International Project Leader (32-40 hours)

Kinderwerk Er op uit; Zetten; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Operating expenses paid by foundation

MPD/Partnership development training

Job summary

Stichting Er op uit! is seeking an experienced executive leader to relieve our director and to network within the Netherlands and internationally. The role includes regular travel (3+ trips yearly) to Africa or Asia to build relationships with partners and churches.

You will guide partners on budgeting and training during the first two years, while empathizing with local challenges and coordinating with staff on fundraising, communication and training tasks.

Qualifications

• Living relationship with God and desire to serve Him.
• Leader who serves colleagues and partners with Christ-like love.
• Strong in building and maintaining relationships.
• Very patient with people, but impatient in spreading God’s kingdom.

Responsibilities

• Take on executive tasks to relieve the director.
• Network in the Netherlands and internationally.
• Travel regularly (3+ times a year) to Africa or Asia to build relationships.
• Coach partners on budgeting and training for the first two years.
• Divide tasks with the director so he can focus on follow-up lessons.

Skills

Faith-based leadership

Relationship building

Cross-cultural empathy

Coaching experience

MS Office / Zoom

Strategic planning

Education

University-level thinking

Tools

MS Office

Zoom

Job description

Foundation Er op uit! 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 salary. 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 subject 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)