Operations Manager

Malpas Road Evangelical Church is at a pivotal moment in its journey. As a growing and vibrant church family, we are expanding our staff team and embarking on a major building project to enhance our facilities for gospel ministry and wider community impact. We are looking for a pro active and visionary Operations Manager to help turn our vision into reality - shaping systems, supporting staff and overseeing practical developments across the church. This is more than just an administrative role: you will play a key part in mobilising and coordinating volunteers, unlocking the potential within our church family to serve joyfully and effectively across a wide range of ministries. If you are passionate about strategic leadership, operational excellence and enabling gospel work to flourish, we would love to hear from you.

Required Skills

• Be a committed Christian and seeking to grow as a disciple of Christ, committed to living according to God's word in prayerful dependence on Him
• Be sympathetic to the vision and ethos of MREC and in agreement with our Basis of Faith
• Have strong leadership and communication skills and an evident pastoral heart for others
• Have strong administration and organisational skills
• Be willing and able to work in a team environment, as well as having the initiative to work independently where appropriate
• Have previous experience of leading other people and able to relate well to a diverse range of people
• Being able to encourage and mobilise volunteers needed to run church ministries
• Be willing to be flexible, recognising that some work is required outside standard office hours
• Is or is willing to become, a member of MREC.

It is highly desirable that the successful candidate:

• Have strong IT skills and experience of Word, Excel, Church Suite, Facebook Ad Manage or willingness to learn.
• Have a demonstrable understanding of the areas of work outlined in the job description.