National Director

Interserve is currently seeking a new National Director to oversee our National Office and ongoing work here in Great Britain and Ireland. 

Interserve’s purpose is to make Jesus Christ known through wholistic ministry, in partnership with the global Church, amongst the neediest peoples of Asia and the Arab World. Our vision is to see lives and communities transformed through encounter with Jesus Christ. You can find out more about our global fellowship via our international site: interserve.org

Interserve Great Britain & Ireland (GBI) works in fellowship with Interserve International, placing and supporting Partners overseas to serve peoples of Asia and the Arab world. The GBI Country Team also enables work among people of Asia and the Arab world living here in Great Britain and Ireland. This is an increasingly diverse team, which includes Partners sent from Interserve’s offices around the world, to form a vibrant and dynamic international community. 

The GBI Office is based at our National Mission Hub in the West Midlands. The centre provides an administrative base for Interserve GBI, offers a meeting place and retreats for those across Interserve and beyond, and enables cross-cultural work within the local community, embodying a significant expression of Interserve GBI’s intercultural heartbeat. 

We are seeking a spiritual leader with strong strategic and organisational gifts. The National Director will lead Interserve GBI to enable wholistic, Christ-centred ministry among peoples of Asia and the Arab world, wherever they may be across the globe. 

You will: 

  • Be a motivated and inspirational leader, with significant experience of people management within the Christian or charity sector; 
  • Support and contribute to the Christian ethos of Interserve GBI; 
  • Be an effective communicator with strong networking skills; 
  • Be able to work cross-culturally; 
  • Be able to provide strategic and organisational leadership; 
  • Be able to nurture and support team development; 
  • Be financially literate. 

There is an Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to be a committed Christian, as you will be expected to provide spiritual leadership to the Interserve GBI community and be in alignment with the vision and values of Interserve International. 

This is a full-time role, which comes with a salary of £58,860, a contributory pension scheme and 29 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays. The role can be worked as a hybrid from our National Office in Birmingham and remotely from home, in line with the requirements of the role. 

For more details and to request a recruitment pack, which includes a full job description, person specification and further information about the role, please contact Dawn Macaulay (People Care Manager) via personnel@interserve.org.uk 

Upon receiving the recruitment pack, if you would like to apply formally for the role please send your CV and a covering letter (outlining your reason for application and suitability for the role in no more than 1,000 words) to Dawn Macaulay. Please also complete and return the Application Form, Diversity Monitoring Form and GDPR Privacy Notice attached below. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Closing date for applications is 23:59 (GMT) on 12 January 2025.

The first round of interviews will be held on  30-31 January and a second round of interviews will be held on 28 February & 1 March.

Interserve is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all within the Interserve community to share this commitment. DBS checks will be required for all employees

More information:Job Description | Personal Specification | Statement of Faith  | Please contact Dawn Macaulay via personnel@interserve.org.uk for a full recruitment pack.  

Application Forms:  Application Form | Diversity Monitoring Form | GDPR Privacy Notice