Executive Director

Role outline:

• Job title: Executive Director 
• Salary: £60,000-65,000, based on experience 
• Reports to:  Chair of Trustees, ASSTC and Rector, All Souls Langham Place
• Hours:  35 hours/week, with some evening and weekend working
• Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays 
• Time period: Permanent contract 
• Probationary Period: 4 months
• Location: All Souls Clubhouse, 141 Cleveland Street, London W1T 6QG. Open to flexible working with an expectation of being in the office minimum of 3 days a week
• DBS Check: Enhanced
• Visa sponsorship: Not applicable

About All Souls Serve the City

All Souls Serve the City (ASSTC) is a Westminster-based charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) that is on mission to serve those in our area who are isolated, overlooked, and exploited, bringing the message and ministry of Jesus. The charity was formed in January 2021 to consolidate a number of ministries that developed from within the All Souls Clubhouse and All Souls Church, a diverse, multi-generational, vibrant congregation of 65+ nationalities in central London with a heart to reach the city and the nations for Jesus.

The charity effectively functions as the local expression of All Souls’ commitment to gospel-centred holistic mission in London itself and especially in our local parish, complementing the global dimension of All Souls’ world mission projects and partners. 

This is an exciting time to be coming on board. We have just completed year one of an ambitious three-year strategy that builds on the success of our ministries and sets out six strategic goals. A common thread across all our ministries is the theme of Christian befriending. We are seeking, therefore, to appoint a dynamic individual to the role of Executive Director, who can take the lead in providing strategic leadership to develop a consistent befriending model across the ministries, and then lead the process of embedding this model into each ministry in a winsome, sensitive and strategic way. 

Find out more: All Souls Serve the City at www.asstc.org.uk ; All Souls Church at www.allsouls.org
 

The Role

As the Executive Director, you will provide strategic leadership across ASSTC’s ministries to embed a consistent gospel- centred befriending model that strengthens service delivery and community impact. You will ensure the charity’s vision and values are effectively translated into action through management, advocacy, and operational excellence within a diverse church and urban context. You will also:

• Uphold the highest standards of governance, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements for charities.
• Deliver the current two-year strategic plan while shaping and executing ASSTC’s future vision beyond this timeframe.
• Ensure ministry objectives align with the priorities of the charity and All Souls Church.
• Embed a holistic, gospel-centred ethos across all ministries, with staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries.
• Build and lead a cohesive, motivated team in a flourishing workplace culture.
• Develop and lead advocacy strategies that highlight the needs of vulnerable people in Westminster.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with local authorities, community leaders, and partner organisations to influence policy and practice.

Person Specification: 

Expected Standards 

• Fully participate in the spiritual life of All Souls and ASSTC
• Be a committed member of the All Souls Church family
• Be able to teach the Bible in the context of leading and discipling a team, as required.
• Exhibit proactive leadership on health, safety and wellbeing within their own areas of responsibility.
• Be an advocate for and role model for the values of ASSTC and All Souls Church. 
• Prioritise their own personal walk with God above all else.

Essential 

• Committed conservative evangelical Christian in sympathy with the vision, mission and values of All Souls Church.
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in missiology, urban mission, ethnology or cross-cultural mission, and urban research methodology.
• Whole-of-life disciple wanting to know Christ more and grow in grace, obedience and Christlikeness themselves.
• Experience of running a charity in a senior position.
• Committed to the importance of social action ministry as an integrated part of church ministry.

Desirable 

• Comfortable with public speaking and representing the charity to church and non-church groups.
• Qualification in missiology, urban mission, ethnology or cross-cultural mission.
• Certificate in Management or other relevant management and administration certification.
• Experience and proficiency in GSuite and charity CRMs (including Donorfy).

Benefits: 

Alongside the opportunity to lead a respected Christian charity in central London with a gospel-centred mission, we offer:

• 7.5% employer pension contribution
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free eyecare voucher
• Free counselling support
• 3 days off for spiritual refreshment
• 3 days of office closure at Christmas