Ministry Manager


Three quick questions

Are you a mature evangelical Christian with an international outlook and solid experience of management within Christian organisations?

Are you up for a substantial new voluntary challenge in the Philippines?

And do you have a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us, a growing non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees?

Our SEC-registered Philippines arm, Integridad: Heart for Detainees has grown to the extent that we now need a full-time, on site, voluntary manager with the experience and skills to manage our multi-national team, complex work schedules, and challenging clientele.

As a result, we are open to applications from non-Filipinos as well as Filipinos. Ideally, we need someone who…

  • is mature both in personality and Christian faith

  • has experience of missionary life

  • has an international outlook

  • appreciates this voluntary role as service unto God

  • has experience of managing people and organisations in hot climate cultures!

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect from us?

Duties

Some of the many local healthcare trainees we take on placement

  • To ensure the efficient & optimal running of our local operations, both within the Philippines and in any surrounding South East Asian and Western Pacific nations we may reach out to.

  • Depending on our fluctuating needs and your particular experience, your duties may include:-

    • Administration:

      • logistics – oversee the local movement of goods & people;

      • office – support and oversee our local administrator in the effective running of our hybrid office;

      • on-call - share on-call managerial duties with our voluntary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who also serves as our Chief Medical Officer (CMO).

    • Finance:

      • accounts – liaise with our local accountant and treasurer to produce our local accounts in timely fashion;

      • assets – oversee the management and maintenance of our local assets including equipment, property and vehicles;

      • audits – arrange our statutory audits, and perform internal audits to monitor our financial probity;

      • book-keeping – oversee our local administrator’s Xero.com book-keeping;

      • budgets – draft our annual budgets in conjunction with our UK and Philippine treasurers, and ensure that we work within our agreed budgets;

      • fundraising – develop our local fundraising strategy and manage local fundraising activities;

      • reports – prepare quarterly financial reports for our local and UK treasurers.

    • Governance:

      • boards – support our UK-based CEO in the preparation of papers for our local and UK boards, and - when required – attend online and hybrid board meetings;

      • committees – ensure that any local committees are formed and run in optimal fashion;

      • health & safety – ensure that we operate local with due regard to local Health & Safety legislation but also with consideration of UK standards;

      • insurance – ensure that we obtain competitive, comprehensive and timely local insurance for our activities and assets;

      • policies – support our CEO in ensuring local adherence to non-clinical and clinical policies;

      • risk register – maintain our local risk register;

      • statutory frameworks – ensure that we operate appropriately within the relevant local statutory frameworks such as Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD).

      Human Resources:

      • clinicians – support our CMO in her hybrid recruitment, induction, appraisal, development, supporting and (if necessary) disciplining of local personnel;

      • devotions – participate in the leadership of our daily Christian faith-inspired team meetings;

      • international volunteers – take a lead in welcoming and supporting international volunteers placed with our local team;

      • local team – manage and support our local team on a daily basis, including leading the daily morning team meetings;

      • non-clinicians – recruit, induct, appraise, develop, support and (if necessary) discipline local personnel.

    • Information Technology (IT) & Publicity:

      • data protection – audit local compliance with our data protection policy and ensure that it is compliant with local legal developments;

      • electronic equipment – oversee the local acquisition, maintenance and tracking of electronic equipment;

      • events – represent us at local events;

      • social media & website – create and update local content.

    • Services:

      • healthcare:

        • oversee our local delivery of spiritual care, including participating in its delivery (ie sharing the Word of God with our clients);

        • support our CMO in her hybrid oversight and development of our local healthcare programs, both on site (eg the clinic on our base) and off site (eg our outreach into places of detention).

      • expertise – support if requested.

      • advocacy – support our local personnel as they deliver our advocacy programs.

      • research – support if requested.

      • training – support in the delivery of our local training programs including elective students and on-the-job trainees (OJTs).

  • You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Hours

Our previous manager, Mam Loy (right) with some of our other staff and local fisherman with an evening donation of fish for our detainee feeding program

  • Depending on whatever is mutually agreed, you will contribute between 28 and 35 hours (four to five seven-hour days) of work per week.

  • Your usual working hours will be within the Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00 window.

  • Occasional evening and weekend working will be required, mainly to meet online with our CEO/CMO when she is based in the UK; time-off-in-lieu (TOIL) will be given.

  • You will receive six weeks of annual leave per year, which ordinarily should be taken at times when the CEO/CMO is not on leave & vice versa.

  • In addition, you will be entitled to be off duty during the majority of the Philippine public holidays.

Line management

  • You will be line managed by our CEO/CMO.

  • Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Remuneration

  • Accommodation – this is a live-in position; a single (or, if married, double) air-conditioned room will be provided within the comfortable residential part of our base.

  • Food – the cost of food will not be reimbursed.

  • Remuneration – this is a voluntary post, likely best suited to an experienced Christian missionary with a solid financial supporter base.

  • Travel – local, non-commuting travel expenses will be paid.

  • Utilities – a small charge (amount to be agreed) will be made monthly to cover the cost of air-conditioning and other utilities consumption.

  • Visas – the cost of visas will not be reimbursed.

This key role will provide senior support to our Philippines ministry and its staff, volunteers and trainees, as well as to our CEO

Person specification

Experience, knowledge, qualifications & skills

  • Essential

    • accurate typist when aided by spell checker

    • experience of managing a team

    • experience of writing board or other (non-clinical or clinical) governance documents 

    • fluency in using Excel, PowerPoint & Word

    • fluent in spoken and written English

    • interest in healthcare issues

  • Desirable

    • accountancy or book-keeping experience

    • basic knowledge of healthcare issues

    • car driver with a clean licence

    • eloquent board meeting presenter

    • experience of human resource management

    • experience of working with a board

    • leadership experience

    • missionary experience

    • professional background

Health & safety

  • Essential

    • physically and mentally fit enough to thrive in the Philippines in a ministry focused on offender healthcare

Personal attributes

  • Essential

    • acknowledgement that this work is service unto God

    • active Christian faith with ecumenical outlook*

    • adaptable

    • appreciation of multi-culturalism

    • appropriate relationships and personal boundaries

    • autonomous worker who takes initiative

    • calm under pressure

    • confidential

    • delegator

    • heart for detainees

    • highly organised

    • personality compatibility with our CMO’s friendly version of the ISTJ Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

    • polite & respectful

    • possession of a passport & willingness to travel long haul

    • professional approach to life

    • punctual & reliable with excellent time management skills & ability to work to deadlines

    • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

    • superb communication & interpersonal skills

    • sympathy with our plans and values

  • Desirable

    • interest in human rights, offender healthcare & social justice

 Availability

  • Essential

    • available for at least three years

    • available to reside in Philippines

  • Desirable

    • available indefinitely

    • willingness to travel to other countries on occasion

Notes

Occupational Requirements

This post is based in the Philippines. That said, for the avoidance of doubt regarding the UK Equalities Act 2010, person specifications marked with an asterisk are considered to be occupational requirements.

Dates

  • Selection date: no closing date

  • Start date: mutual convenient date

Process

  • Informal enquiry: email us.

  • Formal application: complete the online application form. We do not process applications received in other ways.

  • References will be taken up before interview.

  • Short-listing: we endeavour to contact all applicants, short-listed or otherwise.

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge…
Proverbs 18:15