Are you passionate about issues of poverty and justice? Do you have the ability to quickly connect with people and enthuse and motivate them? 

Our vision here at Tearfund is to see people freed from poverty, living transformed lives and reaching their God-given potential. We follow Jesus where the need is greatest, responding to crisis and partnering with local churches to bring restoration to those living in poverty.

Our Northern Ireland team (NI) are currently looking for a new Church Partnerships Manager who will lead our engagement with churches in NI. We see our role as making poverty visible to the NI church; compelling congregations and individuals to respond with us to poverty and injustice primarily through giving, and also through prayer and campaigning action.

To achieve that we're looking for a person who has:

• Thorough and up to date knowledge of the broad evangelical church constituency in Northern Ireland
• Confidence in building relationships with NI church leaders
• In-depth experience and understanding of working with leaders of churches of different size, traditions and network
• Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to craft and deliver compelling calls to action

We are looking for a champion for our work, who will get individuals and churches behind the vision.

Do you have a passion to see the end of extreme poverty? Do your skills, experience and interest match the above? If so, then we'd love to hear from you!

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

NB: Interviews are on 18th February 2020 and references may be requested prior to offer. 

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure. 

In the Trust, you will be known as Prince's Trust Executive, not a Youth Worker.

You will be based in Belfast, however, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are working with young people, volunteers and partners virtually meaning you will be working from home for the foreseeable future. 

We have ambitions to grow our offer to young people by providing a blended approach of face-to-face and digital delivery and support. You will engage and build quality relationships with young people, volunteers and partners and as an effective communicator and collaborator, you will thrive in both team and independent work. 

You will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. Due to the pandemic, you must be comfortable both working virtually and delivering programmes on virtual platforms.

Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people so need to already have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:

• Digital skills training
• Social and personal development
• Education sector
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management
• Partnerships management

For more information, please go to the job description. If you are viewing this on a job board, please visit our site by clicking ‘apply’ for the job description.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days of annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives is the right thing to do.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT NOW (Network of Women), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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