Position Title: Administration Officer
Church: NewDay Church
Position: Administration Officer
Reports to: Lead Pastor and NDC Leadership Team
Term: 1 year contract, 2.5 days a week
Remuneration:$26.5 per hour + superannuation
Start Date: 9th January
Date Reviewed: Annually
Location: 25 O’Brien’s Road, Figtree, NSW 2525
Position Overview
The purpose of this role is to:
1) undertake the administrative needs of the NewDay Church (NDC) community, it’s building and property,
2) provide support to pastors, ministries and leadership at NewDay Church, and
3) provide a single point of contact and support for non-pastoral needs.
The NDC Administration Officer will also provide assistance to NewDay Kids (NDK), a service of NDC, as required.
Essential Spiritual Attributes and Skills
- A personal and ongoing relationship with Jesus
- The spiritual gift of administration
- Outstanding relational and communication skills
- Be responsive and flexible to handle the changing needs of a church
- Ability to take initiative and direction where appropriate
- A keen attention to detail
- Self-motivated and finds a way to get things done
- Operates with the utmost integrity and confidentiality
- Organised, trustworthy and reliable
Key Relationships
The Administration Officer will be accountable to the Lead Pastor of NDC as well as its Leadership Team. They will also be directly responsible for relationships with:
- Volunteers throughout the office setting
- Co-workers throughout NDC and NDK
- Contact points in other businesses and organisation
- Hirers and other community members
Key Responsibilities and Expectations
Our Administration Officer will be responsible for:
- Communicating on the church’s behalf through mail, e-mail, voicemail, txt etc. including the development of a weekly newsletter.
- Coordinating logistics and administrative support for church staff, leadership and lay leaders.
- Organising and overseeing the serving roster in conjunction with various teams operating within the church.
- Coordinating our facilities and resources with internal and external sources.
- Closely liaise with Leadership and Maintenance Team to ensure appropriate regulations and policies are met e.g. OHS, WWCC, Fire Safety etc.
- Responsibility and delegation throughout the office and its volunteers as well as being responsible for day-to-day visitors.
- Maintaining our online and hardcopy databases, systems and records including the Church Directory
- Overseeing the preparation and implementation of surveys, annual general meetings, working bees and other clerical tasks
- Overseeing the security of the physical property (building, keys) and intellectual property including private information
- To be available to serve as needed, within reason, as required by the Senior Pastor or Leadership Team
Key Result Areas
- Communication
- Organisation
- Initiative
- Relationship
- Professionalism
- Overall Administration
Key Selection Criteria
KSC 1 Believe the same as stated at: http://www.newdaychurch.com.au/what-we-believe/
KSC 2 Strong clerical, communication and computer skills
KSC 3 A willingness to up-skill and learn new technologies where appropriate
KSC 4 Well organised with the ability to take initiative and direction where appropriate
KSC 5 Spiritual gift of administration
KSC 6 Has a keen attention to detail and is a well organised individual
KSC 7 Holds good standing in their current church community
KSC 8 Be able to produce a current Working With Children Check and Police Check
Submissions
Read the full Position Description HERE.
All applications for the role should include a current resume and an accompanying response to the Key Selection Criteria. You are not required to be an expert at writing job applications – you just need to be able to, with God’s help, fill the role required.
Applicants will also be required to provide a minimum of 2 referees, one of which is a Pastor.
Send applications to: jono@newdaychurch.com.au
Address applications to: Lead Pastor
NewDay Church
25 O’Brien’s Road, Figtree NSW 2525
Ph: (02) 4226 5022