Church and Community Mobilisation Lead (Maternity Cover)

Do you want to see people lifted out of poverty and churches mobilised for integral mission? Do you have experience in church and community mobilisation (CCM), cross-cultural partnership-building and strategic problem-solving? Are you committed to high-quality implementation and lasting impact? This could be the role for you!

BMS World Mission is a Christian mission organisation, working in over 30 countries on four continents, to help people experience fullness of life in Jesus Christ. CCM is a core expression of BMS’ commitment to integral mission, local ownership, and generative transformation.

The CCM Lead will provide strategic leadership, quality assurance, and learning oversight for CCM across BMS’ work, particularly in Africa and Asia. The role focuses on strengthening the quality, coherence, theological depth, and effectiveness of CCM.

The CCM Lead provides leadership on CCM aspects of programmes, working alongside Africa and Asia CCM Coordinators, BMS staff and Partners. A key responsibility of the role is to lead CCM learning, innovation, monitoring and evaluation, and discernment, including the piloting and development of greater integration between Church and Community Mobilisation (CCM) and Discipleship Making Movements (DMM).

Main Areas of Responsibility:

• Strategic leadership and quality of CCM

• Technical support to Africa and Asia CCM Coordinators

• Strengthening monitoring, evaluation, and learning for CCM

• Develop CCM resources and encourage innovation of CCM

• Communication, advocacy, and integration of CCM within BMS

We are seeking a highly organised person with significant CCM experience who can assess its quality and effectiveness across diverse contexts. Experience of developing CCM monitoring and evaluation tools, producing resources and conducting reviews is particularly welcome. The successful candidate must support BMS’ beliefs and values and be a committed Christian.

Key Information

Location: Didcot/hybrid

Hours: 35 hours per week

Employment type: 12 months fixed term contract

Salary: £35,820 per annum

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 10 November 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 18 November

If you would like to discuss this role further, please feel free to contact Esther McMillan, CCM Lead, at emcmillan@bmsworldmission.org