JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Message Midlands Regional Director
Department: Message Midlands
Hours: Full time
Location: Message Midlands Offices
Starting: Jan 2016
Grade: L1 - £35,213 plus company car
Responsible to: The Message Trust Executive
Summary of Role:
 To spearhead the Higher tour in and around Birmingham in 2017 and with an expected
second stage in 2020.
 Working with church networks and planters to ensure a coherent follow up for as many
young people as possible with churches and communities ready to engage and disciple
young people.
 To launch and run legacy events post Higher for young people to build into their lives post
the mission.
 Following the Higher tour, taking responsibility for helping the local church throughout the
Midlands to reach the hardest to reach with the gospel of Jesus and developing Message
ministries to help serve that aim.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Higher Birmingham 2017
The Higher Tour offers a unique and exciting opportunity to reach young people in schools across
the whole of Birmingham with the gospel. This will be the main focus for this role and will
culminate in day missions to 40+ schools across the region and one or a series of huge evangelistic
concerts at a key venue in the city in the autumn term of 2017. We then hope to run the tour
again in 2020. This is strong strategic catalyst to reach young people and grow the church
networks to be ready to respond and disciple.
With the support of the National Higher Tour Manager and other staff you will:
 Identify and implement a strategy of communication and vision casting in order to find a
minimum of 50 key partnered churches to the vision for Higher. These key churches will
support the vision with funding, prayer and youth work that will help develop the tour and
run follow up after.
 Identify and forge partnerships with churches and ministries across Birmingham.
 Work on partnering schools with churches for extended follow up.
 Find 40+ schools to take the tour during the autumn month preceding the events.
 Identify key venues and work with churches on getting young people from schools to the
events
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Train both youth workers and young people across the region in how to do peer to peer
evangelism and also in how to journey through the 3 stage AAA resources to ensure as
many young people as possible keep journeying with the Gospel and grow in their faith.
Legacy from Higher
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Existing churches focused on reaching and keeping young people.
New church expressions inspired and launched to help disciple young people from the tour
Young evangelists trained and released in the region and beyond.
Regular large scale events to continue to preach the Gospel regularly and get young people
passionate about Jesus.
Further Message Ministries to aid the legacy of the Higher Tour
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To work closely with the regional development manager to create a clear strategy for
launching and recruiting for Eden teams across the region.
To work with the creative manager at using a new creative team for the region to soften
the ground and prepare the way for Higher, also ensuring this team become a key driver in
follow up and preparation for the next mission.
Other Expectations
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The attendance at prayer days in Message HQ on a monthly basis.
Regular line management meetings with the Executive at Message HQ.
Increase the support base of Message across the regions, both in prayer supporters and
financial supporters
Network with other mission ministries in the UK
All staff are expected to raise regular financial support for the ministry, aiming to raise one
supporter a month and recruiting a minimum of three before they start.
Essential Skills and Experience
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Clear strategic vision
Energy and business acumen, innovation and entrepreneurial skills.
Open and sharing approach to working in partnership the Executive Team
Good leadership, team-building, motivational and staff management skills.
Able to balance financial and non-financial objectives, analyse information, make sound
judgements, appraise performance and manage risk.
Networking, influencing/promotional and negotiating skills. Able to develop and sustain public
and voluntary sector partnerships.
Strong self-motivation.
A “hands-on” attitude, able to roll-up sleeves and pitch-in with practical task delivery.
Successful management track record including change and innovation.
Confidentiality:
Any information relating to people contacted by the Trust acquired in the course of duty must be
treated in strictest confidence and must be discussed only within the confines of the work setting
with the appropriate members of staff.
Any information relating to staff acquired in the course of duty must be treated in the strictest
confidence and must be discussed only with senior staff members or with the line manager.
Note
This job description is not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line with
future organisational changes.
The successful candidate for this post will be asked to apply for a DBS check. The Message has
decided that this shall be at the level of: Enhanced. Further information about the Disclosure
scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check/overview.
It is an occupational requirement that the post-holder must be a committed Christian who
believes in the Lordship of Christ and the authority of scripture, and who wants to see the
Christian message communicated effectively to young people.