International Project Leader (32-40 hours)

Kinderwerk Er op uit; Nederland; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stichting Er op uit! in the Netherlands is seeking an International Project Leader to support the director with executive tasks and to network with churches and partners abroad. The role requires traveling 3+ times per year to Africa or Asia to build relationships and roll out the method.

You will coach partners on budgeting and training logistics, while empathizing with local challenges and coordinating fundraising, communications, and website management to advance the foundation's mission.

Qualifications

• Living relationship with God and a strong desire to serve others.
• A leader who serves colleagues and partners with compassion.
• Strong ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Patient with people, eager to expand God's kingdom.
• Willingness to travel 3+ times per year.

Responsibilities

• Take on executive tasks to relieve the director and enable strategic focus.
• Network in the Netherlands and internationally to develop partnerships.
• Coach partners on budgeting and organization of training for two years.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship building

Budgeting

Coaching

Administration

Cross-cultural experience

English fluency

Job description

Foundation Out and about! has developed and implemented a Sunday school program in several countries of Africa and India. The method consists of providing children Biblical education and teaches them sustainable agriculture. Building a personal relationship with God and putting faith into practice is central to the lessons. All facets of life are addressed in this process. https://letsgoministry.org .

In disseminating the method, we focus on churches in rural areas, where Sunday school is often limited and sustainable agriculture is of great value. The method is received with open arms by the churches in these countries, but there are major challenges in rolling it out.

Our strategy for distributing the method

We are a small foundation based in Zetten, the Netherlands. The core team consists of two people: a director for 32 hours and a trainer for 30 hours per week. In addition, several people are involved on a freelance basis. The workload is now becoming overwhelming, and therefore we are looking for employees.

Our challenge for you

We are looking for an experienced professional who can, on the one hand, take on executive tasks to relieve the director and, on the other, network in the Netherlands and internationally. Regarding the latter, there must be a willingness to travel regularly (3 or more times a year) to Africa or Asia to build relationships with (new) partners and churches. You will convey the vision and help them develop plans to successfully roll out the method in their country or church.

The partners require regular coaching and advice during the first two years regarding budgeting and the organization of training.

It is extremely important that you are able to empathize with the local challenges of our partners and guide them with empathy and patience. Within the organization, there are tasks such as accounting, fundraising, communication, website management, and many other executive duties that require attention. A division of tasks will be made between you and the director so that he can focus on the development of follow-up lessons.

Employment Relationship

You can do this work as a volunteer or in an employment relationship.

If you become employed by the foundation, this follows the principle of Ministry Partnership Development. People who become employees raise their own donations for their salaries. This is a step of faith.

Together with you, we determine what you need to provide for your livelihood. This is the starting point for involving partners in your ministry. We will guide and train you in this. To provide you with some more information about this, we refer you to https://mpdtraining.org/wat-is-mpd/

The operating expenses are paid by the foundation.

Personal skills

• A living relationship with God and full of desire to serve Him. You can wholeheartedly endorse the statement of principles attached as an appendix.
• A leader who wants to serve colleagues and partners out of the love of Christ
• Strong in building and maintaining relationships
• Very patient with people, but impatient in spreading God's kingdom
• Steadfast but flexible in dealing with people
• Reliable and forgiving
• Willing to teach others and take them along
• Willing to look at people and situations with spiritual eyes

Desired competencies

• Strong affinity/calling for children's work for the benefit of the poorest of the poor
• University-level thinking
• At least five years of experience in a leadership position at a company or NGO
• Experience coaching people
• Strong in administrative tasks
• Demonstrable experience living in different countries/cultures
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of French, Portuguese, Spanish, and other African languages is a plus
• Experience with rural African/Asian culture
• Proficient in the use of MS Office, Zoom, etc.

Appendix: Declaration of Principles

a. The unity of God, existing from eternity in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

b. The sovereignty of God the Father in creation, providence, revelation, and consummation;

c. our Lord Jesus Christ, God revealed in the flesh, born of a virgin, His sinless life, His divine miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death, His bodily resurrection and ascension, His work as Mediator, and His personal return in power and glory;

d. The divine inspiration of Holy Scripture and flowing therefrom its reliability and supreme authority in all matters of faith and life; there is no error in all that it declares;

e. The universal and general sinfulness and guilt of fallen man, which subjects him to God's wrath and condemnation;

f. The redemption of the sinner through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son and His justification by grace, not by works but by faith in Him;

g. The bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believers to eternal life and of those who are perishing to judgment;

h. The work of God the Holy Spirit, who enlightens the mind, effects regeneration and dwells in the believer, enabling him to lead a holy life and to witness and to work for the Lord Jesus Christ;

i. The priesthood of all believers, who together form the universal church, the body of Christ of which He is the head and which is obliged by His command to proclaim the Gospel throughout the whole world.

• International project leader (Full time 32-40 hours)