Director of Operations

Emmaus Rd is a vibrant church with congregations in Aldershot, Guildford and Woking. Our vision is to play our part in reaching the region with the good news of Jesus and to resource the global 24-7 Prayer movement, of which we are founding members.

We have a subsidiary charity, Emmaus Transformation Trust (ETT) and this charity delivers social transformation projects through The Lighthouses. While ETT has its own Board of Trustees and executive leadership, operational functions are aligned through a matrix structure to enable shared systems and accountability.

About the role The Director of Operations will hold responsibility for the operational functions of the church and charity. They will provide operational leadership, ensuring consistency, compliance, and good practice.

The full role description is in the Application Pack.

About you You will understand administration as a central ministry in the church and see this role as a spiritual act of service, as well as a job to be done well.

You will ensure that finance, people, governance, safeguarding and communications function with excellence and integrity.

To achieve this, you will be an experienced leader who has led multi-disciplinary teams. You will have experience working with trustee boards and have a working knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety and GDPR. You will have experience overseeing budgeting and financial controls and overseeing major organisational projects.

To apply To apply for this role please submit:

A CV

A personal statement (max 2 pages)

Please send these to recruitment@emmausrd.com

In light of the postholder’s responsibilities to model Christian discipleship, contribute to the development and delivery of the church’s vision and represent the church’s Christian ethos within partner organisations, it is a genuine occupational requirement (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9) that the role is held by a practising Christian committed to the beliefs, values, and mission of the church.