Jews for Jesus Australia is seeking a Church relations officer to maintain and develop our partnerships with church organisations in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

We are a religious institution whose values require the promotion of Jesus the Messiah (Yeshua ha Mashiach in Hebrew) to Jewish peoples in Australia and throughout the world. We are a member of the international organisation called Jews for Jesus. Jews for Jesus Australia is a member of Missions Interlink Australia and is listed on the ACNC register.

The role is structured as either 0.6FT or full time with the addition of some shopkeeping, event planning or social media duties. You will be covered by the Clerk’s private sector award 2020, classified at level 3. The office and shopfront are located in Bondi Junction, Sydney NSW. While some aspects of the job can be done remotely, Jews for Jesus Australia values in person engagement with our local community. 

As a religious organisation, Jews for Jesus invites successful applicant to declare belief in a statement of faith and to acknowledge that such belief is a core pre-requisite of your continuing employment with us. The statement of faith can be found on our website or supplied by request.

The  Church Relations Officer role comprises the following:

  1. Developing and maintaining missionaries’ church speaking itineraries
  2. Communicating with local churches in the following ways:
    • contacting via telephone and email churches that already partner with us, as well as churches with which we desire to establish new partnerships, for the purpose of scheduling church speaking opportunities;
    • providing direction and resources to those inquiring about our ministry and our programs;
    • praying with pastors for their congregations when special needs present themselves;
    • thanking churches for partnering with us and asking for prayer and support for our work;
  3. Administration activities include:
    • entering data about churches, scheduled speaking details and itineraries into the appropriate databases;
    • seeking new prospective churches to whom we can present the opportunity to become partners in our mission;
    • resolving scheduling conflict and/or cancellations that arise.

To apply please email a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the message header Church Relations Officer position