Job Vacancies
1. Communications Coordinator
(based at OMF Singapore National Office)
- Responsible for the media and print ministry of OMF Singapore which includes producing and managing publicity materials, newsletters, and basic web management
- Mobilise churches and individuals for missions through creative media
Qualifications:
• Relevant working experience & training in Mass Communications
• Excellence in spoken & written English (fluency in Mandarin is a plus)
• Proficient in Word processing and basic knowledge of web admin (design & media skills are a plus)
Contact Daniel or Shireen at tel: 6475-4592 or e-mail: sg-hdpa@omf.net
2. Chinese Church Mobilisation Coordinator
(based at OMF Singapore National Office)
- Responsible for mobilising local Mandarin-speaking churches to send out missionaries to East Asia
- Mentor potential missionary candidates
- Work in a team with the Mobilisation and Candidate Coordinators
Qualifications:
• Relevant working experience & training in missions mobilisation
• Excellence in spoken & written Mandarin
• Relevant Bible Seminary training and ability to preach in Mandarin.
Contact Daniel or Shireen at tel: 6475-4592 or e-mail: sg-hdpa@omf.net
3. International Coordinator for Third Culture Kid, TCK, Care and Education
Location: OMF International Headquarters, Singapore
By providing appropriate support in the care and education of more than 700 TCKs and their families in ministry locations throughout Asia, the TCK team enables families to equip their children for all that God has for them, helps to keep those families serving long-term and is an integral part of OMF’s work to glorify God by reaching East Asia’s peoples. The International Coordinator for TCK Care and Education will be accountable to the International Director of Personnel.
Major Responsibilities:
1. Provide leadership to the small international TCK team responding to emerging needs in new ministry locations and addressing specific needs of families in isolated or difficult locations.
2. Develop and work with a team of personnel in ministry locations and sending countries to facilitate and monitor effective support for the children of missionaries in the areas of education, transition, re-entry and related family life and cross-cultural parenting issues.
3. Work with leaders to identify educational needs and family support requirements for members in ministry locations and to recognize when existing provisions need to adapt to a changing situation.
4. Support and train boarding personnel in the provision of quality care for boarding students.
5. Disseminate relevant TCK resources and information across the Fellowship.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Committed Christian
- Has a personal call to engage in cross-cultural mission in Asia
- Cross-cultural ministry experience
- Professional standing in an appropriate teaching role.
- Able to focus issues and initiate consultative processes that address existing and emerging needs.
- Able to work in a team, building confidence in key colleagues, encouraging them in their roles.
- Communications competency: Able to effectively communicate via both written and spoken word; Good presentation skills; Competent in the use of: Outlook and Skype.
- Technical skills: Good understanding and experience with MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, Power point and Outlook; Confident with IT applications
- Problem-solving skills.
Contact Steve and Anna Griffiths: ihq-idp@omf.net or tel: (+65)63194554
4. International Systems Programmer
- To provide a programming resource to OMF projects, e.g. the Finance System & Personnel System.
- Period of post is Minimum 1 year, 2 years desirable, renewable
- Based at OMF International Headquarters in Singapore. During implementation phase of projects, some travel to predominantly Asian destinations will be required.
- Fluent in SQL, VB.net, ASP and a Microsoft Certified Professional.
- Significant current experience of creative and innovative business systems development using the above tools
For enquiries, please contact Martin Jungnickel at ihq-ipm@omf.net or (65) 6319 4594
5. Positions open for OMF's IPS - Connecting People project:
Seeking Christian professionals to release their skills for mission in short, medium and long term job roles. A key aspect of the roles is Business as Mission with Cambodian IT professionals. There are a number of vacancies in the following areas:
i) SAP HCM Configurers and developers with experience in some of the following:
· Personnel Administration (PA)
· Organization Management (OM)
· Employee Self-Service
· Portal
· e-Recruiting
· eLearning
· Configuration
· ABAP, Netweaver
. SAP BI / BW and reporting
ii) SAP Basis; Infrastructure & Network Security Specialist
iii) Trainers - User guide, eLearning and training delivery
iv) Quality & test manager with experience in business & IT solutions
v) Personnel Manager / Administrator with SAP implementation experience
Volunteer short term (ServeAsia) stints from experienced SAP professionals for a period of 1-3 months are also welcomed.
The vacancies are medium term associate positions available for 1-3 years located in Singapore and / or Cambodia starting Jan 2008. (Some of the roles will be located in Singapore with travel to Cambodia. Other roles will start in Singapore for 6 months and then transfer to Cambodia (Phnom Penh) after an initial 6 months. There is some flexibility here.) US and UK positions are open too as the project moves from design into delivery phases.
IPS Project Summary:
The international personnel system (IPS) – 'Connecting People' project is a new initiative to ensure that OMF is able to best manage its most important resource to serve God in the most effective manner. Unlike a traditional personnel system, the focus is more on relationships with people in and outside the organisation. It includes:
- Relationship management – Between mobilizers and members with supporters. Planning campaigns, events and communications.
- Personnel Administration and Organisation Management – Supports the key information needs and people processes of the organisation.
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Candidate selection – Facilitating a global selection process in an efficient and effective manner.
Developing the members – Qualification catalogues and eLearning portal and tools for developing the membership. Review processes for assessing time on the field. - Caring for the members – Schools database and review processes for children.
- Communications, reporting and security – These underpin the above areas.
This project will deliver a single solution to 26 countries and about 2500 users.
For enquiries, please contact Jon Watts: ihq-ipspm@omf.net or tel: (65) 6319 4586
6. IPS Organisation Coordinator
Location: OMF International Headquarters, Singapore
OMF aims to glorify God by providing an international personnel system (IPS) that facilitates the key people processes and information needs of the organisation. The IPS Organisation Coordinator will be accountable to the International Director of Personnel.
Major Responsibilities:
1. Communicate with leaders and personnel managers across the Fellowship regarding all changes to the organisational structure.
2. Work with leaders of each centre on a monthly basis to review vacancies and organisational structures.
3. Work with leaders in defining major changes to their organisation chart and reporting structures.
4. Training of key administrators throughout the organisation in both SAP personnel administration, organisation management and the support processes.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Committed Christian
- Has a personal call to support cross-cultural mission in Asia
- Ability to work in a focused, process–oriented fashion
- High orientation to detail
- Communications competency: Able to effectively communicate via both written and spoken word; Able to inspire confidence in key administrators and encourage them in their roles; Good presentation skills; Competent in the use of: Outlook, Skype, Telecoms
- Coordination and liaison skills: Ability to structure and prioritise work; Able to present a clear status report; Able to escalate issues in a timely and appropriate fashion; Ability to work with other administration teams to ensure that changes to the organisation structure are fully communicated and understood.
- Technical skills: Good understanding and experience with MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, Power point and Outlook; Confident and quick learner of IT applications
- Problem-solving skills
- Understanding of the principles of SAP
For enquiries, please contact Jon Watts: ihq-ipspm@omf.net or tel: (65) 6319 4586
7. CIO/IT Facilitator
Based in OMF International Headquarters based in Singapore.
The Chief Information Officer (CIO), who will report to the International Director for Finance and Administration, will lead and manage the process of determining the information resource strategies, priorities and projects that will best achieve the Fellowship’s strategic objectives.
In tandem, The CIO will play a critical role in ensuring that the technology direction, infrastructure, service operations and budget management - truly enable the Fellowship’s mission to be accomplished in a manner that is both efficient and effective, and represent God-honoring stewardship of resources He supplies.
The incumbent should see this position as a high calling from God to serve in missions using his/her gifts and thus, to join the Fellowship as a member.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 15 years with at least 5 years in a senior relevant management role demonstrating capabilities required by key functions.
- Knowledge/training/background and experience must include linking service-oriented architectures and event-driven architectures that are scalable, high performing, secure and distributable.
- Broad knowledge of various aspects of software, hardware, networking, communication capabilities, applications and solution options including outsourcing and remote operations. Personal hands-on experience and track record of being highly practical and creative in bringing appropriate solutions into highly cost-effective user-friendly implementation under diverse, global, pioneering and resource-tight environment.
- Mature born-again Christian, interested in and has shown willingness to participate actively in cross-cultural Christian mission who is willing and positive about working as part of a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural team from a wide range of personal backgrounds.
For enquiries, please contact Georgiana Wong at ihq-idfapa@omf.net or (65) 6319 4550
8. Finance & Administration Director
Based in OMF Hong Kong Office.
For enquiries, please email the Hong Kong office sg-hdpa@omf.net
