Executive Secretary

Executive Secretary, Military Ministries International

Military Ministries International (MMI), working with military Christians globally, is looking for an Executive Secretary.

Job Details

Location: Aldershot/Work from Home

Finance: Small salary or allowance

Duration: Part-time (2.5 days/wk), permanent

Function: Administration, Coordination

Posted: 05 Jun 2024

Closes: 12 Jun 2024

About MMI

MMI supports Christians serving in their armed forces in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, to be a force for good, through a living faith in Jesus Christ. MMI encourages and teaches moral and ethical leadership and supports chaplains and military leaders on the front lines of conflict. See our website www.mmi.org.uk

We seek to achieve our mission through facilitating conferences, seminars, retreats, symposiums, training events and adventurous activities at local, national and international levels throughout the regions in which we operate.  When possible, MMI encourages military Christians to form a Military Christian Fellowship (MCF) in their country, bringing together believers from different denominational backgrounds in unity in accordance with Galatians 3:28, “…we are all one in Christ Jesus”.

MMI is one of three Principal Support Organisations (PSO) of the worldwide Association of Military Christian Fellowships (AMCF – www.amcf-int.org). Our sister PSOs are ACCTS USA (www.accts.org) and the Korean Military Support Organisation (www.mso.or.kr).

MMI is non-denominational, interacting with military believers from all expressions of Christianity. All MMI staff are part-time, some salaried, some not. MMI has a small Headquarters (HQ) and distributed regional teams, some of whom do not live in the UK.

Prayer is the foundation of everything MMI does. We pray and then we plan. Through the surrender of our personal ideas and agendas in prayer we seek to follow the plans God has for us as an organisation and as individuals.

About the Role (Extract from Job Specification)

Coordinating the day to day running of the MMI office and field teams to achieve MMI’s mission.

Deputising for the Chief Executive in his absence, including chairing of meetings, and pray and plan (P&P) events of the Headquarters and field staff.

The efficient day-to-day organisation of MMI, including development of efficient ways of electronic working.

Acting as MMI’s main link with the Association of Military Christian Fellowships (AMCF) Vice Presidents and the Executive Secretaries/Deputy Directors of its other Principal Support Organisations (PSOs) in the USA and South Korea. This liaison will always include praying with and for men and women globally who will often pray in their own language, with and without interpreters.

Scheduling and participating in MMI’s fortnightly Executive Committee and Staff Fellowship Zoom meetings, including leading Bible Study, reflection and prayers in rotation with other staff on a regular basis.

Gatekeeper to triage issues and coordinate their effective resolution.

Monitoring the operational implementation of MMI strategy by the (office and field) staff and ensuring adherence to MMI Processes in regard to mission, timelines, budgets.

Line manage the IT Officer.

Be the main point of contact for general enquiries about MMI.

Be prepared to participate in MMI-sponsored events in the UK and abroad from time to time.

As part of the MMI Executive Committee, you would be expected to faithfully uphold the organisation in prayer and be prepared to exercise a prayer ministry with the MMI Team, including being a member of the Headquarters Pray and Plan Group. In accordance with the Equality Act of 2010 and due to the context of the role there is an ‘occupational requirement’ for the post holder to be a Bible-believing, practising Christian. The job holder should be committed to MMI’s vision and Basis of Belief, be able to demonstrate enthusiasm for the Christian purposes of the organisation and be able to live out, hold to, support and contribute to its Christian ethos.

It is highly desirable that the applicant has experience of military life, as our ministry is exclusively to military people.

For a full Job Description, Application Form and supporting forms, please contact [email protected]

We aim to interview for this post in Jun/Jul 24 with a view to appointing as soon as possible thereafter.