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Latin Link International Team Leader

Latin Link's ministry in 11 countries in Latin America is overseen by our International Team Leader.

The present leader, Marcel Durst, will be leaving this post in February 2010. It is hoped to appoint a successor by February 2009 with a view to taking over at the International Assembly a year later.

This wide-ranging role includes:
giving direction to the whole Latin Link community,
supporting, training and giving pastoral care to national teams and leaders,
shaping and ensuring implementation of the Strategy Commitments agreed by our International Assembly,
encouraging multi-directional mission,
establishing more sending bases in Europe,
working with partner ministries among Latin Americas living and working in Europe.

It will be essential that the person appointed is a committed Christian of integrity and strong relationship with God, willing to work inter-denominationally and inter-culturally.
He or she will possess a capacity for strategic planning and implementation, will be a people developer facilitating the growth of members’ gifting, and a good communicator.
He or she will able to think theologically and missiologically, be able to discern contemporary issues, and have intercultural experience, ideally in Latin America; will have good language skills in Spanish or Portuguese, and English; be willing to raise financial support, and able to accept considerable travelling loads.

The person appointed should be able to serve for at least one, if not two four-year terms.

The closing date for applications will be the end of September 2008. In the first instance enquiries and requests for the full Job Profile should be made to Roger Pearce who can be contacted by email at pearcerf@blueyonder.co.uk or by phone: 020 8288 9533.

Short term mission

We send Step teams to work with churches in Latin America, Spain and Portugal each year. The teams usually work on a building project, in community work and evangelism. For three to seven weeks, or four to six months.
Step has its own website www.stepteams.org
or contact step.uk@latinlink.org | tel. 0118 957 7100

As the name suggests, Stride is longer than Step. It offers individual applicants more time in which to gain experience, contribute, and explore their faith in another culture. Find out more and read how others got on, or contact stride.uk@latinlink.org | tel. 0118 957 7100.

Both programmes run each year - Step during the Spring and Summer months, and Stride starting from September.

Stay

Evangelism - Training - Care - Publishing - Business
Explore the links to Latin Link's five areas of work under About Us

Current opportunities:

Publishing
Opportunities throughout Latin America for people with specialised skills in publishing, including administration, distribution, marketing, design and web work, to work with organisations associated with the Letra Viva network of Christian publishers.

Argentina

Educationalist to work with the Wichi communities in the Chaco region, helping develop programmes of bi-lingual education (Wichi and Spanish), resources,etc.
English teachers as a means of evangelism and outreach to the middle classes.
Teachers (any subject) to work in bi-lingual schools, as a form of outreach to the middle and upper classes.
Student workers to support students in evangelism and discipleship.
Prison workers to work in discipleship, education, technical training, social projects, etc, in prisons.
With women at risk, working in a women's refuge in Buenos Aires.
With children at risk, working with social action projects focusing on children (for example orphanages/children’s homes, outreach to children and young people living on the street).
Youth workers to develop youth work in churches, preferably couples.
Pastoral assistants, to help in pastoral work in churches, preferably couples.
People with interest in and experience of working in the area of disability to assist in existing programmes and to raise awareness in churches.

Bolivia

Student worker to support students in evangelism and discipleship through the CCU (Comunidad Cristiana Universitaria).
Short Term Mission Coordinator to seek opportunities for short-term teams and individuals to serve throughout Bolivia, coordinate their orientation on arrival, support during their stay and debriefing on departure.
Prison worker to work in discipleship, education, social projects, technical training, and the development of a project to support the children of prisoners in Oruro.
Church worker for rural areas of Bolivia: Bible teaching, discipleship and training of pastors.
Youth worker/s for churches in and around the town of Apolo. Requires initial commitment of 3-5 years.
Social educator to work with other educators in a compassion project with children: crafts, Bible teaching and health education.

Brazil

Short Term Mission Coordinator to identify and organise opportunities for short-term Step teams and individual Striders throughout Brazil; to coordinate their orientation on arrival, support during their placement, and debrief on departure.
Trainer of Christian counsellors to contribute to the development of Christian counselling in Brazil; requires substantial experience and qualifications in Christian counselling.
Student workers to support students in evangelism and discipleship.
Specialists in community development to work in conjunction with local churches.
Entrepreneurs: people with business skills, plus investment capital, needed to begin small businesses which will provide ethical employment in deprived areas.

Chile

Teachers of New Testament Studies, Anthropology, Pastoral Theologyto work with the Centro Evangélico de Estudios Pentecostales (CEEP) in Concepciôn.
Student workers to support students in evangelism and discipleship, particularly a couple or family.

Colombia

Bible college lecturer to teach degree level courses at seminary in Medellin

Costa Rica

Lecturers in Theology, Missiology and Development Studies to work in UNELA (Evangelical University of the Americas), ESEPA seminary and other denominational seminaries
Administrator to develop the administration team at UNELA – needs good accounting experience
Ministry to indigenous groups, requires basic practical and leadership skills, and knowledge/experience in anthropology

Cuba

Youth Work Coordinator to visit youth camps, help at summer camps and provide pastoral support to the leaders
Student workers
Leadership training
Lecturers in theology

Ecuador

Church planting with the Iglesia Evangelica Misionera Ecuatoriana

El Salvador

Student workers

Guatemala

Student Workers. One or two couples required to support the student Christian movement in Guatemala City and other provincial universities.
Lecturers in theology and missiology
Children's workers for El Castillo and other projects with street children

Honduras

Student workers
Church planting and basic leadership training
Theological Education by Extension
Medical work with Asociación San Lucas (The Luke Society)

Nicaragua

Student workers
Church planting and basic leadership training
Theological Education by Extension

Panama

Student workers
Leadership and mission training
Work with indigenous groups

Peru

Short-term mission coordinator to seek openings for short-term teams and placements for individuals to serve throughout Peru. The coordinator will arrange their orientation on arrival, support during their stay and debriefing on departure.
Church training for holistic mission to oversee the Transforma project run by Paz y Esperanza (Peace & Hope) in San Martín, Moyobamba. The aim is to strengthen the role of the church in the community and in prison work
Bookshop manager for El Inca Christian bookshop in Lima and five regional branches
Pastoral support and leadership training for volunteer student workers with AGEUP (Association of Evangelical University Groups in Peru) based in Lima
Physiotherapist for Shalom, a centre for children with disabilities, in Arequipa
Bible teacher to work in the theological seminary of the Christian Alliance church for the south of Peru (SEBAS), equipping future pastors, teachers and missionaries, based in Arequipa
Bible teacher for Bible institutes in Cuzco and/or Sicuani. Requires Bible college or university training in theology, or proven record of teaching in a pastoral/church situation. Ability to communicate simply with people with a poor standard of education vital

Latin Link operates on a support-raised basis with all its members. For any of the above opportunities, you would be required to raise your own financial support.

For further details, please contact Katy Griggs, People Resources Coordinator (Long Term)
tel. 0118 957 7104 | email: info@latinlink.org

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Britain & Ireland Vacancies

If you would like to receive notification of new job vacancies in Britain & Ireland as they arise, by email, please send your details to info@latinlink.org

Local Latin Link / Volunteers

Volunteers make a huge contribution to the work of Latin Link in Britain and Ireland. We are looking for people to take on the following roles:

Events Reps - make Latin Link known in their local area by representing Latin Link at events, presenting to local churches, etc.

Uni Reps - represent Latin Link at CUs in colleges and universities, getting Latin America on the missions agenda

Church Reps - help their own church to support Latin Link

Prayer Group Leaders - get others praying for Latin Link members

Click here for more information about these roles.

Mailing Volunteers - help to send out Latin Link's regular publications from our offices in Reading

Administrative Volunteers - help with general office tasks in Reading or in Belfast

For more information on volunteering, contact Elaine Holmes, Office Co-ordinator. tel. 0118 957 7100 | email:info@latinlink.org or in Northern Ireland tel. 02890 457 567 or email ireland@latinlink.org