Website Africa Inland Mission
Christ Centred Churches among all African peoples
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your bookkeeping, finance, promotional, and administration skills in a Christian mission organisation focused on Africa’s unreached? As part of the AIM Asia-Pacific Region, the Africa Inland Mission’s New Zealand office supports our gospel workers serving in various African countries and globally. We seek a mission-minded person with proven Christian character and excellent bookkeeping, public relations and administration skills. This position is an opportunity to join our small New Zealand team, based in Onehunga, Auckland and to support the Board of the Trust Africa Inland Mission International New Zealand.
This role involves:
- Financial Duties
- The bookkeeping for the organisation using Xero, including coordinating the annual audit.
- Receipting donations, making bank deposits, payroll, preparing international fund transfers with the Treasurer and providing workers with monthly financial reports.
- Advise and assist workers in fundraising.
- Promotional Duties
- Communicate with our supporter base, including donors, prayer supporters and churches.
- Promote the ministry of Africa Inland Mission using email, social media, website and print.
- Coordinate with the Asia-Pacific Director for public communications.
- Encourage more people to give, pray and serve with AIM
- Human Resources
- Serve as the first contact for inquiries.
- Coordinate with our Mission Mentors in the recruitment of new missionaries.
- Assist workers returning from overseas ministry and those preparing to leave.
- Recruit and manage volunteers to assist in office activities.
- Administration
- Secretarial support for the Board of Africa Inland Mision International New Zealand.
- Maintaining office records and helping ensure compliance with legal requirements
- Participating in and leading office prayer times or devotions.
Skills and Experience:
- Strong computer skills and ability to learn and pick up new systems and software.
- Certificate IV in bookkeeping or similar or equivalent experience and competent in MS Office and Xero.
- You must have strong attention to detail and display an ability to be a fast learner.
- Have an understanding and empathy for Christian missions and cross-cultural ministry.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work unsupervised.
This paid position is 15 hours per week. Immediate start.
Please direct questions to Len Lesleighter, the Asia- Pacific Mobilising Director; email: director.au@aimint.org or WhatsApp/M +61 411 473 807. Please forward your application addressing the criteria above with a cover letter, referee contacts and CV to director.au@aimint.org
