General Secretary, National Council of Churches in Australia

Reporting to the President of the Board of NCCA Ltd, as the executive officer you will use your creative leaderhships skills to drive the implementation of NCCA’s strategic objectives. You will be responsible for operations through the management of NCCA programs and the Secretariat.

A servant leader, with an understanding of the sensitivities to deliver in the ecumenical space, you will advise and support the Board, engage with the NCCA membership to encourage active participation in the organisation’s activities, manage a team for program delivery and promote the work of the NCCA to the wider community.

Key Requirements

Your high-level strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, demonstrated commitment to ecumenism and awareness of developments in ecumenical thought and activity are key to this role. Just as important is your ability to foster and develop collaborative and productive working relationships and to manage competing stakeholder expectations.

You will be an active participant of an NCCA member church and ideally have experience in overseeing board secretariat services and providing governance advice. You will also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven people management ability.

Specifically, the following are our Key Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in one or more of Theology, Business, Management
• Management experience in a not-for-profit (ideally faith-based) organisation
• Demonstrated commitment to ecumenism and an awareness of the circumstances of NCCA member churches and developments in ecumenical thought and activity
• Demonstrated high-level strategic thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to research and analyse data, prepare policy recommendations and write reports and briefing papers
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills and excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Experience in overseeing board secretariat services and providing governance advice
• Experience in managing a team to deliver quality services, manage priorities and meet objectives

This full-time position and will be offered on a contract basis for three years, renewable for a further three years, subject to satisfactory performance. Occasional national and international travel will be required.