Do you enjoy working in an office environment and do you have an eye for details?  Do you want to serve in a vital support role?  Then the bookkeeper role at our Training Centre is for you!  Your duties will include accounting, administrative and bookkeeping tasks in our finance office.  You will handle petty cash, data entry, payments of bills, accounts, banking and record keeping.

You will be part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 25 different nationalities.  You will attend our daily devotional times every morning and our weekly prayer nights every Thursday.  Once a week, you will also be able to take part in an outreach activity of your choice, maybe help out at a kids club, youth meeting or one of our local community projects.

Start Date: August 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

More than ever, people are looking for a place to belong – a community that they can be a part of. What better way to reach people in the UK with the gospel than to become a part of their community, living where they live, walking on the same streets?

When you join OM Lifehope’s Community Encounter you will become part of an international team, working closely with a UK church to reach out to the local community. You will meet people from all kinds of backgrounds with all kinds of faiths and beliefs. You will learn how to share the love of Christ through making friendships, serving people and giving opportunities for them to hear the gospel.

During this time, you will deepen your faith, live alongside Christians from all over the world and learn how to effectively share your faith with others. Our training includes our "Toolkit" induction training, an adventure week for team building and leadership development, and regular training weeks.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 6-12 months

The UK is a nation that has increasingly rejected its roots as a Christian, missionary-sending country and has instead embraced materialism, secularism and religions of every kind. Do you have what it takes to find, develop and use your gifts in that kind of society -  to make friends, serve people and tell others about the love of Jesus?

If so then there are opportunities for you at OM Lifehope. We want to train you to reach out to children, youth, and adults from all kinds of backgrounds, religions and ethnic groups, including Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Chinese and secular British people.

Our teams partner with local churches across the UK which are committed to reaching their communities with the gospel. During your time at OM Lifehope you will deepen your faith, live alongside Christians from all over the world and learn how to effectively share your faith with others.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

Do you have an eye for figures?  Are you the kind of person who can have an overview of accounts?  Then the Finance Manager role at OM Lifehope is for you!  You will be responsible for managing the finance team,  including all the accounts and reports.  You will oversee all financial transaction and ensure good financial policies are in place.

You will be part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 25 different nationalities. You will join our daily devotional times and our weekly prayer evening every Thursday.

Start Date: August 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

Keen to be away from home for a year, learn a foreign language and discover God’s will for your life? HOPE 2 EUROPE is for you! Work with an international team in the UK for the first five months and Italy for the next three to six months.

Grasp the tools needed to share the gospel with your neighbour, youth and kids during a three-week orientation in Birmingham (UK) and put into practice what you have learnt by joining a church-based Community Encounter Team throughout the UK.

Celebrate the New Year on outreach in the UK, before heading off to Italy. Mind, heart, feet, and hands are all focused together as you grow in knowledge and faith and put it all into practice. You will be a part of a surge of creative outreach and servant projects in different cities in Italy. Develop your ministry skills as you deepen your passion for Christ.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 6-12 months

Keen to be away from home for a year, learn a foreign language and discover God’s will for your life? HOPE 2 EUROPE is for you! Work with an international team in the UK for five months and Sweden for the next three to six months.

Grasp the tools needed to share the gospel with your neighbour, youth and kids during a three-week orientation in Birmingham (UK) and put into practice what you have learnt by joining a church-based Community Encounter Team throughout the UK.

Celebrate the New Year on outreach in the UK, before heading off to Sweden. Live for the next 3 to 6 months in Råslätt, a suburb of Jönköping with many immigrants. Reach out to needy peoples from different religious backgrounds together with the local church. The focus in Sweden will be threefold: close to God, close to each other and close to the world. Different opportunities include a youth center, public schools, sports, scouts and a second hand-store.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 6-12 months

Keen to be away from home for a year, learn a foreign language and discover God’s will for your life? HOPE 2 EUROPE is for you! Work with an international team in the UK for five months and an inner-city ministry team in Switzerland for the remaining six

Grasp the tools needed to share the gospel with your neighbour, youth and kids during a three-week orientation in Birmingham (UK) and put into practice what you have learnt by joining a church-based Community Encounter Team throughout the UK.

Celebrate the New Year on outreach in the UK, before heading off to Switzerland to join the inner-city ministry team in Zurich. Help out at a drop-in centre for drug addicts and children's club, work alongside the Salvation Army in the red-light district, build friendships with your neighbours and go on prayer walks. Take more initiative and responsibility as you develop your ministry.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 6-12 months

Do you enjoy organising and working through practical details?  Do you like meeting many different people? Then the Hospitality Manager role at our Training Centre is for you!

You will be responsible for all accommodation bookings, making room allocations, coordinating with our volunteers for the beds and rooms to be clean and ready, communicating meal arrangements to our cook and working on all the logistics for visitors and overnight guests.

Our training centre is used mainly for training events and seminars, for groups coming on mission exposure trips and for other overnight visitors.  It is a residential Training Centre with 40 beds and conference facilities.

You will be part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 25 different nationalities.  You will attend our daily devotional times every morning and our weekly prayer nights every Thursday.

Start Date: August 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

Do you enjoy writing stories? Do you want to share what God is doing through your stories? Then the role of Journalist at our Training Centre is for you.  We are looking for a creative writer to produce regular articles about our different ministries at Lifehope.  You will visit our teams, interview team members and local pastors and produce short stories and reports for the web and our publications.

You will feature the work of our current five community outreach teams, some of our specialised teams such as Kids 'n' Things and our Chinese team, our training programmes and our other vital support ministries. You will also have the opportunity to join some of our short-term missions in order to interview some of our short-term participants and write the final report at the end of the mission.

Your office will be based at our Training Centre.  You will be part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 25 different nationalities.

Start Date: August 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

Do you enjoy fixing things and getting your hands dirty, applying your mind to practical problems? To be responsible for maintaining, repairing and upgrading the facilities of the OM Lifehope training centre. To do some routine maintenance and repair of rented housing. To keep vehicle records and arrange for maintenance and repair of our small fleet of cars and vans, doing minor works yourself. Organising other OM Lifehope team members in practical work and basic maintenance.

You will be working as part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 15 different nationalities.

Start Date: As soon as possible
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

Are you excited to see people released to experience mission? To handle enquiries and applications to join OM Lifehope. Liaison with OM offices worldwide. Administration and member care from before people join until after they leave. Represent Lifehope at OM new recruits' conferences.
You will be part of OM Lifehope's international community, living and working alongside people from at least 15 different nationalities.

Start Date: Anytime
Commitment Length: 2-3 years

Are you excited to see young people trained to be effective in mission? To provide administrative support to our training team. Various administrative tasks, including typing documents, making timetables, planning programmes and maintaining calendars. To prepare training materials for trainees. To arrange schedules for trainers and liase with other staff on various matters relating to trainees.

You will be working as part of OM Lifehope's international community with the chance to live and work alongside people from at least 15 different nationalities.

Start Date: As soon as possible
Commitment Length: 1-2 years

If your passion is sharing the Gospel with teenagers and you already have experience in youth work, OM Lifehope has opportunities for you. Our evangelism teams are involved in leading weekly youth clubs with our partner churches.  We need an experienced youth worker to come alongside them to mentor and train them in youth work.  Once a year, we also organise "Teens in Missions"(TiM) in the UK.  In the planning stages, there are resources and training sessions to prepare for the teenagers. During the mission, there will be orientation and training sessions to be delivered, followed by an outreach programme. All year there are many other opportunities to develop further youth initiatives through our contacts in local secondary schools and community projects.

Start Date: As soon as possible
Commitment Length: 2-3 years

The Youth Track will equip you to be an effective and committed youth worker while gaining a formal UK qualification: The National Certificate in Christian Youth Work.  You will receive high quality and relevant training and experience life in a church-based international team.

After an initial time of orientation and training, you will be placed in a Community Outreach Team where you have an unrivalled opportunity to get hands on involvement in evangelism in the UK and experience life in a diverse multicultural team.

Each week throughout the year you will study with Engage! our partner organization in this programme. It uses interactive training days together, distance learning materials, work with young people and help from a mentor to enable you to learn more about youth work and develop your own understanding and skills. OM Lifehope and Engage! together would set up a suitable youth work placement where you can practice and develop your youth work skills.

Start Date: September 2010
Commitment Length: 1-2 years