Regional Secretary – Europe

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🇨🇭 Switzerland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👨‍💼 Executive Assistant

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Lutheran World Federation

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1001 - 5000 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

Non-profit • Charity

Lutheran World Federation is a global communion or family of 150 churches in the Lutheran tradition, representing over 78 million Christians in 99 countries. It puts faith into action for a more just, peaceful, and reconciled world by providing humanitarian assistance, advocating for human rights, and fostering dialogue in theology and interfaith relations. The LWF is recognized for its quality humanitarian emergency response and works to improve livelihoods, education, and gender relations, particularly in developing countries. Its efforts are supported by member churches and partnerships with organizations like the United Nations.

📋 Description

• Accompany member churches in their ministry through counsel, support, and cooperation • Support churches in expressing their communion relationships through shared life and witness • Facilitate implementation of LWF programmatic work across European regions and globally • Plan and lead regional and sub-regional leadership meetings • Maintain regular contact with member churches and ensure information flow • Provide pastoral accompaniment through regular visits to member churches • Identify and promote development of clergy and lay church leadership • Facilitate relationships between member churches, mitigate tensions, and manage conflicts • Monitor and develop LWF orientations, strategy, and objectives for European regions • Identify and coordinate expertise and resources for regional program work and capacity building • Participate in periodic departmental program reviews • Coordinate the mutual responsibility framework process in European regions • Support the design, planning, and implementation of programs for the three European regions • Cooperate with other Regional Secretaries to ensure regional cohesion and consistency • Advise and support communication for communion building • Convene regional meetings in the Communion Office • Line manage a shared assistant position • Perform other duties assigned by the General Secretary

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Theology • Ordained pastor in a member church • Excellent written and spoken English • Member church endorsement required • At least 5 years of experience in positions involving mission, theological reflection, and planning • Excellent capacity in mediation, coaching, and group facilitation • Diplomatic, relational, and political skills • Process management skills • Solid experience within an LWF member church and in regional settings • Excellent capacity to develop interpersonal working relationships at strategic and operational levels • Ability to lead and interact with multicultural and multiprofessional teams with indirect supervision • Knowledge of German and French is an asset • Skills in organisational development, communication, networking, diplomacy, facilitation, negotiation, mediation, advocacy, influence, and project management

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work from the country of residence • Initial 5-year contract, renewable once • Extensive travel opportunities (more than 20 days per year)