Church Operations Administrator

Bethel Baptist Church Farnham

Bethel Baptist Church Farnham is a growing all-age community church of around 80 members and 150 attendees, in the residential area of Upper Hale in north Farnham, Surrey.
Bethel's informal culture is one of warmth, grace, care, and commitment to the Word and to one another. Our vision as a church family is to Believe, Belong and Grow in Jesus, in line with the Bible and the Reformed Baptist tradition we stand within. We belong to the FIEC network.
We are looking for someone to bring excellent operational leadership, communications and admin support, in a prayerful and grace-filled way. Ideally you will have great people and communication skills, as well as being highly organised. You will also be able to use your initiative and multi-task well, in a busy environment.
The role is for 28 hours per week but we are flexible and potentially open to a job share. And we're more interested in your character and manner, and how you would fit with us at Bethel, than in your skills and experience. So if you're interested in doing the whole role, or just part of it, please get in touch.

Required Skills

Christian Character:
• A prayerful disciple of Jesus Christ, seeking to grow in maturity.
• Happy to affirm the vision of the church and basis of faith as a member.
• A good ambassador for the faith to all visitors to the church.
Personal Qualities:
• Outstanding people-skills face-to-face, by email and on the phone.
• An excellent planner and scheduler, being able to prioritise well.
• High levels of motivation, initiative and wise decision-making to work well on their own without supervision.
• A resilient and diplomatic person, able to cope with people patiently.
• Clear evidence of being a team worker.
• A sense of warmth and humour, being approachable.
• A welcoming attitude, open and friendly to people while approaching a task list.
• A willingness to shoulder responsibility and sensitively exercise authority.
• The ability to act with discretion and keeping appropriate confidences.
Qualifications:
• The right to work in the UK and any necessary DBS checks. (We cannot sponsor visa applications).
• Relevant secretarial/business/software usage experience and/or training.
• Proficient in the use of Office software: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook willing to investigate and incorporate AI tools to maximise efficiency.
• Proficient in the use of ChurchSuite or a willingness to learn.
• A good overall sense of legal compliance and risk management, health and safety and other applicable regimes, or a willingness to learn.
Gifting /skills / Understanding:
• An excellent communicator, both written and oral.
• A proficient IT worker with a working knowledge of website technology or a willingness to learn.
• Ability to handle confidential personal, financial and safeguarding-related information while exercising judgment, discretion and data security awareness.
• Flexible in working hours, willing to undertake some limited evening and occasional weekend work.

For an application form, please send an email confirming your Christian faith and your right to work in the UK, to our
Assistant Pastor James Dancer at james@bethelbaptist.org.uk

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james@bethelbaptist.org.uk

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