Open Doors – Who are we and what do we do? - Global Connections

Director of ICT

Open Doors – Who are we and what do we do? Open Doors is an international ministry serving persecuted Christians and churches worldwide. We supply Bibles, leadership training, literacy programmes, livelihood support and advocacy services. We also seek to mobilise the church in the around the world not only to serve Christians living under religious persecution but also to learn from them what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Open Doors originated in 1955, when a young Dutchman known as ‘Brother Andrew’ started smuggling Bibles across the Iron Curtain to the persecuted church. Now, some sixty years later, Open Doors serves millions of persecuted Christians in over 50 countries – including some of the most dangerous places in the world by:    

Providing Bibles and Christian literature - writing, translating, printing and distributing a wide range of items in various languages, including Children's Bibles, MP3 Bibles and discipleship literature; Providing training for leadership and discipleship - training in effective church leadership and discipling others, all in the context of helping believers grow in their faith and understanding, and stand strong through the storm of persecution; Sustaining lives, supporting livelihoods - bringing practical support to families, to widows, to orphans, to the victims of violence or natural disaster; Raising awareness, educating and speaking out in advocacy – mobilising the Body of Christ and seeking positive policy change through private diplomacy and public campaigning.

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Director of ICT Open Doors International (ODI) is a faith-based organisation and it expects its employees to adhere to its stated Core Values in their own personal conduct and in how they approach and undertake their work.

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These Core Values are: We are part of the Body of Christ; a people to people, people Revelation 3:2: ‘Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die' - we are more valued by our physical presence than the ten best sermons we could bring. We stand with our brothers and sisters in their suffering. We are Persecuted Church driven Jesus met the people at their point of need. We meet those suffering for their love of Jesus and seek how we can support them in their time of need, whether through receiving a bible, being present to them, providing discipleship training or practical support. We are people of the Bible We are dedicated to getting the Word of God into the hands of His suffering people, helping them to know the Lord more fully through His Word and living out our own lives enriched by His Word. We are people of prayer We recognise that we are in a spiritual battle (Ephesians 6:10-18) and we see the power of prayer being a powerful weapon in responding to and meeting the needs of others. We are called to pray in all circumstances. We live and work by faith We believe the door has always been open for the Gospel, because the door has never been closed (Matthew 28:19) and we take one step at a time as we follow His leading. We are devoted to Jesus Christ with his commission We want to show the world that there is a different lifestyle available for those who follow in Jesus Christ and how we can strengthen those who are persecuted so they can witness to others. We are Motivated solely for the glory of God We want our only motivation for what we are called to do to bring glory to God. We are not against any other faith – only for Jesus.

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Open Doors International UK Office/Netherlands Office We are an international office serving many functions and primarily seeking to deliver the vision and strategy for Open Doors worldwide. Besides, our global services include ICT & Technology, Finance, Human Resource Management, Research, Advoacy, Project support and administration and travel. We support both our field operations, awareness and fund raising operations, we also co-ordinate speakers for different events, collate project information for the context and impact of our work on the field and provide a range of marketing, financial, HR and technology services to the world-wide ministry. As a small team, we also seek to serve the Persecuted Church by upholding them daily in prayer and by providing a vital link between our Field Operations and Development offices world-wide. Our aim is to faithfully serve our brothers and sisters who face and endure persecution because of their faith and we seek to glorify God through our ministry.

Further information about Open Doors and how we serve the Persecuted Church can be found at www.od.org

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Statement of Faith Everyone who works for Open Doors is required to agree, abide by and to sign the Statement of Faith. We have adopted as the Statement of Faith of Open Doors the Apostolic Creed: We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. AMEN We accept the revelation of the triune God given in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and confess the historical faith of the Gospel therein set forth. They here assert doctrines which they regard as crucial to the understanding of the faith, and which should issue in mutual love, practical Christian service and evangelistic concern. 1.

The units of God, eternally consisting of three Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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The sovereignty and grace of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit in creation, providence, revelation, redemption and final judgement.

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The divine inspiration of Holy Scripture and its consequent entire trustworthiness and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

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The universal sinfulness and guilt of fallen man, making him subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.

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The substitutionary sacrifice and shed blood of the incarnate Son of God as the sole and all-sufficient ground of redemption from the guilt and power of sin and from its eternal consequences.

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The justification of the sinner solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ crucified and risen from the dead.

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The illumination, regeneration, indwelling and sanctifying work of God the Holy Spirit.

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The priesthood of all believers, who form the universal Church, the Body of which Christ is the Head and which is committed by His command to the proclamation of the Gospel throughout the world.

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The expectation of the personal, visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ, in power and glory.

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Director of ICT Application Process Background to the role In January 2014 the CEO of Open Doors International (ODI) led a restructuring process that would lead to the new structure for an Executive Leadership Team - depicted below with a Chief of External Services (CES) and Chief of Internal Services (CIS). Under the Chief of Internal Services, the Director of Organisational Effectiveness (DOE) would oversee key Organisational Programs, of which ICT is one. In terms of Open Door’s strategic international development of Effective Stewardship, ICT plays a key role in delivering this service in the most effective, quality focused and value added way possible. The Director of ICT is responsible for supporting this Strategic Directive in cooperation with the DOE. Role purpose The role of Director of ICT is required to provide strategic and operational leadership to the internal ICT teams. Furthermore the role requires to support our regional bases around the world in regard to building consistency of standards in relation to local ICT needs, but also within an international framework. The intent in recruiting a new Director of ICT will be: 1) to help our regions and bases to align with international policy for Global ICT best practice and to assist in developing regional guidelines, procedures and compliance processes; and 2) to support the delivery of ICT core systems in the most cost effective and quality conscious way possible while building the competency of the ICT team within the needs of the ministry. 3) to build relationships and networking to meet the Global needs. The Director of ICT will also provide advice to the ELT and ODI Board and will seek to continue to build an increasingly effective ICT community with the ODI ICT Team, Regional/Country/Development base ICT professionals and its leaders, and it’s representing steering and working groups. Effectiveness in this role will require the Director of ICT to be able to support the improving delivery of already established ICT services while being able to provide leadership through a period of transition such that any changes are sustained and can be improved upon. This calls for this individual to have strong technical, change management and influencing skills. To this end, Open Doors would like to see greater agility and alignment in service offering that continues to meet the needs of a growing ministry to serve the persecuted Church and the Church worldwide. We are looking for someone who has successful experience in delivering a multi discipline, collaborative change activity, ideally within an international context, who can take a team of skilled professionals with them on the journey. The Director of ICT should be passionate about the spiritual development of staff and be ready to learn and/or take part in contemplative planning as a part of the process for discernment for working with people, events and projects. This is a 100% role and following a normal probationary period, will be a permanent position which could be based in either the Netherlands (Harderwijk) or the UK (Witney) office with negotiation possible for some of the work to be completed in a home office environment. Predominantly the ICT team resides in the Netherlands, however, there is a growing international ICT presence that the Director ICT will need to engage with.

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Director of ICT Recruitment process and how to apply The recruitment and selection process will take place between 1st of December 2015 and 31st of January 2016 with the aim of starting the role by 1st April, 2016 latest.

Timescale

1st December

Role Profile for Director of ICT to be posted on the internet, GlobalPoint and advertised in external publications

1st December

Applications for the role of Director of ICT to be sent to [email protected] by 12.00 noon GMT Monday 4th January 2016

4th – 31th January

Shortlisting and interviews will be conducted by the DOE and Executive Leadership Team. Interviews will be through face-to-face meetings and/or online. Dates for interview will be offered at a time convenient to the candidates and interviewers.

How to apply You can apply for this new position by:1. Submitting your curriculum vitae or career resume 2. Submitting one page A4/letter page that briefly explains the following: a. What excites you about this role? b. Describe a strategic change activity that you have led. What went well, what were the challenges and what did you learn? c. Describe how your strengths and people skills will help you to fit this role well. d. Briefly describe your desire to work for a Christian organization. 3. Giving the names, email address and phone numbers of 3 referees, one of which should be your current employer and another from a leader within your church.

Please state clearly the role you are applying for. Applications, including the above questions, must be complete or they will not be considered. The application must reach [email protected] by 12.00 noon GMT on 4th of January 2016.

Additional Information In case of equal capability internal candidates will have preference. As a faith based organisation this role has a genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for this post to be held by a Christian who assents to our statement of faith.

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Job Title Reports to Team Job purpose

ODI Director of ICT Salary Grading Status Permanent Director of Organizational Effectiveness OR(Active Christian Faith) YES Work pattern 100% (40 hours) ODI ICT To deliver outstanding ICT services and facilitate similarly outstanding ICT business partner style relationships such that OCI ICT connects and enables people to serve the persecuted Church in the most relevant and effective way possible.

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To be responsible for the effective delivery of the ICT services already established within the ministry To provide leadership in determining the quality of service of the ICT service offering and subsequent ongoing improvement plans To support the development and delivery of the strategic needs of ICT aligned with Global Strategic Priorities of the ministry To develop and source the skills within the ICT team in meeting the defined needs To provide functional and spiritual leadership To build increasingly effective networked relationships with key stakeholders both within and served by the ICT community such that the needs are understood and delivered To network the ICT resources such that services are prioritised, focused and delivered effectively To take financial responsibility for budget creation, reporting and adherence within ODI ICT To work with the stakeholders to establish the Global ICT standards of quality and the processes of visible compliance to establish meaningful accountability To communicate with and inform the ELT on the ICT

Experiences and Qualifications Key Qualities (Personality, Character, Calling, Culture) The Director of ICT will be a leader who has set strategic direction in a senior leadership role, built and developed a team to deliver the strategy and who has modelled servant leadership in the execution of the strategic plan. The leader will have a heart and passion for strengthening the Persecuted Church and ensuring that there is effective stewardship of all resources. The person will be: Committed to Spiritual Transformation with a lifestyle that models spiritual disciplines and discernment in their daily life;  Diplomatic, relational and a “bridge-builder” across departments, bases and countries;  Cross-culturally sensitive and knows how to build relationships in different cultures;  Grows and empowers others to higher performance and godly behaviours and intentionally develops leaders;  Leads sensitively yet prepared to make tough decisions;  Provides spiritual leadership and direction for others;  Resilient and see challenges as opportunities;  Self-aware and aware of the impact their leadership has on others and adjust their leadership to contextual situations;

Job Dimension Team The Director of ICT will primarily be a member of the ICT team, with a supporting role in the non functional DOE team, working with the other functions to serve and support the Persecuted Church. The Director of ICT will also support, develop and facilitate a matrix’d international steering team that serves the worldwide ministry. They will invest in the wider ministry by drawing together those leading ICT in regions to build consistency of practice and outstanding service.

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Leads the ODI ICT team/s To maintain strong, trusting collaborative relationships with the ICT worldwide team to set standards and define what is expected in local bases; Work closely with the other members of the DOE Team; To build and grow relationships with all Development Directors and Regional Directors in order to ensure good practices are applied worldwide; To build trusting relationships with the ELT in order to provide ICT support in all areas so that the ministry strategic priorities can be delivered; To build trusting relationships with the Board in relation

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direction and quality of performance To embrace spiritual transformation and apply this in their work with their team and event planning; To continue to implement lean processes across all ICT functions; To provide specialist advice and support in the area of relevant regulations, especially relating to the EU.

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Accepting the Statement of Faith, Core Purpose and Core Values of Open Doors.

Key Skills and Experiences  5-10 years’ experience in senior leadership in an organisation;  Bachelor level degree qualification or equivalent in a relevant area (like ICT or management)  Experience of setting strategy and implementing a strategic plan over a 3 to 5-year period;  Specialist experience and qualifications in ICT;  Cultural awareness and successful delivery of a multi discipline, multi location, customer focused change program in this context;  Awareness of and an understanding of how to serve functions in a matrix organisation;  Can lead and manage change and influences others  Prepared to travel for approx.50 days per year.

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particularly to the development and approval of ICT Standards and Compliance processes; To build and network relationships with external service providers

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