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Executive Pastor

Do you have a passion for seeing people and communities transformed by the love of Jesus? Are processes, compliance and policies music to your ears? Are you looking for a way to engage both of those?

We have an opportunity for a called pastor to serve at South West Baptist Church as our next Executive Pastor. This role works closely with our Senior Pastor as part of our Leadership Team. This involves contributing to and implementing South West Baptist’s spiritual and strategic direction, vision and values.  Our leadership role model the vision of SWBC as a whole-of-life commitment and are, first of all, followers of Jesus and active disciplers of others.  

You will have robust biblical understanding of God’s missional bias to the poor and marginalised. Experience essential in handling complexity and leading through change toward shared missional action.

This role also leads our Structures Team, overseeing Finance, Facilities, IT and Human Resources. It’s a position that requires adaptability, needing to hold both details and the big picture, with people management skills in the mix. You’ll be dedicated to ensuring we’ve crossed our t’s and dotted our i’s with our compliance, policies, procedures, and budgeting, all while sharing the love of Jesus!

This role is for 30 hours a week, but this can be negotiated up to full time for our successful candidate. The full job description is available here.  

The starting date for this role will be May 2024. If you’re interested in applying or finding out more, please get in touch as soon as possible so we can discuss this with you.  

Generations Pastor

We are seeking a Generations Pastor – a new role in the life of our church. This role will lead all children’s, youth, young adults and family areas of the church to proactively form faith across the younger generations including fostering intergenerational involvement.   

As part of our Leadership Team, you’ll be reporting to and supported by our Senior Pastor. This involves contributing to and implementing South West Baptist’s spiritual and strategic direction, vision and values.  Our leadership role model the vision of SWBC as a whole-of-life commitment and are, first of all, followers of Jesus and active disciplers of others.  

You will have robust biblical understanding of God’s missional bias to the poor and marginalised. You will be a leader of leaders, a communicator who enjoys working in and with mission-minded teams, handling complexity and leading through change toward shared missional action. Ideally you’ve had experience preaching too.   

This role will have high visibility and influence – your leadership will be both big picture and with a thorough knowledge and involvement on the ground. You’ll be equipping, supporting and empowering our 0-25s, their families and communities to grow in their relationship with God, with themselves, with each other and the world, weaving them into the life of our church journey.   

We have teams of people who are responsible for each of these areas, so you’ll be a strong team leader and manager, who can also identity and develop future leaders.  

This role is for up to 40 hours a week, but this can be negotiated for our successful candidate. The full job description is available here.  

The starting date for this role will be May 2024. If you’re interested in applying or finding out more, please get in touch as soon as possible so we can discuss this with you.  

Communications Manager

Our Communications Manager ensures that calendar planning and communication across a variety of media at SWBC is done effectively and efficiently, serving our vision. This role manages our calendar and communications platforms (including website, Facebook, Instagram, app), will produce images and video projects (Photoshop, iMovie, Final Cut Pro), oversee our Reception and database team (Elvanto) and ensure any publication from the central church is to a high standard. The full job description is available here.

To find out more or apply, get in touch. This role is for up to 40 hours a week, but this can be negotiated for our successful candidate. If you are interested in applying for a specific part of this role as part of a team approach, please contact us, we’d love to have a conversation with you about this. Training can also be provided.

Sunday Preschool Programme Coordinator - Fixed Term

We are taking expressions of interest for someone to deliver an engaging programme during Sunday morning gatherings for preschool children. This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. Read the full job description here or contact us to find out more.

The Living Room Cafe Manager

Expressions of interest for this permanent position are invited by Monday May 20, 2024. Contact mahi@swbc.org.nz immediately to discuss your interest in this or other roles in The Living Room cafe.