Operations Manager

St Andrew's Church, Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

St Andrew's Church, Oxford is seeking an Operations Manager to serve as a strategic partner to the Vicar. The role will build and implement structures, systems and processes to deliver the Church’s vision and plans, while providing operational leadership and oversight of key administrative functions.

The role requires fostering collaboration across ministry teams and providing spiritual and strategic leadership to ensure the Operations ministry serves and resources ministry plans.

Qualifications

• Experience translating vision into strategic planning for church or charity.
• Ability to lead governance and risk management within a church context.
• Experience overseeing operations and administration in a church or charity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic partner to the Vicar to deliver the church’s vision.
• Develop and implement structures, systems and processes for delivery of plans.
• Provide operational leadership and oversight of administrative functions.
• Foster collaboration across ministry teams to resource ministry plans.
• Offer spiritual and strategic leadership to ensure ministry effectiveness.

Skills

Strategic planning

Governance

Risk management

Leadership

Job description

Do you love God and long to see the local church flourish?

Do you have a God given passion for and experience of translating vision into strategic and effective planning and delivery, harnessing and directing resources to match the priorities and ministry of a church or charity?

Can you provide organisational leadership and oversight to ensure good governance, transparency of operations and management of risk alongside experience of ensuring the smooth and efficient running of a church or charity?

St. Andrew's is an evangelical church in the Diocese of Oxford with priorities of developing leaders, growing churches and transforming communities as we see lives transformed by Jesus. We have 4 congregations on a Sunday with average attendance of c.450 people each week, spanning all ages - we also have a church plant on the local estate of Cutteslowe which has a significant presence in the community.

We are looking for an Operations Manager to serve as a strategic partner to the Vicar, building and implementing strategies, structures and systems to deliver the Church’s vision, mission and plans; to provide operational leadership, ensuring effective execution of projects, oversight of key administrative functions and fostering a culture of collaboration across ministry teams at St. Andrew's church.

As part of the senior leadership, the roleholder will provide spiritual and strategic leadership so that the Operations ministry of the church rightly serves, resources and contributes to ministry plans.

There is a genuine occupational requirement that the holder of this post is a committed Christian.