Release InternationalRP Projects Co-ordinator Person Specification

PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE:Release Potential Projects Co-ordinator

DATE:Feb 2013PREPARED BY:JF

Essential / Desirable
Work Experience: / At least two years experience working with Christian young people and/or students
Strong written and oral communication abilities, specifically to a youth audience
At least two years experience in project delivery
Strong creative flair and innovative approach to communication and engagement / Experience of working for a charity
Experience of social media and online communications
Experience of marketing or campaigning
Experience of working with and managing volunteers
Education/Qualifications: / General A-level or equivalent, or appropriate work experience / Relevant degree, including youth work, media, communications, English would be highly beneficial
Relevant qualification in project management
Technical Knowledge: / Experience of working with Microsoft office
Familiarity with social media platforms / Online content management systems experience
Visual and video editing software experience eg Photoshop or Movie Studio
Behavioural Criteria: / Work Planning
High level of planning and co-ordination skills with an ability to identify and solve problems as they arise. A good level of self-motivation and initiative in conjunction with administration skills to organise workload.
High work standards
Ability to focus on detail with a tendency to set high standards of performance for self and others within predefined objectives.
Initiative
Tendency to seize the initiative, to originate action and to generate high activity levels in self and others in pursuit of work goals.
Interpersonal sensitivity
Awareness of impact of own behaviour on others and tendency to modify behaviour to achieve results.
Stress Tolerance
Stability of performance and the ability to make controlled responses in situations normally found stressful, such as when faced with hostility, rejection or excess workload.
Tenacity
Tendency to persevere with a task until it is accomplished, adapting approach as required to achieve the objective.
Participation
Tendency to participate as a full team member even when not the leader of the team irrespective of personal interests in or agreement with team activities, or personal liking for other team members.
Other Information:
A strong sense of Christian calling to work with persecuted believers, able to engage prayerfully with other Christian workers, supporters and partner service providers in the furtherance of the Gospel. Active church membership and an understanding of internal workings of related networks and movements.
The Project Co-ordinator would need to be supportive of our values, which are:
  • We are passionately focused on building God’s Kingdom, seeing people come to faith in Jesus, being discipled, equipped and empowered as effective witnesses in their situation (Matt 5:10 (MSG) ‘You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom
  • We speak out on behalf of persecuted Christians with integrity ensuring their message can be verified and trusted [Micah 6: 8 ‘Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God’]
  • We take prayer seriously, and as a staff team model this regularly purposely spending time with God
  • We seek to be trusted and increasing known nationally as a leading agency who stands with persecuted Christians and speaks out on their behalf in humility and with a servant heart
  • We provide practical support driven by our love for them, taking seriously our responsibilities as brothers and sisters in Christ
  • We are relationship-based in all we do, with partners, as a staff team and with our supporters, since we are family[Heb 13:3 ‘Remember those … as if you yourself …’]
  • We respect others, whether Christian or not, whether in fellowship with us or not, we seek to do no harm and we want to understand rather than pity
  • We work together as a team, seeking to follow God’s plan in building One Church, working with others who can increase our effectiveness in being the voice of persecuted Christians
  • We seek to live mature & holy lives before God, as we learn from persecuted Christians, and share this learning [Heb 6:1 ‘… go onto maturity’]

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