{"id":341,"date":"2025-02-27T19:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secgen.worldea.org\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:57:55","slug":"job-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/secgen.worldea.org\/es\/job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Descripci\u00f3n del trabajo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Job Title<\/strong>: Secretary General of WEA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports to<\/strong>:\u00a0International Council<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1846, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is a network of churches consisting of national evangelical alliances (EAs) from 143 different countries, including 100 international organizations that have joined together to establish a world-wide identity, voice, and platform for the more than 600+ million evangelical Christians around the globe.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tPurpose of Position\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>El Secretario General es el responsable general de la Alianza Evang\u00e9lica Mundial. Dirige un equipo global de personal dedicado a cumplir la Hoja de Ruta 2030 de la WEA con cuatro prioridades estrat\u00e9gicas, a saber:<\/p>\n\t<p>Alianzas evang\u00e9licas fuertes<\/p>\n\t<p>Voz influyente de defensa<\/p>\n\t<p>Colaboraci\u00f3n fruct\u00edfera y amplia<\/p>\n\t<p>Estructuras organizacionales efectivas<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tKey Roles and Responsibilities\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><strong>1. Leadership and Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Articulate and promote the mission, vision, and values of the WEA, fostering a cohesive direction for the alliance and its member organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Representation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serve as the primary spokesperson for the WEA, representing the organization at national, regional, and International levels, and engaging with global church leaders and communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Strategic Development <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facilitate the development and implementation of strategic plans that address both present and future needs of the WEA and its member organizations, ensuring alignment with the WEA&#8217;s mission. Also, establish alliances in places they do not yet exist, and strengthen existing ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Communication <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strengthen communication and collaboration among member organizations, fostering unity and a shared purpose within the global evangelical community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Advocacy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advocate for issues relevant to evangelical churches and communities, including social justice, religious freedom, and human rights, ensuring WEA&#8217;s voice is heard on critical global matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Resource Mobilization <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Identify and secure funding and resources necessary for WEA initiatives, including forming partnerships with potential donors, churches, and organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Administrative Oversight <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide oversight to the WEA&#8217;s administrative functions, including financial management, staffing, and operational effectiveness.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tKey Competencies and Personal Profile\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><strong>Theological competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alignment with WEA&#8217;s values and its <a href=\"https:\/\/worldea.org\/who-we-are\/statement-of-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement of Faith<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Exhibit strong Christian character, and manifest high integrity in leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Embraces Evangelical theology, unequivocal commitment to world evangelization.<\/li>\n<li>Capacity for identifying trends and issues in the global church.<\/li>\n<li>Proven theological knowledge with a theological degree preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Ordained \/ registered minister with a credible evangelical denomination or movement.<\/li>\n<li>Adequate knowledge of non-Christian faiths and other Christian confessions to relate to and work with leaders of these faiths \/ confessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leadership Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motivational &#8211; seeks to inspire instead of control.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates evidence of overseeing ministry, caring for staff and engaging in public discourse.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in leading large and \/ or complex voluntary organization (where leadership authority is acquired through competence and persuasion, rather than position \/ title).<\/li>\n<li>Ability to collaborate with and motivate board members and other volunteers.<\/li>\n<li>Strategic &#8211; ability to recognise and prioritise the essential \/ urgent activity and that which can be deferred or done by others.<\/li>\n<li>Has five or more years of experience in cross-cultural ministry leadership in a senior role.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to lead an international team remotely<\/li>\n<li>Team-player &#8211; ability to lead and motivate team members through visionary and systematic thinking instead of being a micromanager or solo operator.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to effectively oversee, collaborate with and hold accountable staff for delegated outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>Strong organizational abilities including planning, articulating, delegating, program development, prudence in financial matters and task facilitation.<\/li>\n<li>Has a demonstrated capability to develop and work through mutually beneficial partnerships and networks.<\/li>\n<li>Has a proven record of successful fundraising including donor development, working with foundations and major donors, as well as use of fundraising events and mass marketing (email or direct mail) &#8211; preferably internationally.<\/li>\n<li>Implements adequate reporting and processes that allow him \/ her the ability to understand, in appropriate detail, the organization&#8217;s many activities without micro-managing these activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Communication Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to communicate with the public, the press, within church assemblies, and at global, regional and national events.<\/li>\n<li>Is fluent in English.<\/li>\n<li>Is able to act as a negotiator, mediator and conciliator<\/li>\n<li>Has the ability to convey the vision of WEA&#8217;s strategic future to staff, the WEA constituency, the IC, volunteers and donors.<\/li>\n<li>Has strong written, oral, and digital communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Has good public speaking skills.<\/li>\n<li>Is a good listener &#8211; a record of pulling together ideas from multiple sources, hearing suggestions \/ critiques and adapting \/ fine tuning of ideas and initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>Shows cultural intelligence &#8211; including divergent ways of communicating and decision-making (e.g. robust debating vs honorific deference, interpretation of silence, confrontation vs non-confrontation, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Capacity for dialogue (debate) with national \/ international religious leaders, high-level businesspeople (entrepreneurs and donors), and government and civic leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to advocate for human rights and freedom of the vulnerable and minorities.<\/li>\n<li>Media savvy &#8211; capacity for utilizing all forms of electronic, video, and social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Practical Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An academic degree at a bachelor&#8217;s level<\/li>\n<li>Capacity for extensive international travel.<\/li>\n<li>Disciplined in personal time-management, including strategic &#8220;dwell-time&#8221; and recreation.<\/li>\n<li>Stable home \/ family \/ marriage, capable of supporting extensive periods of international travel.<\/li>\n<li>Lives near an international airport with passport \/ citizenship(s) easily acceptable in the majority of countries around the world.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of global administration systems and organizational law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<strong>El Secretario General<\/strong><br \/>\nes una persona humilde<br \/>\ntiene una integridad moral incuestionable<br \/>\nest\u00e1 por encima de todo reproche<br \/>\ntiene un fuerte sentido de llamado divino al puesto de SG<br \/>\nes compasivo<br \/>\ntiene una situaci\u00f3n familiar satisfactoria<br \/>\nest\u00e1 lleno del Esp\u00edritu<br \/>\nes un l\u00edder servidor<br \/>\nes amable con los dem\u00e1s<br \/>\nno se envanece<br \/>\ntiene una historia de disciplina espiritual<br \/>\nmuestra gracia a los dem\u00e1s<br \/>\nEs una persona de oraci\u00f3n y estudio b\u00edblico.<br \/>\ntiene un esp\u00edritu generoso<br \/>\ntiene una actitud correcta hacia el dinero<br \/>\ndemuestra madurez espiritual\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/secgen.worldea.org\/es\/nominate\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"NOMBRAR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNOMBRAR\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/secgen.worldea.org\/es\/apply\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"APLICAR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAPLICAR\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/secgen.worldea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/jd-secretary-general-wea.pdf\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" download=\"jd-secretary-general-wea.pdf\" aria-label=\"Job Description (PDF)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJob Description (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Title: Secretary General of WEA Reports to:\u00a0International Council Established in 1846, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is a network of churches consisting of national evangelical alliances (EAs) from 143 different countries, including 100 international organizations that have joined together to establish a world-wide identity, voice, and platform for the more than 600+ million evangelical &#8230; 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