CMS to recruit new Executive Director
The historic Anglican mission agency CMS (the Church Mission Society) has appealed to its community to pray for the recruitment process for a new Executive Director. The move comes following the appointment of the organisation’s Community Leader Revd Canon Tim Dakin to the bishopric of Winchester.
Writing to CMS members, Martyn Snow, Vice–chair Trustees and Chair of Appointment Panel said, “We have done our best as trustees to listen to all the feedback we have been given (and there has been lots of it – thank you!) and have now agreed a job description and person specification for someone who will be both Community Leader and Executive Director of CMS as an organisation.”
The agency, founded in 1799, is looking for “an extraordinary individual” who is “a spiritually mature, committed Christian, passionate about mission and prayer, who can be a compelling role model for the evangelical ideals, ethos and values of CMS.” They must also be an “exceptional communicator of vision, inspiring faith and hope in others” with a strong track record of leading change in an influential, complex organisation.
Other required qualities include being a team player “with proven leadership skills, able to lead, motivate and manage staff, partners and members, confident in relating to people at all levels”; having extensive experience of cross–cultural working; and having “a highly developed understanding of missiology”.
The
agency’s website
states: “If you are interested in applying for this post please
follow this link
and you will be directed to our retained search consultant Mark Thomas (MDN Fusion).
If for any reason this link does not connect you, please contact him on 01256 324328…all applications should be sent electronically to him at markt@mdnfusion.com.”
The job profile can be downloaded here.