fruit grow from these relationships.

As Regional Manager for Scotland and Northern England, you will be responsible for leading Wycliffe’s engagement with churches across the region. Drawing on your experience of fundraising and managing volunteers, you will lead a team of Wycliffe members and volunteers and invite growing numbers of churches from many different denominations to participate in making God’s word available to all people. As a confident and inspiring public speaker, you will be able to preach and present in a variety of church settings, and coach and mentor others to do the same.

The primary areas of focus are:

• Leading and managing a team of Wycliffe members and volunteers in order to deliver increased income and recruitment across the region.
• Assist the Director for Church Engagement in developing and delivering a church engagement strategy for Scotland and the north of England to grow support for the task of Bible translation through prayer, increased income from church congregations, and recruitment of new Wycliffe members.
• In collaboration with Wycliffe’s wider Church Engagement and Supporter Engagement teams, support the recruitment, training and supervision of new and existing volunteers.
• Ensuring that Wycliffe is effectively represented throughout the region by engaging with regional church structures and participating in strategically important regional events.

This is a challenging and exciting role, and one which is crucial for Wycliffe’s future effectiveness. It involves large amounts of one-to-one contact with individuals, including students, in churches and other Christian groups, and at events. The role requires extensive travel within the UK (primarily but not exclusively within Scotland and the north of England), and occasional overseas travel.

Key Tasks

Coordinate a team of Wycliffe members and volunteers in order to deliver increased income and recruitment across the region.

• Supervise a small team of members and volunteers in Wycliffe’s Scottish office.
• Monitor and report on performance against agreed objectives.
• Ensure that fundraising activities by staff, members, and volunteers in the region comply with charity law and the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice.

Assist the Director for Church Engagement in developing and delivering a church engagement strategy for Scotland and the north of England to grow support for the task of Bible translation through prayer, increased income from church congregations, and recruitment of new Wycliffe members.

• Ensure key church partners are kept appropriately resourced and informed.
• Ensure sufficient numbers of volunteers are recruited, trained and deployed to support the delivery of the church engagement strategy.
• In conjunction with the People team, follow up and support all individuals who enquire about serving with Wycliffe.
• Increase quantity and effectiveness of church congregational fundraising activities to increase income.
• Create opportunities for new church partnerships.
• Organise and lead overseas vision trips for key churches or church leaders in Scotland and the north of England.

In collaboration with Wycliffe’s wider Church Engagement and Supporter Engagement teams, support the recruitment, training and supervision of new and existing volunteers.

• Facilitate regular training opportunities for new and existing volunteers.
• In conjunction with the People team, inform the recruitment of new volunteers and carry out initial interviews with applicants.
• Ensure volunteers are appropriately supported and resourced at all times.

Ensuring that Wycliffe is effectively represented throughout the region by engaging with regional church structures and participating in strategically important regional events.

• Represent Wycliffe to and within appropriate regional church structures.
• Identify increased numbers of individuals, including students, enquiring about serving as Wycliffe members by ensuring Wycliffe is represented at key events.
• Promote Wycliffe to potential supporters through regional events and other face-to-face opportunities.

Person Specification

This role requires someone motivated by their Christian faith with a deep personal concern for world mission to serve in this unique role with Wycliffe.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• A committed Christian with a Christ-centred approach, a deep personal relationship with God, a commitment to God’s church.
• At least two years fundraising experience, ideally within a christian charity.
• Track record of achieving and growing fundraising or income sales targets.
• Experience of training, managing and motivating volunteers.
• Deep, personal concern for world mission, the Bible and prayer, and a commitment to Wycliffe’s vision and purpose.
• Compelling public speaker / preacher. Able to make a professional presentation in a variety of contexts.
• Excellent verbal and written communications.
• Self-starter, able to use own initiative and work independently, but also as part of a diverse team.
• Able to develop good working relationships internally and externally.
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
• High degree of personal organisation and self-management, with the ability to prioritise, multitask and work to deadlines.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Able to work outside of normal work hours as and when required.
• Able to undertake travel within the UK and overseas.
• Must hold and retain a valid driving license at all times.

Desirable

• Experience of recruiting individuals to serve in cross-cultural mission.
• Experience of engaging with students.
• Certificate in Fundraising (IoF) or currently working towards completion
• Experience of being part of remote working in a team
• Existing knowledge of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
• Knowledge of French or German.

Other Requirements

This role requires the post holder to reflect Wycliffe’s ethos and values through their work to Christians and churches across the UK. It is therefore an Occupational Requirement that the post holder be a committed Christian who assents to Wycliffe’s Statement of Faith.

Applicants must be able to prove that they have the legal right to work in the UK.

Finance Business Partner (ref: SUS2748)

£35,388 per annum

37.5 hours per week - based in Edinburgh

As a senior member of Sustrans’ finance team, this role ensures that finance and the way we use and think about our money is front and centre of the transformation agenda for the charity, as we move into a new strategic plan period. This role will also work as part of Sustrans’ senior leadership team in Scotland, leading the financial and accountancy support for the c£60m government-funded Scottish active travel programme.  

Sustrans Business Partners provide a comprehensive professional accountancy and general financial advisory service to leaders, managers and staff within the areas of the organisation for which they are responsible. Finance is brought out of the back office and an active partnership between finance and operations is created. This includes providing 'real time' financial support and analysis, being a trusted adviser, providing information which enables effective decision making and informing the development of strategic and operational plans.

Educated to degree level or equivalent and part-qualified in Chartered accountancy – ICAEW, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA – you will have substantial experience in a related position and proven experience of providing finance advice and support to budget holders.  You will also have experience of the preparation of budgets and management accounts and in the interpretation of accounts.  You will be accurate, organised and methodical, be able to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines whilst using your excellent communications and interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships.  A knowledge of accounting for charities and a commitment to the promotion of sustainable transport would be an advantage.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 28 September 2019.  Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 6 November 2019.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

 We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the

community.