Assistant to the Director of Women's Ministry

To assist the Director of Women's Ministry in teaching and training women for appropriate Bible teaching ministries in the local church.

Responsibilities

Cornhill: - Being responsible for one or possibly two cohorts of female students (F1, F2, Core). - Leading teaching practice classes (in person and/or online). - Assisting with the leading of various teaching modules in F1, F2 and Core. - Being available to meet up informally with students. - Depending on her working days, helping to tutor the women in Core. - Advising students about jobs/the next step. - Assist other members of the Cornhill staff at various training events (eg: Cornhill Summer School, Athens Bible School) as required. PT Conferences: - Assisting with the planning and hosting of the Women in Ministry Conference. - Networking with delegates at the conference. - Running a workshop group/seminar as needed. - Assisting with the planning and hosting of the online teaching morning. Other Conferences: - Being available to speak at events and conferences organised by other organisations (eg: regional ministry training courses, Gospel Partnerships, 9:38, Simeon Trust etc). General: - To participate in the daily staff prayer meeting and regular whole staff meetings. - To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development, and training opportunities in discussion with her line manager. - Comply with all Trust policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct and those relating to safeguarding, equal opportunities, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting concerns to an appropriate person. - Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the Proclamation Trust.

Required skills

The successful candidate will have: - A mature faith in Christ, seeking to grow in wisdom and godliness. - A love for God and His people in the local church. - 5-10 years' ministry experience in the local church including teaching the Bible to small groups and training/resourcing small group leaders. - A commitment to teaching and modelling complementarian ministry. - The ability to speak confidently in up-front and group situations. - Good time management and the ability to prioritise between different activities. - The ability to work alone and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues. - Completed a ministry training course (eg Cornhill or equivalent). - A good level of health and fitness. Not sure that you tick all the boxes? While this job description is an outline of the ideal candidate, we would not necessarily expect one person to have all the skills and experience required. If you fulfil many of the criteria, with a willingness to learn through working alongside others, we would like to hear from you.

Other

This is a part time role for 2-3 days per week. There is some flexibility in how these hours are worked across the week. The Director of Women's Ministry is one of the operational directors of the Proclamation Trust. Her primary purpose is to train women for expository Bible teaching ministry, while promoting and modelling complementarian ministry. Her time is divided between the Cornhill Training Course and a variety of Conferences, both here in the UK and overseas. The Assistant to the Director of Women's Ministry will assist in this work, contributing in a real and meaningful way to our vision of training and equipping women to teach the Bible in the UK and beyond. We recognise that men and women have equally valid but different roles in the family and the church, and are keen to promote the ministry of women in appropriate ways. The Assistant to the Director of Women's ministry will play a significant part in this vision.